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when i first heard about the male loneliness epidemic i was like oh yeah close camaraderie and bonding between men is often discouraged in favor of competition or, if not discouraged, at least filtered through a lens of individualism that precludes deep connections. and then i learned what people meant by it (men arent getting laid) to which i say skill issue

to all the men out there not getting laid: try less hard to get laid and try more hard to be an enjoyable and relaxing presence

  • Impassionata@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1353·
    15 days ago

    If it’s misandrist to tell the Trump voters who modeled their personalities on empty victory declaration and hurting brown people, then I’m a proud misandrist. Men who suck don’t deserve to get laid. No one deserves sex.

      • Impassionata@lemmy.worldEnglish
        739·
        14 days ago

        a discussion about masculinity in the present political era with toxic online personalities and toxic politics and you’re upset that Trump gets mentioned? That’s a ‘you’ problem.

    • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      521·
      15 days ago

      the Trump voters who modeled their personalities on empty victory declaration and hurting brown people

      ???

      Are you assuming lonely men all fit the above description? If so, that’s idiotic.

      If not, then I don’t know what the fuck you’re on about, lol.

      • Impassionata@lemmy.worldEnglish
        433·
        14 days ago

        I think a lot of lonely men do fit that description; studies show that political division is affecting dating. It’s not that complicated.

    • sgtgig@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      33·
      15 days ago

      Why do you believe that lonely men must suck? Like, do you think men who would be decent partners just immediately find success and leave the dating pool, never to vent their frustration with modern dating culture?

      • Impassionata@lemmy.worldEnglish
        327·
        14 days ago

        Studies show that political division is affecting dating.

        The political environment involves a lot of broken weak men who learned broken weak masculinity and that’s affecting dating.

    • ElPsyKongroo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      112·
      14 days ago

      You… do realize there are lonely men in other countries, right? Like, the US is not the only place on Earth? Ah yes, the infamous Trump voters from checks notes … Norway, Egypt, Japan, etc.

      And if you’re gonna say “Well they’re not voting for Trump but some other Trump-like politician”, don’t bother. You can’t generalize every man, half the world population, just because you know men who voted Trump/Trump equivalents. Because if that’d be how it works, I could just as easily find you a woman that voted Trump and then point out how, supposedly, women suck cause they vote Trump based on this “evidence”.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      14 days ago

      Thank you for perfectly demonstrating one aspect of the peoblem you claim to understand. Assuming all lonely men are conservative is not only wrong but fucking stupid and extremely judgemental. Thank you for proving that you do not understand this problem what so ever, so now you can be safely ignored for the rest of this conversation.

      • Impassionata@lemmy.worldEnglish
        33·
        14 days ago

        Frankly my positioning on men and feminism is also received negatively on lemmy world. Everyone’s all about extending compassion and sympathy to men as subjects in an attempt to control them. Someone suggested we ‘redefine strength.’ To me strength cannot be redefined: you can only accept that many men are lonely because of their own choices and do, in fact, need to man up.