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| 2 | Be easy on yourself.What you're talking about is wu wei and thats a mediocre translation, IMO. The idea of taoism here is more to be at peace with what is happening in the world, view it in a neutral way and take the action that is best in the situation, with inaction being a viable form of action. Generally, there seems to be an emphasis on peace, calm and tranquility but that does not mean one should not act. | /r/seduction | 04/11/20 06:39 PM |
| 1 | Be easy on yourself.Honestly r/taoism is pretty useless. Some is good but relatively little of it has to actually do with taoism. r/stoicism is good | /r/seduction | 04/11/20 06:13 PM |
| 1 | Historically, men were both masculine and built deep, supportive, emotional connections (including with each other). It doesn't have to be an either orFeminism. Im partly joking here but honestly that is where the shift came from. They found a gap that men needed filled and decided to use their frames to fill it while simultaneously disenfranchising men, IMO. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 29/10/20 04:24 AM |
| 1 | Historically, men were both masculine and built deep, supportive, emotional connections (including with each other). It doesn't have to be an either orAh that makes sense. Im glad they got weeded out. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 29/10/20 04:21 AM |
| 1 | Historically, men were both masculine and built deep, supportive, emotional connections (including with each other). It doesn't have to be an either orThey're slightly political in their treatment of men--they feature a lot more "happy father" content than they used to. Otherwise I think you're basically right | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/10/20 08:14 AM |
| 2 | Historically, men were both masculine and built deep, supportive, emotional connections (including with each other). It doesn't have to be an either orWhat Every Body Is Saying by Joe Navarro | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/10/20 08:13 AM |
| 1 | Historically, men were both masculine and built deep, supportive, emotional connections (including with each other). It doesn't have to be an either orYeah they are. I wish there was a way to reverse it | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/10/20 08:12 AM |
| 3 | Historically, men were both masculine and built deep, supportive, emotional connections (including with each other). It doesn't have to be an either orPeople seriously thought AOM was tradcon? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/10/20 10:54 PM |
| 2 | Historically, men were both masculine and built deep, supportive, emotional connections (including with each other). It doesn't have to be an either orI read a book by a former cold war spycatcher that talked about body language and confirms what you're saying. This was true for Latin America also to an extent. And agreed correlation isn't causation, but I also think you've got a reasonably strong case here | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/10/20 08:01 PM |
| 1 | Historically, men were both masculine and built deep, supportive, emotional connections (including with each other). It doesn't have to be an either orI didn't think your post was bad (upvoted it I think) I just think this is common messaging that I want to push back on | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/10/20 07:58 PM |
| 28 | Historically, men were both masculine and built deep, supportive, emotional connections (including with each other). It doesn't have to be an either orI think today we see two separate roles: one masculine and one feminine. Masculine means you're tough, rugged and never need support--you do the looking after. Feminine means you're soft, gentle and get looked after. I think a mixture is probably more healthy. We know elements like grit, mental toughness and self-control improve psychological well-being, but also that emotional rigidity hurts it. To me, that says a healthy medium is having the strength to stand up to stuff, but also accepting th… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/10/20 09:52 AM |
| 1 | Between 1999-2018, the employment rate for men between 25-34 dropped 2.4x as fast as the rate for women of the same age. The primary cause: lack of educational attainment....and that number is under a million. Nice job. | /r/MensRights | 23/10/20 09:24 PM |
| 1 | What is MGTOW?Stands for Men Going Their Own Way. Basically guys who don't want to have anything serious with women. They're seen as fairly extreme and are labeled as hateful, although these days I legitimately have no idea when that label is accurate. | /r/MensRights | 23/10/20 09:24 AM |
| 1 | Between 1999-2018, the employment rate for men between 25-34 dropped 2.4x as fast as the rate for women of the same age. The primary cause: lack of educational attainment.You didn't actually read any of those did you. Here's what they don't address: None that I skimmed had the 1 million figure you're talking about None establish any evidence more young women than young men have left the workforce None of these established any evidence this will change anything post-pandemic | /r/MensRights | 23/10/20 09:16 AM |
| 1 | Between 1999-2018, the employment rate for men between 25-34 dropped 2.4x as fast as the rate for women of the same age. The primary cause: lack of educational attainment.Why did you create a separate thread? If you can't stick to a single thread you look like you're trolling. You still need to post a source and demonstrate there are considerably more young women than young men who left the labor force. Also, it is important to demonstrate that this is indicative of something that will continue post-covid. If this lasts for another 6 months or a year it doesn't make any difference in the grand scheme of things. | /r/MensRights | 23/10/20 09:01 AM |
| 3 | Quick review of the science: The most common traits described as "toxic" (grit and strength) are actually good for us. They reduce depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. They also improve psychological well-being, life satisfaction, meaning in life and academic outcomes.Its passion and perseverance (mostly perseverance in whats good for you) for the achievement of long-term goals, so sort of | /r/MensRights | 20/10/20 04:47 PM |
| 6 | Quick review of the science: The most common traits described as "toxic" (grit and strength) are actually good for us. They reduce depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. They also improve psychological well-being, life satisfaction, meaning in life and academic outcomes.It seems the definition and portrayal of positive masculinity always involves soft, weak men. A survey here on reddit showed men were now more likely to rate themselves as soft rather than strong, and were about 30% behind women. This fits with how men are portrayed now in the media and what we are told is healthy. | /r/MensRights | 20/10/20 03:32 PM |
| 3 | Quick review of the science: The most common traits described as "toxic" (grit and strength) are actually good for us. They reduce depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. They also improve psychological well-being, life satisfaction, meaning in life and academic outcomes.I think when they discuss the science they talk about repressing your emotions or dominance, which IMO is accurate. However whenever they talk about the new, healthy man its always someone who is soft and weak because those traits are seen as healthy. IMO its very difficult to find a model of a man that is considered positively in the eyes of toxic masculinity that has grit and strength. | /r/MensRights | 20/10/20 03:26 PM |
| 7 | Study: Grit, Intellectualism, Planning and Self-Control are positively related to psychological well-being, social well-being and life satisfactionA quick summary of the study and how it relates to men: It looks at measures of personality traits (Grit, Intellecutalism, Planning, Self-Control and Sensation‐Seeking) and compares these to different measures of eudaimonic (purpose and more long-term) and hedonic (more positive feeling in the moment) happiness in Korean society. This is valuable, because (according to the authors) unlike our societies in the west, their emphasis is placed on collectivistic social harmony and personal harmony, w… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 17/10/20 05:33 AM |
| 1 | How Society Historically Privileged Women (And Still Does) - Woke FatherHonestly the main thing that bothers me about these articles is the name "Woke Father". Will downvote every time for that. | /r/MensRights | 16/10/20 10:15 AM |
| 3 | Anybody feel . . . just so disconnected from this modern world at times?Our society was designed around a system where people got married young and relied on their spouse for a lot of their social/emotional needs. We don't have that anymore--people are getting married a lot later. Women tend to have a lot of women-only activities and groups. Men don't have anything similar and we need it. In person is better, but we should be able to do it online also. | /r/seduction | 01/10/20 08:07 AM |
| 1 | There is no seduction techniquesThis is quite good, thanks for posting | /r/seduction | 01/10/20 08:01 AM |
| 6 | Do guys like being called baby?Definitely not. Just about anything else works. | /r/seduction | 01/10/20 07:58 AM |
| 20 | Blind recruitment trial meant to boost women's opportunities stopped after it turns out it helps menWho would otherwise be disadvantaged by the system. I probably worded the title poorly but thats what I was trying to get at | /r/MensRights | 01/10/20 07:28 AM |
| 14 | Blind recruitment trial meant to boost women's opportunities stopped after it turns out it helps menFull disclaimer, this is old--2017. That said, I don't think anything has changed in the last few years. I think the findings are still relevant. | /r/MensRights | 01/10/20 01:47 AM |
| 1 | [Effort Post] The science and history of why men need equal opportunity, support and recognition for success, and where we stand nowActually if you look at the study, it did not affect women the same way. They did not show an increase in depression. And no, that is not the question. The question is would men choose to stay home given the lives they actually have to live. Among full time workers, women work a little less, not much. Thats why they're full time workers... I don't know why you think working less = happiness...we already know from the study it doesn't. The underlying basis for what you're saying is wrong. | /r/MensRights | 30/09/20 02:59 AM |
| 1 | [Effort Post] The science and history of why men need equal opportunity, support and recognition for success, and where we stand nowYou cannot ignore what is going on in people's lives. The real world does not work this way. The fact of the matter is, if you tell people to ignore everything else that happens in their lives and then ask them to make a decision, when they make that decision and the "everything else" comes back to bite them, its bad. That's why a longitudinal, causal study showed staying home causes men to become more depressed--regardless of whether they held egalitarian values or not. https://experts.illinois… | /r/MensRights | 29/09/20 06:41 PM |
| 2 | [Effort Post] The science and history of why men need equal opportunity, support and recognition for success, and where we stand nowThat's wrong, but lets look at each individual survey to figure out why. This is in the same order as the surveys he listed: This is asking if women with children want to stay home with the kids. Until this past survey from Gallup in 2019, this has always been a majority yes for women. Not for men. The Forbes survey never actually asks the question. If you go to the linked survey results, they ask if they feel they are under financial pressure to work. One can both be under pressure and want to … | /r/MensRights | 29/09/20 07:23 AM |
| 1 | [Effort Post] The science and history of why men need equal opportunity, support and recognition for success, and where we stand nowYou're both partially right. Womb development does affect us long-term, but that development is caused by hormone levels. | /r/MensRights | 28/09/20 09:08 PM |
| 2 | [Effort Post] The science and history of why men need equal opportunity, support and recognition for success, and where we stand nowI think its somewhat more complex than that. Basically our brains are a blank slate, but they don't respond identically to identical stimulus and, starting in the womb, our propensity to react to various stimuli produce differential changes in our brains. However, people vary quite a bit in personality and skills, even compared with others of their gender. As a result, its important (IMO) to simultaneously allow both men and women to pursue what they want with equal recognition, support and oppo… | /r/MensRights | 28/09/20 08:48 PM |
| 4 | [Effort Post] The science and history of why men need equal opportunity, support and recognition for success, and where we stand nowNOT a fan of the SJW crap, but the underyling data is decent. What you're missing is equal opportunity is not equal outcome. Mao and the communists tried to create equal outcome (and it didn't work). People seem to miss that these are different in this day and age which is a shame. There is considerable person-to-person variation, so everyone should have the same opportunity to work and the same support and recognition for doing so. I don't know that this will create a world in which everyone wo… | /r/MensRights | 28/09/20 09:53 AM |
| 0 | Gender Roles Seem to Have Flipped. Is Anyone Else Concerned?Right, but there's no reason one group of people should have to go to dramatically more effort to get a job than another group when the work can be done by either. They shouldn't have had to get doctorates to get a job, if that really was the case. I completely get not hiring them for physical jobs that require strength but not basic desk jobs. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 22/07/20 06:26 PM |
| 0 | Gender Roles Seem to Have Flipped. Is Anyone Else Concerned?Right. The reason they couldn't get good jobs is people wouldn't hire women for them. Not the lack of jobs | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 22/07/20 05:20 PM |
| 1 | Gender Roles Seem to Have Flipped. Is Anyone Else Concerned?Right. There's a difference. Not a huge one because both are extremely damaging to men who would want to break that stereotype. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/07/20 10:48 PM |
| 1 | Gender Roles Seem to Have Flipped. Is Anyone Else Concerned?Really? Are you that incapable of interpreting data? The differences are: 40% instead of 51% are happy with women holding the majority of jobs 1/3 of men are OK with men falling "significantly" behind in every category instead of every single job. Those are not significant differences. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/07/20 09:16 PM |
| 2 | Gender Roles Seem to Have Flipped. Is Anyone Else Concerned?Tbh yeah, my opinion is that low. I was a little off in the stats because its been 2 years since I read it, but it comes from here. The correct stats are: 55% believe they are more attractive to a spouse for offering to be a house husband (I misremembered this as wanting women to hold the majority of jobs) 40% of millennial men would be totally OK with women being the breadwinners and holding the majority of professional jobs 31% would be happy if men fall significantly behind women in every sin… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/07/20 08:45 PM |
| 1 | Gender Roles Seem to Have Flipped. Is Anyone Else Concerned?I do. Over 50% of men in the US don't care if women hold the vast majority of good paying jobs. Over 1/3 don't care if women held every single job and every single man was forced to stay home. I don't see what is stopping it from going there. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/07/20 05:22 PM |
| 1 | Gender Roles Seem to Have Flipped. Is Anyone Else Concerned?Not if there's a norm against it. How many women were working good jobs in the 70s? This isn't immediate. You don't blink and have a change. Give Sweden 50 years and see how the men are doing there. It is heading there across the west though. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/07/20 05:19 PM |
| 0 | Gender Roles Seem to Have Flipped. Is Anyone Else Concerned?Just wondering, what if a lot of men wanted that and did it? We'd create a social norm where you, as a man, could do nothing else. You might be happy chilling at home with your beer garden and video games but for men who want a little more from life? you've eliminated that opportunity. The only place in the world where there's anything close to equivalent that I know of is either with Eskimos who have become modern or, kind of, the Khasi tribe. In both men are massively depressed and drink thems… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/07/20 09:15 AM |
| 4 | SJW/Feminism And UbisoftI don't get historical revisionism in the name of feminism (whether in video games or elsewhere). Why can't we just acknowledge the past, accurately represent it and move on with the future? There are tons of settings where you could have both male and female characters. Assassin's creed goes out of their way to not pick them and choose the places where is really was male dominated to put women in. You can include women as equals tastefully like Skyrim did or go out of your way to make it clear … | /r/AntiFeminists | 16/05/20 10:55 PM |
| 2 | People complaining about dating and PUA tactics as manipulative has failed to see the pointI think the argument here is putting a bandaid on it helps it to heal the underlying problems. I don't know if its accurate, but IMO it does help--its like other areas of life, when you succeed at something important to you, it boosts your confidence. | /r/seduction | 05/05/20 05:37 PM |
| 1 | Mental toughness (which can be developed) may protect against depression: Elevated stress was only correlated with higher levels of depression among those with low mental toughnessWell the heritability estimate from studies I know of is about 0.5, suggesting about 1/2 of it is genetically "determined" (see citations here). For a reference point, this is about halfway between height (0.75-0.85 from studies I've seen) and displays of trust in trust games (0.25). Both interviews from coaches (note that the above number they reference for saying it has heavy genetic determinants, so its a bit overstated) and a Positive Psychology review suggest you need a basic level of resil… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/05/20 05:35 PM |
| 8 | Support male psychology network pleaseI am glad to see guys are working on this. Their mission statement is excellent: Recognition of the common humanity of men and women Promotion of Equity and Fairness for all Unity with Diversity and respect for gender differences as part of the human condition Gender inclusivity and complementarity e.g. we welcome female members and non-heterosexual men Improving understanding of and changing attitudes to men and boys through science and research Developing, providing and promoting better and mo… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/04/20 03:16 AM |
| 1 | Does expressing your frustration or feelings in general make you less of a man ?That makes sense. It sounds like a tough time right now. Best of luck building your life out there! It mostly sounds like she's projecting onto you--and then blamed you for it. I assumed you did something like what she actually did in my original post. I wouldn't be attracted to her after that either. | /r/seduction | 22/04/20 03:22 PM |
| 2 | Request for names of experts?Umm no. That is not the same thing. Providing is making money for both the man and woman. Protecting is fighting off or planning for given dangers. None of what you mentioned has anything to do with that. As I see it, what you mentioned is basically asking men to bend over backwards for women and support them with whatever they want--which is terrible, but not the same thing. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/04/20 03:02 AM |
| -2 | Request for names of experts?I think feminism has pushed us away from them, although I'm not sure how far. I think initially it moved us away from them and gave rise to the idea that they were bad, but we don't have anything to change to so we are either returning to this or fading away overall, and I'm not really sure which. Maybe some of both | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/04/20 01:55 AM |
| -1 | Request for names of experts?I think it was true but its largely shifted in the last couple years. I haven't seen evidence of this being reinforced since maybe 2018 | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 20/04/20 11:38 PM |
| 0 | Request for names of experts?Interesting. What makes you say the norms that men are protectors and providers are still in place? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 20/04/20 10:53 PM |
| 2 | Request for names of experts?All you have done on this sub is argue for matriarchies and that women are genetically superior. Want proof of the Khasi? Try doing some basic research... Maybe read the Wikipedia entry and the sources they give. Wiki isn't 100% factual but it's not bad, especially when you read the sources https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineal_society_of_Meghalaya Edit: Here's a quote that is basically word-for-word what I said about the Khasi:" "Khasi men don't have any security, they don't own land, the… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 20/04/20 08:14 PM |
| 6 | Does expressing your frustration or feelings in general make you less of a man ?I think there are 3 valuable pieces of info here: She's an ass. She might have one, but she definitely is one. Most girls, even if they're thinking this, won't say it outright. Chances are, staying with her won't be much fun. Usually its unspoken, but a lot of girls expect men to either not complain, or, what I've found, is complain in a strong way (where you sound like the situation is under control, just frustrating...ie, "this idiot at school/work..." not "Im worried about school/work") in th… | /r/seduction | 19/04/20 05:51 AM |
| 2 | I miss having crushesIf you miss it, slow things down a bit. Its not like you can't go back if you don't like it. | /r/seduction | 19/04/20 05:19 AM |
| 1 | The social life of young men?I would be curious to see stats on this. I suspect you're right but don't have data to prove it | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/04/20 11:14 PM |
| 1 | What are ur top 10 worst countries for men and whyIf you don't have "exit surveys" or something similar you can't know for sure. I think the Quora link represents a reasonable guess. Here's what we do know: We know that women do not leave in the same numbers and they are empowered there and well educated. It appears to be the more educated men who are leaving so it likely isn't due to job prospect issues. Adding to this, NZ has low unemployment. NZ is a first world country with good services so this is extremely unlikely to be a cause. Moving i… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/04/20 06:44 PM |
| 2 | What are ur top 10 worst countries for men and whyIdk. My impression is in Sweden they are allowed to do male-dominated work but are not encouraged to do so--unless its work women don't want (ie manual labor). For New Zealand, here's a link discussing the numbers. No articles are willing to discuss what the causes are (which makes me think its feminism), but all point to educated men leaving. Some guesses from Quora, which sound reasonable to me given that no other country around there has the same issues. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/04/20 05:54 PM |
| 5 | What can we do to convince feminists to be allies to the movement?The fact that the type of institution is different does not mean they are guaranteed to be different. It is influenced by all forms of life and there is from fascist to liberal to marxist to anarchist all forms of itterations of it. The point is not that these forms exist--you can probably also find far-right people who want universal healthcare--the point is whether they have a meaningful effect on real world outcomes. What uniform actions have "the feminists" done? Were you living under a ro… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/04/20 12:40 AM |
| 3 | What are ur top 10 worst countries for men and why100% yes. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/world/europe/sweden-gender-neutral-preschools.html | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 11:58 PM |
| 1 | What are ur top 10 worst countries for men and whyNo...the expectation is its the woman's job to cook for them there. No comment on the culture but I think thats where its coming from | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 11:56 PM |
| 2 | What are ur top 10 worst countries for men and whyDo they have a noticeable population gap? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 11:55 PM |
| 1 | Why I’m an anti-feminist MRAYeah I don't get it. Personally, I'd be fine with most of what Bernie was proposing--I actually liked a fair number of his policies. Its possible its just an outsider's view (I was a Yang fan and a moderate) but the impression I always got was a lot of Bernie's supporters were pretty supportive of equality of outcome rather than opportunity. I didn't get that impression from Bernie though. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 10:21 PM |
| 1 | Why I’m an anti-feminist MRAIm not seeing a huge difference between what you call substantive equality of opportunity and equality of outcome. So long as the goal and measurement of both is determined by the equality of outcome, it seems to me that the desire is the same. Edit: To be clear, Im in favor of both affirmative action and improving the actual equality of outcome. However, I think we should be measuring it based off factors like what % of hirees are a certain group vs. what % of applicants are from that group. If… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 10:08 PM |
| 2 | What are ur top 10 worst countries for men and whyThere's a "man shortage" there because a lot of men realize their lives would be way better in Australia or SE Asia. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 09:59 PM |
| 2 | What are ur top 10 worst countries for men and whyWhy do you think India and Israel are worse? It seems to me both generally treat men fairly decently | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 09:56 PM |
| 5 | What are ur top 10 worst countries for men and whyI don't know enough about all countries around the world for a top 10, but here are my top 5: Spain - Domestic violence laws, general country attitude (held 120k person women's march during Coronavirus because they believe men are more dangerous than the pandemic) Sweden - Forcing boys to be educated specifically for homemaking, girls for success New Zealand - So bad 5-10% of men leave the country by their 20s-30s US - General attitude Iceland - They're pushing to start what Sweden is doing | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 06:51 PM |
| 7 | What can we do to convince feminists to be allies to the movement?Who is "they". Feminism is not really an united idea. Saying this is basically the same as saying Republicans aren't really a united group or Socialists aren't a united group. In all cases there are smaller splinter factions that seriously disagree on certain points, but by and large they agree on the majority of the most important points and that allows them to create large uniform actions--otherwise it would basically be impossible. This sounds like you think you can not participate in the s… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 06:43 PM |
| 2 | What can we do to convince feminists to be allies to the movement?I think it's an argument they used to discuss traditional masculinity, but I don't think most of them care about it or believe it as much as they use it as an excuse for pushing for their goals. Also, even if they did believe it, what we would give up with that means using it would put our hopes, needs and systems of support in their hands for the future, which I don't think is a good idea. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 06:29 PM |
| 3 | "How to combat ‘hepeating’ at work, according to a Harvard professor"Would you get your propaganda off the sub? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 05:51 PM |
| 11 | What can we do to convince feminists to be allies to the movement?I think its extremely unlikely to be possible. They've built their entire framework on "Men have too much. They oppress and hurt women. It is caused by the patriarchy which still exists." Fundamentally, if they are going to remain logically and "morally" coherent this isn't something they can change. For them to help men and be coherent, they must do it through a lens of "the patriarchy oppresses men also" which by definition means it only supports men in things that are anti-previous roles for … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 05:48 PM |
| 2 | Why I’m an anti-feminist MRAI think the reason why is there's a difference in the basic moral framework both sides use to approach the problem: Equality of Opportunity vs. Equality of Outcome. Coupling this with the fact that most people don't and won't research much, this causes the difference of opinion. Take the wage gap for example. When you measure it by equal work for equal pay, both genders are about equal. Men make (depending on the larger studies I've seen) 2-4% more. However, because women usually go into lower p… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 05:40 PM |
| 1 | Has there ever been a matriarchal society, or a society where women are in positions of power, in any period of time? If so, how do they treat men and women and overrall fare in terms of prosperity and progress compared to patriarchies?If this is a legitimate fear, do some research. Or at least ask different people. At this point it just looks like you're using the questions to advance an agenda. I think what you'll when you research is find is each society is widely different. Matriarchal societies, roughly speaking, have less internal strife but plenty of external strife. Look at Native Americans for examples. Also, you need to ask what the price of internal peace is and what effects it has. Are people peaceful because they'… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 05:21 PM |
| 5 | Has there ever been a matriarchal society, or a society where women are in positions of power, in any period of time? If so, how do they treat men and women and overrall fare in terms of prosperity and progress compared to patriarchies?At least vary what you're doing a little. This community has 1,300 subs and hasn't grown much since you asked last. If you keep repeating the same inputs with minimal variation, you're pretty likely to get the same outputs | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 07:25 AM |
| 3 | Has there ever been a matriarchal society, or a society where women are in positions of power, in any period of time? If so, how do they treat men and women and overrall fare in terms of prosperity and progress compared to patriarchies?Would you stop posting this? You get answers you don't like and ignore evidence people post to keep asking the same questions. If you don't like what people are telling you, go do your own research. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/04/20 12:05 AM |
| 3 | Really interesting TED talk about Modern Feminism/victimhood/the state of modern Men.It may not be everything, but this is how it has to start | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/04/20 04:07 AM |
| 3 | Really interesting TED talk about Modern Feminism/victimhood/the state of modern Men.That was really, really good. We need more people speaking on this | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 31/03/20 10:14 PM |
| 1 | I went from being basically an incel to sleeping with four different women since the beginning of the year. Here's what's changed.Solid advice. The only thing I'd add is, while a good job isn't necessary, it does help--both through paying for dates and the title is a draw for some girls. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 31/03/20 06:57 AM |
| 28 | What does this sub think of the accusations against Biden and the way the conversation is had both offline and onlineI have yet to see any man run for office who has not been accused of a #meToo offense in the modern era. Sanders is the only one who hasn't been directly accused of sexual assault, and his campaign has been accused of covering up sexual assault, not to mention Warren's attack. At this point I have no idea if the claim against Biden is real, nor do I care. Im still voting for him over Trump. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 31/03/20 06:36 AM |
| 17 | Spain government officials bend the knee to feminism instead of their own people.When a country gets so hell bent on an ideology they would happily spread a pandemic to affirm an ideology, one of two things will happen: If the ideology is adaptive, the country will thrive and succeed beyond that of its peers. If it's not, their obsession will likely detract from other areas (in this case health for citizens) which will cause other problems and eventually lead to the decline of both the ideology and country. My money's on the latter one here. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/03/20 07:40 AM |
| 3 | Brookings analysis & Mckinsey analysis (see comments) show men are at greater risk from automation over the coming decadesThe title is the summary. There's a link to each of the pieces in the original post. They have graphics you might find helpful | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 29/03/20 08:07 AM |
| 1 | What MASCULINITY MEANT BEFORE being accused, degraded and idea of it being eradicated. thoughts?We need this to return | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/03/20 02:15 AM |
| 2 | One thing I've noticed with CoronavirusYeah I think whoever they care about is an OK exception to the rule | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 26/03/20 08:38 PM |
| 3 | One thing I've noticed with CoronavirusThey don't want us to die when we're helping them or they're scared. Every other time, they'd prefer it. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 26/03/20 06:16 PM |
| 3 | One thing I've noticed with CoronavirusYep. If they don't have anyone to blame for things going wrong in their life they might actually have to take responsibility for them | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/03/20 05:22 PM |
| 3 | One thing I've noticed with CoronavirusWell OK, that's not great. Maybe I just haven't been paying attention. It still seems quieter though. On the plus side, this might make women expect they should be doing this and drive them back into a domestic role. To be clear, I'm not saying women should be stuck in a domestic role at all, just that I think it's funny that this might have the opposite of the intended effect | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/03/20 03:58 PM |
| 3 | One thing I've noticed with CoronavirusYeah, basically people stop hating other people Edit: added "other" in. Missed it the first time | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/03/20 03:53 PM |
| 5 | One thing I've noticed with CoronavirusUh oh, you're coughing! Seriously though, I very much agree | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/03/20 03:51 PM |
| 9 | One thing I've noticed with CoronavirusYeah, I've seen a few of those but they don't seem to be circulating widely. Its amazing how far they'll go to stretch things... "You might be dying, but we have to do a few months of childcare. Clearly that's worse." | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/03/20 07:23 AM |
| 2 | How do Scandinavian and egalitarian countries compare in the gender education and performance scores gap?Well not to my knowledge, I think thats more a praying mantis kind of deal. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 22/03/20 03:49 PM |
| 3 | How do Scandinavian and egalitarian countries compare in the gender education and performance scores gap?I don't think (feminist version of) equality = egalitarian, or that all Scandinavian countries have similar beliefs. That said, it depends dramatically on the country, but pulling Norway as an example, the gap still very much exists. Similar to other OECD countries from what I understand. Sweden has a gap in college attendance like other countries, but idk anything about their test scores. Edit: I changed the first sentence. Also despite my username I'm from the US and have never been to Scandin… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 22/03/20 04:28 AM |
| 1 | Presenting as a man feels like waving the confederate flag or somethingMan that's pretty disheartening. I thought Germany would be better--on surveys and news I saw it looked like they didn't have that big a feminist movement and not that many people were feminists so I figured things wouldn't be that bad. What does that leave... China, smaller E Asian countries and E Europe? I've also been looking at Mexico but idk Edit: Also India I suppose | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 18/03/20 04:59 PM |
| 2 | Presenting as a man feels like waving the confederate flag or somethingThis is basically my impression also. To some extent I think its a cultural goal/norm that isn't widely shared, but the fact that it exists as a cultural norm means that as time passes it will likely deepen until no one is around who is willing to push it, which I expect will extend past our lifetimes. I'm strongly considering moving to get away from it. If you don't mind my asking, where are you (so I know where else is like this)? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 18/03/20 05:49 AM |
| 5 | COVID19 - stay at home!Actually thats not true. Here's why: The Coronavirus is most infectious in the week before or first week of symptoms In the US and several other countries, the numbers were and are low due to low testing This was not true in other parts of the world, like Spain which has now blown up and is on track to follow Italy. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/03/20 06:54 PM |
| 21 | Which specific men's issues hit closest to home with you, and what can the rest of us do to help raise awareness about these important matters?I don't think many people consider it a men's issue, but I think we should. Lack of a positive role in society--not just role models but a role at all I think is huge. When men are asked what is good about being a man, there is no answer. When men are asked what actions they can take or achievements they can get that is both socially valued and seen as a positive for men, there is no answer. When men are asked what the role of men is, one of the most common answers is supporting women. We should… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/03/20 06:21 AM |
| 14 | COVID19 - stay at home!I think it is appropriate to point out that we know women are less affected by the virus, young people are less affected than old, and most disease is spread via contact with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic people (ie the ones who have it who aren't staying home). Given that, it would be really dangerous to have a bunch of young women gather for something right now. I do not think the womens marches this year were a good idea. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/03/20 06:08 AM |
| 5 | Is this a positive COVID19 comment, intended to generate more light than heat, in your view? Or just the usual lazy misandry? What's your thought?She almost got through the whole thing without blaming white men--it was almost not bigotry. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 14/03/20 05:22 AM |
| 2 | So yeah, this is a bit different. The US soccer argues that female players get less pay than male players because of "biological differences". Yeah, no.You'd think they would notice that without sex women don't get pregnant, but apparently that wasn't important. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/03/20 07:29 PM |
| 2 | So yeah, this is a bit different. The US soccer argues that female players get less pay than male players because of "biological differences". Yeah, no.Yeah. The argument was women had the power to create life which men did not therefore they had the right to rule (made sense to them I guess). | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/03/20 06:43 PM |
| 2 | "Why today's young men are terrified of sex". Thoughts on this article?I don't think the problem is a lack of sex drive. I think the reason 28% of men are abstinent is the act with someone new is no longer safe. Whether its expectations that all of the performance and judgement is on the man or a risk of accusations if she later decides she wasn't all that into it, it can be more anxiety provoking than pleasurable. Personally, I have to find someone I trust to hook up with--in the past I'd sleep with anyone I found attractive. Now, I need to genuinely trust them. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/03/20 04:40 PM |
| 2 | So yeah, this is a bit different. The US soccer argues that female players get less pay than male players because of "biological differences". Yeah, no.From what I understand, the Iroquois had kind of a mix. Men still had a role as hunters and warriors, but ultimately they had no say in what happened. Women made the final decision in the home and in all political matters. I don't think the Iroquois were particularly modern. They did have a role for men but provided men no opportunity to self-determine or share in tribal decisions. Yeah idk, I think Patricia Mukhim was just being honest. I don't know that there was an agenda there. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/03/20 04:25 PM |
| 1 | So yeah, this is a bit different. The US soccer argues that female players get less pay than male players because of "biological differences". Yeah, no.You've got a good memory! | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/03/20 04:21 PM |
| 2 | So yeah, this is a bit different. The US soccer argues that female players get less pay than male players because of "biological differences". Yeah, no.Its really hard to say for a number of reasons, not the least of which is oppressive is defined by the current culture. It is extremely rare for a society to think it is oppressive, regardless of what actually occurs. For example, imagine trying to convince someone in the 1950s that a norm for women to be a housewife was oppressive. I doubt many, including women, would have agreed. In our society, we seem to define oppression as the opposite of equality. So, I define equality as: Equal opportuni… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/03/20 06:20 AM |
| 2 | So yeah, this is a bit different. The US soccer argues that female players get less pay than male players because of "biological differences". Yeah, no.It was one of my majors in college. My focus was on physical anthropology, but I did some cultural as well. How'd you know? To answer your question, I think people usually think there are 3 systems: patriarchy, matriarchy and egalitarianism. In reality, each individual culture is largely unique and concepts that are simply taken for granted in one are completely foreign in another. In terms of generalizations: Women often have dramatically diminished roles in patriarchies but always have some ro… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/03/20 02:09 AM |
| 4 | So yeah, this is a bit different. The US soccer argues that female players get less pay than male players because of "biological differences". Yeah, no.Well thats rather stupid. Its probably due to relative interest and financial support. If women raked in tons of money, I bet they'd pay them more. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/03/20 02:27 AM |
| 3 | The opinion from the media on Elizabeth Warren dropping out has largely been: "Well crap, it looks like we are stuck with just men now." But supposedly that isn't sexism. Imagine how the reverse would be treated.Yeah. Equality through bigotry makes everything better | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/03/20 09:11 AM |
| 2 | Videos from CANVAS (an organization that has helped create multiple peaceful political revolutions) on how to make social movements successfulMaybe. Have female advocates and changes in academic structures been necessary for successful mens movements elsewhere? Regardless, I think the next steps are the same. If you create social structures and unity for and among men, we will be more resilient and supportive in the face of the same issues, which makes life better. Its also the first step to creating a more enduring and effective mens movement, if that is possible. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/02/20 07:48 PM |
| 2 | Videos from CANVAS (an organization that has helped create multiple peaceful political revolutions) on how to make social movements successfulIt seems to me the answer would be to create a group identity. Men have had one in almost every culture in every time period. We did (albeit loosely) until a couple years ago here too. (Edit: this is something Im researching and working on slowly) Also, I believe other cultures have had mens rights movements (India had one a few years back I think) | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/02/20 06:40 PM |
| 9 | [UK] Male Psychology Network starts teaching male orientend psychology as part of regular curiculum in psychologist's university educationWhen I read the title, I thought it was going to be a men's lib advocacy program. It genuinely seems good though | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/02/20 06:03 PM |
| 2 | How to not sexualize women?Watching the halftime show of the superbowl the only thing I was thinking was "don't you dare sexualize us. Let us do it for you!" | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/02/20 11:44 PM |
| 2 | Thoughts on this article about matriarchal societies?Agreed that most pop-anthropology sees things through a western lens. On the rest, I would disagree. I know the Iriquois men did not hold any real power. They had a war council, which was overseen by women. That was about it. I never studied the Mosou, but I have yet to see any evidence that the men held any power whatsoever. Only evidence they don't. Having a religious role may or may not mean anything, depending on the society. For all we know the funerals probably mean that men have to deal w… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/02/20 07:53 AM |
| 3 | Thoughts on this article about matriarchal societies?As someone who studied anthropology (one of my majors in college), I am surprised this isn't talked about more. Matriarchal societies absolutely exist, and have existed in the past. In most, women run not only the home but the majority or entirety of politics and relations. In many cases (see the Iriquois, Masuo) there is almost no decision a man can make that a woman cannot overrule. In less technologically advanced societies, men and women always had roles because sexual dimorphism in strength… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/02/20 04:24 AM |
| 2 | Thoughts on this article about matriarchal societies?You seem to be assuming that "I can share my opinion" is the same as actually having an equal say in decision making. This is completely inaccurate. Take this article on the Mosuo who you reference, describing the role of men: The men provide strength, ploughing, building, repairing homes, slaughtering animals and helping with big familial decisions, although the final say is always with Grandmother. Take the Iroquois for another example. Before the US effectively destroyed their society they we… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/02/20 04:20 AM |
| 7 | What is this subs opinions on two controversial dating subs, Female Dating Stratrgy and The Red Pill?r\FemaleDatingStrategy [im not linking to that shit] just sounds like normal feminism to me. I don't really see a difference. So no, I'm not a fan. I read a bit more and it looks like they basically expect a man to be subservient but still pay for everything for them. While I like the fact that they differentiate between men based on something requiring effort (it beats not differentiating, IMO, which is much of feminism today), the expectation that we worship them is rather insane. If it isn't … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/02/20 04:38 AM |
| 2 | A List of Men's Organizations that Affect Positive Change?You're welcome! Hopefully we can keep it going, and growing | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/02/20 12:38 AM |
| 2 | A List of Men's Organizations that Affect Positive Change?Thanks! | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/02/20 12:38 AM |
| 3 | A List of Men's Organizations that Affect Positive Change?Thanks! They seem good, I just didn't know about them | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/02/20 07:52 AM |
| -12 | Good article on myths which are used to justify circumcisionThe CDC recommends circumcision for all men. They're a premier, if not the premier health organization in the world. I'll go with them on this. Also, its a matter of religious freedom. You can't strip away a part of a religion, which has medical backing from major organizations, because you don't support it. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/02/20 01:44 AM |
| 3 | Which of the democratic presidential candidates supports men?Never would have expected that. Im actually genuinely impressed | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/02/20 01:35 AM |
| 1 | Which of the democratic presidential candidates supports men?She deserves it. She convicted an innocent kid even when the killer confessed? Hopefully she implodes tonight. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/02/20 01:35 AM |
| 6 | Which of the democratic presidential candidates supports men?I think she intentionally tones it down, she's definitely aware of it when it comes to discussing gender in general: "she’s tweaked her message... so as not to alienate those voters she says can be turned off by too much talk of being a woman." (SD Tribune) I see it come out during interviews and debates rather than policies. The way she discusses issues often clearly segments things along gender lines and her references to men are almost exclusively negative. She goes out of her way to associat… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/02/20 10:12 PM |
| 2 | Which of the democratic presidential candidates supports men?Thanks for the summary and articles. This is very good to know | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/02/20 06:55 PM |
| 9 | Which of the democratic presidential candidates supports men?Klobuchar doesn't seem to be able to get through a debate without making a "men are trash" comment so not her. Edit: Buttigieg supports a $50B investment fund restricted to female entrepreneurs, so not him either. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/02/20 06:02 AM |
| 2 | Which of the democratic presidential candidates supports men?Bernie has rejected the social justice narrative about everything revolving around race and gender multiple times Any sources on this? Its the main thing holding me back from supporting him. Googling it, I can't find much from this election cycle that discusses it. Edit: also, what OCR policies are you talking about? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/02/20 06:01 AM |
| 1 | How much income and wealth inequality would you accept in your version of the best possible society?Agreed, and I think eventually propensities from genetic differences do come out. Otherwise, its hard to explain why manly/feminine traits are so similar across much of the world and many varying environments. Some significant traits are shared across almost all mammals. That said, culture is extremely powerful and can bend people's wills for generations until environmental factors or existing powers shift. People are far more likely to focus on staying inside a social network that makes them fe… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 31/01/20 04:24 AM |
| 3 | How much income and wealth inequality would you accept in your version of the best possible society?From what I remember from my anthro major, inequality emerges in every society with > 200-300 people. It doesn't have to be money based, but as soon as you force equalization in one area, another will emerge. A little like the Soviet Union, where everyone was "equal", but those with political power were considerably "more equal". As a result, I support equal pay within specific jobs/companies/locations for equal experience but don't believe there is any long-term benefit of enforcing it beyond t… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/01/20 04:28 AM |
| 5 | So, what can be done about the male suicide rate?Agreed. Also starting meetups or sports leagues | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 26/01/20 05:30 AM |
| 6 | So, what can be done about the male suicide rate?A really simple one that is easy to do, people often seem to miss, and can alleviate a lot of suffering: Men should spend a lot more quality time socializing, especially with other men. Loneliness is a huge problem we don't talk about, and connection is absolutely essential. The CDC recommends increasing connection as protection against suicide | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 26/01/20 12:48 AM |
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