• @Cryophilia
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    -35 hours ago

    Patriarchy did em dirty, but feminism also left them behind. It’s not just patriarchal society that forces men to be strong and stoic, it’s also self-professed feminists, especially women. Feminists say men should be more in touch with their emotions, but when they do so women have no interest in them. That’s one of the realities of life you mentioned.

    • Whopraysforthedevil
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      53 hours ago

      That’s still patriarchy, my guy. They’ve been raised to be complicit in a system that doesn’t benefit them, and they’re perpetuating it because they don’t like how it feels to step outside of it.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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      44 hours ago

      when they do so women have no interest in them.

      Personally, I find my experience to be much the opposite. But, I’m also in my late thirties so, experiences may differ.