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The core statement of this article can be pretty nicely summarized as "the idea of manhood [..] as an achieved status that must be earned through effort and co
by fxtentacle 3y ago
The core statement of this article can be pretty nicely summarized as
"the idea of manhood [..] as an achieved status that must be earned through effort and contribution"
and it offers a pretty clear description of the problems our current society faces:
"if boys aren’t exposed to positive examples of masculinity in their personal lives, they will look for it elsewhere. [..] in the absence of such guidance, many young boys are being raised by viral TikTok influencers peddling diluted and ungrounded conceptions of masculinity."
and in my opinion the article convincingly argues that we (as a society) should be actively guiding young men towards becoming productive members of society by explaining to them that this path, coincidentally, also leads to them being more desirable romantic partners in the future.
- notnaut 3y agoGlaring problem with this approach in a world of instant gratification is the seriously delayed, ungauranteed payoff. And plenty of poisonous ideologies out there that are equally convincing to dad telling you you’ll meet someone if you focus on being a good man. The blackpillers cult sucks people in with the hard truths. It doesn’t matter how hard you try, doesn’t matter how much you work out or improve yourself, if you didn’t win the genetic lottery there is little hope. And there is truth in it. Young men just love to see it as a sex-exclusive problem and lunge at chances to blame it on women and society. And influencers build off of it. A victim of childhood cancer doesn’t have the privilege of seeing their condition as a cultural phenomenon. They understand the cruelty of the universe for what it is.