| naruball said: Fantastic post. I rarely read long posts, but this one was worth it. As for the comic, that was indeed quite funny. I think I have an answer, though I could be wrong. It all goes back to men being told not to express their feelings. There are so many expressions used from parents, friends, classmates that make men stay as far away from certain topics/fields as possible. Studying languages, philosophy and arts in general is condered "gay". Think of this scenario: "Hey, man, what have you been up to?" "You know what? I read some articles about male suicide rates and it turns out..." "Ha gaaaay! I swear our generation is getting pussified. Just grow a pair." How likely is that person to continue searching for these topics (and write an article or two) when the person he values so much (a friend at that age is the ultimate judge) dimisses it that way? |
yea that exactly is the kind of toxic machismo that hurts men as much as women and hence feminists try to spread awareness - yet it can't be overcome if men don't participate in getting rid of that (ofcourse I'm not naive enough to think it can be completely eradicated)
