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Republican men seem massively troubled about their masculinity — and that's literally causing death and suffering

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Things like loyalty, honor, trust, accomplishment, etc. are happening in people themselves or in the personal relationships of individuals. How can a group of people give that to other people, when you don't mean equal rights?

The one example I can think of are orders of merit. But these are obviously not things people need to thrive or experience feeling valued.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How can a group of people give that to other people, when you don't mean equal rights?

Because the point of the post is mental health, not the merits of egalitarianism. I just wanted to point out that, for the gross majority of human history, men's muscles and reproductive expendability were uniquely valuable traits. With automation and intellectual pursuits, those traits aren't quite so necessary.

Or am I misunderstanding?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, I've just read it a view times now ("society / people need to value men more") and I don't understand how that's supposed to look like in concrete action.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Agreed; that's the challenge. I don't have a full answer, but I do know that it involves having something to work towards, not just something to fight against.