Happy International Men’s Day!

[JMNSHO]

It’s our day, men. Consider yourselves celebrated.

In all seriousness, I believe our culture would do well to learn how to better regard men as individuals. I think our cultural attitudes toward men as a group are about as fücked up as our attitudes toward women as a group—the bad attitudes about men are just not as widely accepted to be problematic.

Love yourself and be loved. Be the best man you can be.

 

[QChawks]

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

It’s our day, men. Consider yourselves celebrated.

In all seriousness, I believe our culture would do well to learn how to better regard men as individuals. I think our cultural attitudes toward men as a group are about as fücked up as our attitudes toward women as a group—the bad attitudes about men are just not as widely accepted to be problematic.

Love yourself and be loved. Be the best man you can be.

I love myself all the time.


Seriously, though…why does it seem men are increasingly insecure and concerned about how society may or may not perceive them? I see all the handwringing these days and don’t get it.

Maybe I’m old school, but I’m comfortable in my own skin, I don’t feel threatened, and don’t care what anyone else thinks about men in general.

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

I love myself all the time.


Seriously, though…why does it seem men are increasingly insecure and concerned about how society may or may not perceive them? I see all the handwringing these days and don’t get it.

Maybe I’m old school, but I’m comfortable in my own skin, I don’t feel threatened, and don’t care what anyone else thinks about men in general.

 

[JMNSHO]

I love myself all the time.


Seriously, though…why does it seem men are increasingly insecure and concerned about how society may or may not perceive them? I see all the handwringing these days and don’t get it.

Maybe I’m old school, but I’m comfortable in my own skin, I don’t feel threatened, and don’t care what anyone else thinks about men in general.

Good for you for being comfortable in your own skin. Could it be that the insecurities have always been there, but they are becoming increasingly expressed or increasingly heard? Is there something wrong with a man expressing insecurity?

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Good for you for being comfortable in your own skin. Could it be that the insecurities have always been there, but they are becoming increasingly expressed or increasingly heard? Is there something wrong with a man expressing insecurity?

On an individual basis, nothing wrong with it. Should be encouraged.

On a collective basis - as in “We men are under attack!”, which is mostly what you hear - I think it’s kinda silly.

 

[darylhawk]

I was hoping for steak and blowjob day when I saw thread title

 

[JMNSHO]

On an individual basis, nothing wrong with it. Should be encouraged.

On a collective basis - as in “We men are under attack!”, which is mostly what you hear - I think it’s kinda silly.

Agreed. However, I think today is the day it is not silly to do either.

 

[JMNSHO]

I was hoping for steak and blowjob day when I saw thread title

Manifest it brother:
4 Steps to Manifest Anything You Want

• Step 1: Know Your Desire
• Step 2: Intend to Have Your Desire
• Step 3: Take Action on Your Desire
• Step 4: Receive Your Desire

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

On an individual basis, nothing wrong with it. Should be encouraged.

On a collective basis - as in “We men are under attack!”, which is mostly what you hear - I think it’s kinda silly.

There is still a lot of double standards and issues that go against men that need to be addressed. Family courts being one. The fact that in the US at least only men are required to sign up for selective service.

Then there are stats which show that men are far more likely to commit suicide, far more likely to become homeless and far more likely to die on the job than women and are falling behind educationally that should probably be looked into and addressed.

I don't think any gender is under attack per se. But if it's an issue women have it's looked into and addressed far far more aggressively than it is for men.

 

[ThorneStockton]

I love myself all the time.


Seriously, though…why does it seem men are increasingly insecure and concerned about how society may or may not perceive them? I see all the handwringing these days and don’t get it.

Maybe I’m old school, but I’m comfortable in my own skin, I don’t feel threatened, and don’t care what anyone else thinks about men in general.

Some of that may just be the reaction to genuine issues that men/boys are experiencing. I'm assuming you're thinking of Rogan, Barstool Sports, masculine bro stuff, and to some extent Trumpism.

There's plenty of metrics that indicate that there may be something there, there. This isn't a topic that I have a particular interest in, I'm just a casual follower of the news.

- lower college attendance rates
- lower academic success
- increased loneliness
- depression/anxiety from loss of status as the breadwinner/provider, that sort of thing.

A lot more that google searches would unearth.

 

[ConvenientParking]

Anyone notice how every year there's more football on TV and every year masculinity is further in crisis? I think the problem with masculinity is we're letting the TV do all the football for us. Nobody wants to football anymore

 

[IACub]

Anyone notice how every year there's more football on TV and every year masculinity is further in crisis? I think the problem with masculinity is we're letting the TV do all the football for us. Nobody wants to football anymore

Fight Football Bar. Now. I need to feel validated.

 

[McLovin32]

Manifest it brother:
4 Steps to Manifest Anything You Want

• Step 1: Know Your Desire
• Step 2: Intend to Have Your Desire
• Step 3: Take Action on Your Desire
• Step 4: Receive Your Desire

• Step 1: Know Your Desire-Its OP's mom
• Step 2: Intend to Have Your Desire-Its OP's mom
• Step 3: Take Action on Your Desire-OP, what is your mother's email address?
• Step 4: Receive Your Desire-Now I wait.