Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[benji]

I can't wait to see everyone read the title of the video, see the length, and endlessly post "I'm not watching that, but here's a detailed response based on what I think the video is about, because I need to have everything spelled out for me in bullet points to engage with a topic in any serious fashion."

It happens far too often when folks are seeing the somewhat quippy titles of videos like Some More News and don't wait till they have time to watch what is legitimately a great educational source for modern political issues and events with great sourcing and occasionally doofusy jokes.

That being said, for all those who Do wanna interrogate the stuff being discussed in the video, I salute you and look forward to the interesting perspectives brought to the conversation!

We all know toxic masculinity is bad, and that it's a more complex sociological issue then one might think at first glance, especially when it affects people across race lines and sexual orientation.

So it'll be of great help to grow an understanding of the topic from a show like this that puts great effort into exploring it, and showing how it's relevant in current issues we have to deal with alongside it, especially as it concerns how many powerful people are subject to the same thing and react or embolden it in return.

Toxic Masculinity is in a similar place as Social Media and Lead Poisoning, where the powerful folks who push the problems that excaerbate it, for financial gain or power, are themselves affected by it and grow more deranged or unstable while assuming personal invulnerablility. Progressing a problem that hurts everyone includes oneself, after all.

If more powerful people had better sense, they'd recognize this and attempt to prioritize solving the degredation these cause, but recent times have proven that not to be the case. Unfortunate, but there's always insight to be gained exploring the topic and trying to find answers with each other.

After all, to be aware of a problem grants you the choice of action or inaction, being unaware makes the choice for you. And while there's not much many large problems give us in the way of options, we can observe how Toxic Masculinity affects us in ways more subtle then we realize, and do our best to conbat that within ourselves, especially if we're male or were raised male, and carry the psychological scars of that mindset with us to this day.

For those that will balk at the videos length, here's the conclusions:

-Progressive policies like wage increase and affordable college can go a long way with helping men out economically
-We need modern role models that young men can look to instead of the Andrew Tates of the world
-More social spaces for men, but this will require nuance and more effort on men's part to build them
-Help men stop attaching their identity to hardships and relationships.

Completely shocked, the conclusions are the same as all progressives conclusions for everything!

Men can build social spaces for men but how do you prevent it from being widespread with misogyny, homophobia, and toxic masculinity in general? It's much easier to blame women and society at large than to have conversations about what healthy masculinity is. I'm not sure how to do this well when many grievances come down to "women are too picky and it's their fault I'm alone." There are a lot of voices telling them this. I feel like things will get worse before they get better. Society has to change.

Yeah, well, that's just too easy.

For as long as civilization has existed men have not been "okay," and everyone wants to focus on making sure they're alright. Meanwhile, women are ignored.

Sorry, but as a dude, I'm tired of hearing about men at risk of red pilling and their toxic masculinity bullshit all because they can't just rape women or force them into arranged marriages anymore and that one girl rejected them because they have zero money, zero personality, and can't put on deodorant. Meanwhile women are murdered and raped and no one seems to want to check if they're okay. And yet women don't seem to go on murder sprees like men despite being the main victims.

Fuck, women can't even be main characters in games or films without facing a mountain of shit. And lord forbid you're a female gamer ONLINE. ☠

So yeah, men don't ever seem to have been okay despite us always existing in a Patriarchy. But women ain't been okay, like ever, and so maybe we can focus on their issues for a bit. And if men get upset...too bad?

Right on, brother! Shutting the fuck up is free!