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> I just don't know what the solution is. Not 100% sure, I think we'd benefit from society broadening what acceptable ways of living and gender roles are avail
by danbolt 6y ago
> I just don't know what the solution is.
Not 100% sure, I think we'd benefit from society broadening what acceptable ways of living and gender roles are available for men. There are plenty of women that grow up feeling dejected or romantically undesirable, but we don't necessarily see the same sort of frustration expressed the way we're familiar with in young men. My take is that there are social expectations for how men are supposed to act or live, and there are elements of said expectations that contribute to the frustration and loneliness we see in many of them today. I think the world would be better if a lot of young men felt able to express what was bothering them to their peers, as well had peers (not necessarily always romantic) that cared enough to at least listen.
I was once browsing a Reddit group for Transmen, and a discussion the members were having on socializing with masculinity hit a lot of the notes I expected. [1]
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/FTMMen/comments/irh34j/there_is_too_much_focus_on_documenting/ https://www.reddit.com/r/FTMMen/comments/irh34j/there_is_too...