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[โ€“] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

I am seeing a lot of pushback--presumably from feminists--towards men that are expressing their experiences.

Guys it's okay to cry.

It's ok to have emotions.

It's ok to not be ok.

...But that has not been my experience.

Should it be? Yes, absolutely. But is it now? No. And unfortunately, in my experience, the women that are saying such things--almost always self-identifying feminists--are also often then ones that are unaccepting of any display of emotion in men that aren't coming from a place of strength. Men are e.g., expected to shrug off grief and depression and go back to work the day after a funeral. I shan't be too specific for risk of doxxing myself, but I've noted that I'm expected to muscle through physical pain and mental exhaustion, while none of my partners--either current or former--will hold themselves to the same standard that I am held to by them.

I cynically think that many self-identifying feminists don't want to abolish patriarchy, they just want to be able to benefit from it the same way that men do, without paying any of the costs for that benefit that men shoulder.

[โ€“] splicerslicer 9 points 1 year ago

I've lost a few relationships for exposing myself as a man with emotions. I don't plan to make that mistake again. It sucks, but until society changes I can't.

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