• Lmaydev@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    I would imagine toxic masculinity.

    Men are encouraged to be stoic and not express their emotions.

    Most men don’t have a single friend they can talk openly about their emotions with.

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      8 months ago

      It’s interesting how terms like toxic masculinity lead to instant downvotes from a certain type of person but if you make the exact same comment without it you get zero downvotes.

      It’s almost like people have been conditioned to be reflexively averse to specific words without actually understanding what they mean.

      • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Toxic masculinity was a term coined by men wanting to be free from the expectations of the patriarchy. It’s beyond heart breaking that so many men parodoxically react with anger to this phrase. Double so while bemoaning the lack of mental health options for men.

        My good dudes, you’re literally building the cages for yourself.