This comment section: “Actually I’m pretty sure the bike fell over for reasons unrelated to the stick”

  • VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The comments are quite saddening, and also quite worrying.

    This isn’t to put women’s issues down, but men have problems too. There’s a reason why young men turn to these grifters and get manipulated by them.

    Even above all of that, assuming you don’t agree, it’s a problem. We’re building up generations of uneducated and toxic men led by these role models. We can’t just shrug that off and say it’s not our issue, because at some point it is going to be our issue.

    • Jennykichu@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      8 months ago

      I find it telling that the meme is about men following idiotic “influencers” and so many people here are like “I identify with that man on the bike but my problems are unrelated”

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        8 months ago

        I wouldn’t say identify. Pretty sure many of us don’t follow Andrew Tate or influencers in general. We’re showing empathy for the general situation. Sorry it bothered you.

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      8 months ago

      This is a problem that I really feel like gets no attention.

      With all the focus on women’s rights, young men feel neglected. And modern feminism does imply that men can’t really talk about issues because that comes from a place of privilege.

      This isn’t the only time it happened. Male victims of sexual harassment and assault were pretty much entirely shut out of #MeToo.

      So, young men feel marginalized and they will listen to whoever makes sense.

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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        8 months ago

        modern feminism does imply that men can’t really talk about issues?

        not to be all “source?” but — source?

        This statement feels full of selection bias. Let’s assume Angela Davis literally said this, does that mean Judith Butler agrees?

        But I imagine it’s more that this was said by a semi-anonymous rage bait account on a social media platform.

        That’s not to say such things aren’t hurtful - they are - but in the same way FirstnameBunchOfNumbers on Twitter says stupid shit all the time - eg all unions are all always bad and are literally communism - that doesn’t speak for the entirety of tradespeoples.