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| 7 | A critique of the "Real man idea"Yes and no. Woman are pressured to be feminine yes, which can be very damaging to women I'm not trying to undermine that, but even if they're aren't they're still considered women. The worst they might get is the idea that there's something wrong with her or that she's secretly a lesbian. But she is still fundamentally recognised and treated as a woman. Men however are not considered men if they don't perform masculinity sufficiently. That's why phases like "I'm revoking your man card" exist. Yo… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/07/26 10:08 AM |
| 8 | NowThis somewhat disingenuously frames endometriosis as man vs woman by comparing it to male pattern baldnessAh, okay, I understand your point | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/06/26 07:04 PM |
| 17 | NowThis somewhat disingenuously frames endometriosis as man vs woman by comparing it to male pattern baldnessUnless you can explain exactly why you think that what feminists say shouldn'tbe taken at face value, I don't think that's a valid excuse. Yes there are communication differences between sexes, but that doesn't make anyone less of a hypocrite for not practicing what they preach. Anyone who does so should be judged accordingly. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/06/26 09:57 AM |
| 48 | Yes, misandry hurts my feelings. What now?"The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats." -- Aldous Huxley | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/06/26 01:41 PM |
| 22 | I have noticed that the phrase "not all men" is mostly used by Feminists to say "not all men... but ALWAYS a man/mostly men"It'd better to simply say "we don't give a shit about it or what you think" because it's not like their words ever have added anything of worth. This is part of the reason why young men are moving to the right. I'm not saying you're wrong, just that this attitude is present in a lot of young men concerning feminism (and social justice) and is part of the reason they're moving rightwards. They've realised there is no pleasing feminists and that they're always going to be demonised so they stop ca… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/05/26 10:53 AM |
| 4 | Why men don't go to therapyToo true I don't think that a lot of people understand that community, like all relationships, requires a certain degree of discomfort/ effort in order to create it and keep it going. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/05/26 03:57 PM |
| 7 | This was in my School’s Library Social Justice sectionIt's apparently from an introduction he wrote to Samuel Butler's Erewhon. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/05/26 04:35 PM |
| 50 | This was in my School’s Library Social Justice section"The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats." -- Aldous Huxley | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/05/26 09:53 AM |
| 12 | Most parents fear daughters will grow up unsafe in publicEven if there is one, it doesn't mean we should just sit back and accept it. Rape is something that has been observed all across the animal kingdom, and has a biological basis, and yet we still criminalise and push against it because we recognise it for the horrible thing that it is. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/05/26 10:49 PM |
| 14 | The word "creep" and its effectsLike I understand but a weird guy walking listening to music while singing the lyrics or talking to himself is not a danger just “odd.” I feel like a lot of people don't know the difference between feeling unsafe and actually being unsafe. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/05/26 09:05 PM |
| 108 | Stop saying "by other men!"When people (usu. conservatives) bring up that, in the US, black people face more violence from other black people that from police officers, leftist rightly call them out for bring dismissive and minimising black people's problems. But when it comes to men's problems dismissiveness is the norm. If you want to see a Leftist become a conservative before your eyes, just bring up men's issues | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/04/26 02:03 PM |
| 6 | A story of radicalisation: A young student who grew up in a “liberal bubble,” with a model dad teaching her equality (and that women are better), now believes misandry and aggression against men are necessaryI maintain that telling someone to "get therapy" nowadays is just a nicer way of telling someone to "f*ck off" while making yourself look like a somewhat caring person. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/04/26 06:32 AM |
| 55 | According to some feminists' logic ( and policy) domestic violence in both gay and lesbian couples doesn't existThis is what happens when you let your ideology tell you what reality is instead of letting reality dictate your ideology. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 09/04/26 07:04 PM |
| 1 | Feminism is a mask-wearing Cluster B ideologyAlso, I’m not trying to be anti-science or like a skeptic but sometimes I don’t trust a lot of the studies that say left-wing is good left-wing is more intelligent than right wingers . People have been trying to bring attention to the Left wing bias in science, especially the social sciences for a while now. The vast majority of people in social sciences e.g. psychology and sociology, tend to be left leaning. If both the people doing the studies and the people reviewing the studies have the same… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/04/26 07:30 PM |
| 6 | Does the left not understand they're inadvertently validating what the manosphere has been saying about them when they make insults regarding men's bodies?That's actually an amazing point I hadn't thought of before. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/03/26 10:34 PM |
| 49 | Does the left not understand they're inadvertently validating what the manosphere has been saying about them when they make insults regarding men's bodies?In my experience no they don't. They seem to be in absolute denial that anything their side does could potentially be making the problem worse. Which not all of the time, but a lot of the time, is the actual source of the problem. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 26/03/26 08:09 AM |
| 77 | Does the left not understand they're inadvertently validating what the manosphere has been saying about them when they make insults regarding men's bodies?To refine your point a bit more, I'd say it comes down to men, on the Left, not being able to have a positive identity outside of serving women in some capacity. The Right, although not as critical as the Left, still has negative things to say about men, especially modern men. But unlike the Left are actually capable of assigning positive traits to men or admitting that men have more of a certain positive traits than women. Ironically the Right is actually more balanced than the Left in this reg… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 26/03/26 06:14 AM |
| 2 | "The longer we tolerate cultural expectations of masculinity that harm us, the longer we remain trapped inside them."So what is the alternative to rigid cultural expectations? While I agree that cultural expectations of what men should can often be very harmful the thing is I'm not sure that letting every man decide for themselves what masculinity means is a culturally viable solution. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 20/03/26 06:57 PM |
| 3 | NPR podcasters call 2026 the "year of pathetic men." How can we get these organizations to see this is wrong?Hey, there's a first time for everything! | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/03/26 07:10 PM |
| 58 | NPR podcasters call 2026 the "year of pathetic men." How can we get these organizations to see this is wrong?The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats. Aldous Huxley (author of Brave New World) | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/03/26 11:32 AM |
| 34 | Discussions of male loneliness always results in some feminists chiming in and oversimplifying the issueIt's because, according to feminism/ leftism, men are the oppressor class AKA *the enemy*. Why would they have any empathy for the enemy? Why should women be able expected to aid the "oppressor class" in any way? This also helps to explain why more your men are starting to lean right as well. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 14/02/26 11:10 AM |
| 30 | Discussions of male loneliness always results in some feminists chiming in and oversimplifying the issueI don't think therapy is always a bad word but I feel the phrase "get therapy" usually is. The phrase "get therapy" or "you need therapy" has just become a politically correct way of telling someone to f*ck off while making the person saying it look vaguely empathetic. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 14/02/26 10:53 AM |
| 96 | «The Male loneliness epidemic is a good thing because it means women's freedom» -Elizabeth Lemay, on francophone channel of the Federal state-sponsored radio-station.Feminists (and by extension a lot of Leftists) don't seem to realise they they are honestly their own worst enemy a lot of the time. Probably because they're unable to conceive of their side being able to do anything wrong. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/02/26 02:38 PM |
| 5 | Gender Based Violence against men isn't considered because men are still the defaultI came here to say this myself. The "men are the default" idea is extremely over-simplistic and an actually harmful idea when it comes to understanding society. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/02/26 02:56 PM |
| 1 | Blackness and MalenessAh I see, sounds like sassy would be an appropriate adjective then. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 03/02/26 09:23 PM |
| 7 | Blackness and MalenessOh it definitely does. A lot the things black people have to do to be accepted in white society (like acting as non threatening as possible) are the same things white men have to do to not be seen as a creep/ threat but turned up to 11. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/02/26 09:09 PM |
| 2 | Blackness and MalenessI'm not sure about sassy (because I can't understand what's being said), but if she we're black, I'd say she's a decent depiction of how black women are negatively perceived in the West; loud and aggressive instead of quiet and demure like women should be. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/02/26 08:30 AM |
| 24 | Blackness and MalenessRace is definitely a factor for black women. Black people as a whole get stereotyped as being more masculine relative to white people. So for black men it results in them being perceived as hypermasculine and aggressive but also hypersexual. You can see it in a lot of negative stereotypes of black men e.g. more prone to crime/ violence, and more likely to vi*late women especially if they're white. It also feeds into positive stereotypes as well, such as black men being "inherently" good at sport… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/02/26 08:19 AM |
| 3 | Men being seen as protectors also known as avatars of violence has always been insulting to meWooow, that's actually so messed up. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 29/01/26 06:40 PM |
| 0 | Men being seen as protectors also known as avatars of violence has always been insulting to meI generally agree that politics at its most fundamental level is violence, no matter what your political beliefs are. Although it's still a good idea from both a pragmatic and moral perspective to try and keep the amount of violence needed to a minimum. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/01/26 09:59 PM |
| 30 | Homelessness and Men (thoughts on feminist arguments)It's the hyperagency/ hypoagency problem. Men are seen as having hyperagency, and women are seen as having hypoagency. Meaning that women are always perceived as being less responsible for their actions while men are seen as as being responsible for not only their actions but the actions of other people, to an extent that is frequently unreasonable. The weird thing to me is how both sides agree with this. In right wing/ red pill spaces, female behaviour (especially in regards to dating) is excus… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/01/26 01:41 PM |
| 30 | Misandry and anti-masculinity in queer and trans spacesNever-mind the fact that a huge chunk of guys born post 1990 grew up understanding sexism and homophobia are bad and have never really been guilty of perpetrating it. That really depends on who you ask. For a lot of feminists any man that isn't aligned with feminism is on the side of the oppressor and is thus fair game, even if you aren't perpetuating sexism, you must be constantly shown to be actively working against the patriarchy in some way or you're guilt of being complicit. You're also not… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/12/25 02:33 PM |
| 23 | Misandry and anti-masculinity in queer and trans spacesGay men are next on the chopping block after cishet men. There's always been a low level of hate directed against gay men from feminists due to gay men obviously having nothing to do with women and a lot of feminists viewing gay male communities as inherently misogynistic. There was a feminist called Rose McGowan who a few years ago said that gay men "fought for the right to stand on top of a float wearing an orange Speedo taking molly (a drug)." She even said they were more sexist than straight… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/12/25 02:19 PM |
| 25 | what do you guys think of this video made by leftist youtuber Adam Something? "The Left Created Andrew Tate (by Ignoring Young Men)"Because to give good dating advice, they need to acknowledge the reality of dating from the male perspective. And a lot of people don't want to do that because the reality paints quite an unflattering picture of women in quite a few ways | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/12/25 09:47 PM |
| 26 | what do you guys think of this video made by leftist youtuber Adam Something? "The Left Created Andrew Tate (by Ignoring Young Men)"To be expected. But I'm still pleasantly surprised that this video was made to begin with. And by a mainstream breadtuber no less. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/12/25 09:25 PM |
| 5 | Warning: certain ideology is now considered "identity or vulnerability" under Reddit's Rule 1 - with all consequencesIf it gives you any comfort, it's definitely not just you who feels that way. And judging by the way things are going, you might not have to wait very long to see society disappear. The question is if anything better will replace it. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/12/25 08:07 AM |
| 7 | advice for men and people who give itAh, okay | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/11/25 07:13 PM |
| 16 | advice for men and people who give itI don't think it's just "inherent value" although admittedly, that is a big reason. I think a lot of it comes down to the whole "women are oppressed, men are the oppressors" narrative. When ever men's problems are mentioned the first thing out of the mouths of many feminists are how "men's problems are their own fault" because men are the ones who created the patriarchy and victim blaming men for their own suffering even though the men alive today had no say in creating patriarchy and gender nor… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/11/25 07:02 PM |
| 31 | Italy makes gender motivated murder a separate crime, but only for women"If you want to see a liberal turn into a conservative before your eyes, just bring up men's issues." -quote from a guy somewhere on this subreddit who I can't remember | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/11/25 05:56 PM |
| 8 | I can't believe this has to be said but um... socially disadvantaged men matter too, okay?I think this is one of the many reasons why there's a resurgence of the right/ religion among Gen Z. Call them restrictive and sexist all you want (because you're right) but they do actually seem to do a better job at taken men and their problems seriously compared to the Left. Not only that, but their sexist beliefs actually do have a positive effect at helping men feel needed and belong. Not because men want to oppress women but because it makes men believe they have a place and vital role to … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 18/11/25 08:10 PM |
| 1 | Double standards in gendered aesthetics and self expression, why is manliness not seen as a valid as a superficial aesthetic like girliness is?Yeah, I should've probably added that I was talking specifically about Western culture, not Egyptian. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/11/25 01:03 PM |
| 8 | Double standards in gendered aesthetics and self expression, why is manliness not seen as a valid as a superficial aesthetic like girliness is?I feel like it's worth mentioning, in Western Cultute anyways, those were usually upperclass men and women the lower classes usually didn't, or rather couldn't afford to, do make up like that on a regular basis. Make-up and fashionable clothing were usually separated primarily by class and by gender second. It was only relatively recently in Western society that fashion and make up began to be seen as a female thing rather than a class thing. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/11/25 07:33 AM |
| 1 | The potential identity crisis? I wanted to share some real life insights.Same-sex friendships are not the solution, because most men already have friends and can easily make more friends. Being able to make more friends doesn't mean anything if the friendships aren't of sufficient quality. Also I never said platonic intimacy was the whole solution or the only solution. Romantic and sexual intimacy are obviously important for most people. But even if you fix the lack of romantic intimacy issue the platonic intimacy issue would still be there. What exactly would you sa… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/11/25 03:35 PM |
| -1 | The potential identity crisis? I wanted to share some real life insights.Helping a partner thru their emotions should not feel like a burden to anyone, or else that defeats the purpose of being in love. You're falling into the self-entitled thinking that feminists have about "mankeeping". Realistically, even if you love your partner, 100% dealing with your partner's emotions, especially if they are both negative and intense, on a regular basis, can wear a person down. This is even worse if your partner is your sole emotional outlet for these things. Having an extende… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/11/25 11:59 AM |
| 5 | The potential identity crisis? I wanted to share some real life insights.Throwing your own gender under the bus to try and gain favour with the other gender is sadly nothing new. Both genders do it: men have male feminists and women have Pick Me/"I'm not like other girls" women. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/11/25 08:11 PM |
| 2 | The potential identity crisis? I wanted to share some real life insights.Straight people (men or women) can't use same-sex friends to supplant intimacy, and anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional. I get what you're saying, but I think that feminists do actually have a point when they talk about male friendships being emotionally restrictive in comparison to female friendships and how that does cause a few issues. There are quite a few stories from women whose husbands often use them as their sole emotional outlet because they can't/ don't feel comfortable sharing … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/11/25 08:01 PM |
| 38 | They say patriarchy also hurts men, but if patriarchy hurts men do we really live in a patriarchal society?This is a criticism I've always had of patriarchy. Why is it that patriarchy is the only system of oppression that backfires on its "oppressor" class? In societies that are racially supremacist and / or homophobic you see racial minorities and homosexuals with higher rates of suicide and homelessness. But with patriarchy, it's the oppressor class that suffers these things. If patriarchy is a system of oppression supposedly built by men for men, then why does this happen? I'm not sure if I 100% b… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/11/25 08:29 PM |
| 4 | Bernie Sanders on Men's issuesI'm not the person you replied to, but I think that the difference between men and women's behaviour is about 50% biology and 50% social conditioning. Biology does affect how men and women behave, but you can't really ignore the effect social conditioning has on the way people either. I think one of the most obvious way social conditioning affects how people behave is fashion, which is extremely gendered but is an artificial human concept and what is appropriate for each gender to wear is almost… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/10/25 01:06 PM |
| 10 | Bernie Sanders on Men's issuesTrue, the Right is toxic for men in a lot of ways, especially for LGBT+ and gender non-conforming men, but they do actually recognise that men's issues are a thing more than the Left does, which they only do when they have to, and generally don't treat men with the thinly veiled contempt that you often get from the mainstream left. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/10/25 12:08 PM |
| 89 | New report reveals that young men are feeling "defensive, disenfranchised and uncertain"In other news water is wet, more at 11. But on a serious note, this is sadly not surprising, given everything that has been going on in the past decade or so. contemporary discussions about male privilege and men's role in society can leave sone young men defensive, disenfranchised and uncertain how to behave. This is the reason the far right is succeeding with young men where the left is failing. On the right, they have a role, a purpose, a positive male identity, and there are clear rules abou… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/09/25 12:55 PM |
| 11 | Latvia prepares for mandatory conscription of womenI would be willing to bet woman would placed in roles such as drone piloting, base engineers etc while men are still overwhelmingly put on the front lines and as a result making up the majority of deaths. I'm pretty sure that's also how it happens in Israel. They also recruit both genders, but men generally get sent to the front lines while women usually do support and logistics roles. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 19/09/25 07:09 PM |
| 11 | Latvia prepares for mandatory conscription of womenIt is. Now, they just need to work on valuing bodily autonomy by not forcing people to fight against their will. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 19/09/25 07:06 PM |
| 1 | The male burden of performance perfectly articulatedNot necessarily. Humans are a social species. We take care of other members of our tribe. That's our main strength outside of our intelligence. There's evidence of ancient human beings who suffered severe injuries that likely meant they were severely debilitated. But those injuries had been partially healed, meaning someone had been taking care of them before they died. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/09/25 10:59 PM |
| 41 | A Gen Z therapist reflects on how misandry has contaminated modern mental health.I remember reading that post, some of those comments were actually deranged. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/09/25 07:56 AM |
| 3 | Men face a social conundrum. You have to prove that you're safe and if you are the safe fun loving type of guy You're kind of not taken seriously.Ideally in a healthy society, that is also gender equal. People, regardless of gender would help defend anyone else who is in need of help. Also, I think another issue you mentioned that needs to be dealt with is the social reciprocity issue. Modern (liberal) society is full of "women don't owe men anything" while at the same time burdening modern men with more social responsibilities towards women while keeping social benefits to a minimum. There needs to be more in the way of balance, otherwis… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/08/25 01:27 PM |
| 3 | "Men are socialized to act like they need sex/see women as objects." That was literally the opposite of my upbringing. What was yours?I also came to the conclusion that it's way easier to accept that your value is limited by something outside your control (women accepting that they are only a x/10) than to accept that, as a man, you value is only limited by your own inability. It's YOUR responsibility, and capitalism is a daily reminder of your own failure I think this is one of the main appeals on incel ideology, especially the black pill part of it, which puts a lot of emphasis on the physical/ visual attractiveness and how … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 19/08/25 11:54 PM |
| 58 | Harvard professor Richard Wrangham thinks it is a 'very good idea' to eliminate human males from existenceI'm honestly starting to wonder articles like these are just psyops/ ragebait designed to secretly drive people to the right because I highly doubt it's making people move Left. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 18/08/25 10:07 PM |
| 2 | RespectI feel like the word respect has 2 separate definitions. The first definition is respect as a synonym for basic decency and courtesy. The second means to treat someone with a higher standard of courtesy and / or deference than ordinary people. If by respect you mean the first definition, then yes, women (and men) deserve respect. If, by respect, you mean the second definition, then no. Respect should be earned regardless of gender. | /r/MensRights | 15/08/25 04:38 AM |
| 13 | You can’t reduce domestic abuse by telling people that life is a power struggle between men and women. Interview with Professor Nicola Graham-Kevan — The Centre for Male PsychologyTo be fair, while I agree there is a biological component to human behavior, evolutionary psychology does have some major flaws. The main one being the lack of test-ability for just about any of it's conclusions. Like sure you can say that women do this thing or men do that thing because of evolution but if you can't test it to prove that it's true then it's nothing more than a science-y sounding hunch. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/08/25 01:48 AM |
| 3 | You can’t reduce domestic abuse by telling people that life is a power struggle between men and women. Interview with Professor Nicola Graham-Kevan — The Centre for Male PsychologyThank God for some amount of sanity, no matter how small. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/08/25 01:28 AM |
| 2 | Men Are the Expendable Gender — TV TropesCan I ask why you think anime is one of the few media that can go against these tropes? They seem to play a lot of them straight for the most part. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 07/08/25 10:07 PM |
| 1 | There is a difference between trying to ensure women ARE safe. . .& trying to ensure all women FEEL safe.I guess you could say the frame of reference is danger/ risk: "I don't want to risk hurting myself so I'll get someone else to do it on my behalf so I can get what I want with as little risk to myself as possible". That and society generally dictates that men protect and women are the ones that need to be kept out of harms way at all times, so she's probably been trained to expect the men in her life to act on a problem if she expects any risk to herself. | /r/MensRights | 06/08/25 10:40 PM |
| 2 | What is this sub's opinion on gender segregation in general?>Who is telling you that these friendships are a problem? Are you just comparing them to female friendship with the preconception that women's friendships are somehow better when they are simply different? I literally never said women's friendships were better than men's just that this is a problem that seems to be specific to male-male friendships. female-female friendships have their own sets of issues. >Most men don't really want or desire physical intimacy from other men. Those who do genera… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/08/25 09:37 PM |
| 2 | What is this sub's opinion on gender segregation in general?I went to a university that had one as well. A lot of that feeling of weirdness is simply just inexperience. You get used to it and you just do your business. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/08/25 04:37 PM |
| 2 | What is this sub's opinion on gender segregation in general?No, it does not place a burden on women. The intimacy benefits them equally. Women today just don't admit to needing it as much as they really do. Women don't have the same restrictions as men do when it comes to emotional expression. They generally don't have to worry about being socially punished for appearing "weak". They same applies to physical intimacy as they can do a lot more with their same gender friends without worry about having their sexuality questioned. Meaning in a lot of heteros… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/08/25 02:09 PM |
| 3 | What is this sub's opinion on gender segregation in general?Men are lonely for lots of different reasons in western society. I agree that the treatment of men as a gender in western is a major reason but it isn't the only one. Also just because men are satisfied with male-male friendships doesn't mean that those friendships don't have problems. One of the major problems with male friendships, is that physical and emotional intimacy is a lot more stigmatised than in other forms of relationships. For some reason it's seen as a sign of homosexuality instead… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/08/25 10:26 AM |
| -1 | What is this sub's opinion on gender segregation in general?I can't believe how many people even here are buying the feminist propaganda that we just need to be more intimate with other straight dudes, as if they can supplant our need for women. That theory is worse than bioessentialism. I don't believe straight men can supplant their need for women with other straight men. However, I do believe that part of the reason why a lot of male loneliness in Western countries exists is because a lot of emotional and physical affection between men are for some re… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/08/25 10:00 AM |
| 15 | I thought I found an article actually addressing male sexlessness from a progressive perspective, only to get more shaming and the same cliche tropes.A major weakness of feminism is the deliberate ignorance of the degree that women, specifically in modern western countries, impose patriarchy both on themselves and also men. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/08/25 05:31 PM |
| 6 | Why do rich men want other men to think our masculinity is under threat?3 Ps of masculinity, which are core concepts that are near universally found in cultures around the world are; Protect, Provide, and Procrate. So yes being able to provide for your family/ tribe is a mark of manhood in America and most other cultures around the world. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 17/07/25 11:27 AM |
| 385 | Mamdani the "Incel"Anyone else feel that "incel" has completely lost all meaning at this point? Like, what about this exactly makes him an incel? Is it noticing that white girls can be racist and fetishise brown men? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/07/25 03:54 AM |
| 2 | Men are opening up about mental health to AI instead of humansIt almost certainly has an impact. The vast majority of therapists, at least in the US and UK, are female and a lot of them tend to lean left wing. There's been a lot of criticism over the years about how the field of psychology treats men as defective women. So there's definitely a bit of bias going on and it's negatively impacting men as they're not getting the treatment they need. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/07/25 09:56 AM |
| 2 | Men are opening up about mental health to AI instead of humansI agree with you | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/07/25 04:53 PM |
| 7 | "Secure" menWow, that's a very good point | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/06/25 08:01 PM |
| 29 | "Secure" menIt's basically another example of feminists appropriating conservative gender roles and weaponizing them against men for their own benefit. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/06/25 10:39 PM |
| 16 | "Secure" menI know exactly how you feel. I feel the misogyny creeping into my mind and it takes effort to resist it. Because I'm a person who believes people should be judged foremost by their character not by traits they didn't choose. And I'd like to stay that way. The best revenge against your enemy is to not be like them. Also, it's important to remember that it's not the entire female gender, it just looks like that, especially online because the loudest, most extreme voices tend to be amplified. It's … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/06/25 10:37 PM |
| 8 | "Secure" menFeminists probably just appropriated it from conservatives because this is the exact strategy that they use to bully straight men to conforming into rigid gender roles. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/06/25 10:30 PM |
| 27 | Please don't give my husband longer paternity leaveThis just more evidence that feminists don't actually want to get rid of the Patriarchy, they just want to get rid of the parts they don't like. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/06/25 06:40 PM |
| 1 | Does the Titanic Movie actually promote male disposability?Wasn't it said in the movie that it was an arranged marriage/ marriage of convenience? I mean Rose literally is in the middle of attempting to commit suicide when she meets Jack because she prefers death to the idea of being the guy's wife. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/06/25 06:31 PM |
| 8 | I asked trans men about their thoughts on masculinity. They feel bad for teenage boysThis was actually mentioned and discussed in r/MensLib, where I originally found this article. They did mention that being taken more seriously could simply come from being more confident since they are now in the body that matches their gender identity which would obviously improve their mental health massively as well as how they move through the world. There is probable a bit of gender bias going on in terms of how they are taken more seriously but it's not the only possible factor. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/06/25 06:20 PM |
| 45 | Male disposability is a human right, apparentlyModern feminism is just traditional gender roles but with none of the upside for men and all of the downsides. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/06/25 02:28 PM |
| 21 | I asked trans men about their thoughts on masculinity. They feel bad for teenage boysYeah, you can definitely tell they're only giving men's issues any attention because they're afraid that the alt right is gonna get them to join their side. Edit: They literally say it in the article He’s seen how easily boys are being led astray by online misogynists peddling regressive, sexist theories; he’s watched the videos and studied them in order to learn about how young men are radicalized. He recognizes that young men’s interest in the far right is a huge cultural problem. And he think… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/06/25 01:41 PM |
| 10 | Blatantly UntrueI genuinely feel that the whole conversation about privilege and hierarchy is generally unhelpful when it comes to understanding how power works. Power is fluid, complicated, and often contextual, especially in a democratic society. Everyone has power and influence of some kind, especially of the social kind. No one has "all" the power or privilege. Sometimes a man can have power over a woman and in some situation a woman can have power over a man, even if that woman is "oppressed". Hell, even a… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 09/06/25 09:03 PM |
| 11 | Are things getting better or worse for boys?I agree and disagree with this I agree that right now the best hope for men, especially young men facing problems right now is to build social and support network amoung themselves. However, I disagree that the burden for men's problems should fall on men alone. Not just because it's unfair but also because of the effects it would have on wider society. Having a society where a significant portion of its members feel abandoned by society and in turn have no real reason to value society or help m… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 09/06/25 08:42 PM |
| 6 | Opposition to surrogacy from some feminists. Is this a gratitude to gay, bi men, trans women for many years of support? Is this how they protect cis women facing fertility issues?Unironically a lot of (mostly marxist) leftists and feminists would say yes your job is exploiting you. Since marxists believe that all workers are exploited by capitalists (AKA CEOs) because they take a disproportionately large share of the profits so they can line their own pockets with wealth despite doing no where near the same level of labour as their workers who actually create/ perform the neccessary labour. Also because capitalists own nearly all of the capital/ means of production they … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/06/25 06:57 PM |
| 9 | Is the Cure to Male Loneliness Going to College?Can I ask what happened in those classes? I don't live in the States, so I don't know what it's like over there. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/05/25 10:58 AM |
| 22 | You want to understand why the left are losing men? Peak Guardian article shows the reason.I'm sure that won't have any negative consequences for the Left or wider society whatsoever! /s | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/05/25 06:35 PM |
| 4 | Men are either superheroes or supervillains. There is no in between.Shoot, last I checked, Switzerland was a neutral nation and no one hates them as far as I know. I think they've started to break it in recent years. They've actually joined a lot of countries in imposing sanctions on Russia over the whole Ukraine situation, although I'm not sure if this is a one time thing or the start of a trend. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/05/25 07:51 PM |
| 1 | Alt-Right Pipeline is a Detriment to Developing MalesI'm aware of this already. The point I'm trying to make is that the political right is doing an increasingly better job at getting men, especially young men on their side. The Left seems almost hell bent on being antagonistic to men as possible whilst still demanding that that they be allies for their cause. Unless the Left changes and starts taking men's issues seriously as a whole then I think this trend of men moving right-ward is likely going to continue | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 20/05/25 09:47 PM |
| 1 | Alt-Right Pipeline is a Detriment to Developing MalesOnce again, you're not wrong Although that kind of depends on how far right you go. For example the proud boys are a right wing group but they've factually be known to be relatively welcoming to people of different races In fact some center right parties in Europe have even started embracing gay rights Source: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/trumpism-the-proud-boys-and-the-extremist-allure-for-people-of-color?srsltid=AfmBOopZn1Hh2ovcTlyb8LRpiKVHOlfdy0V60E50gzY076yneLrgP3jx Source: https:… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 19/05/25 05:13 AM |
| 6 | Alt-Right Pipeline is a Detriment to Developing MalesYou're not wrong here, but I think what you're missing is that the right whilst giving men a restrictive gender role is still giving them A ROLE. As in a place in society that can only be filled by men. Men, as human beings, have a social need to belong. But I think the Right is much better at satisfying that social need for most men than the Left. The left is full of phases such as " The Future is Female" and "Women need a man like a fish needs a bicycle". Which on top of the open misamdry obvi… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 18/05/25 10:48 PM |
| 1 | Male loneliness or male isolation epidemic?But go on TikTok right now and there’s a guy tending called “The DL whisperer”. DL is short for down low which is slang for closeted homosexual. Basically his entire audience is women who are look for subtle clues that their current or past sexual and romantic partners are secretly gay. And the “evidence” they use are the most innocuous things from not wanting to spend all their money on a woman to ever turning down plans with a woman to hang out with a guy friends instead. Jesus that's disgusti… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/05/25 01:18 PM |
| 35 | Once you see it you can't unsee itIt's sad but I think you're right. The way they're gonna change is they're basically forced at gunpoint to change their ways or let the right win. And unfortunately I think things are likely gonna get quite bad before they admit to themselves that they need to change. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/05/25 02:47 PM |
| 18 | Once you see it you can't unsee itInstead of pooling time and resources it becomes a battle to see who's concerns are addressed first and a lot of moving the goal post. This kind of reminds me of what happened with Occupy Wall Street when first started. Occupy felt like it had the potential to become something big but then it just fizzled out because everyone wanted their pet cause to be catered to instead of just focusing on wealth inequality which was it's original goal. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/05/25 02:44 PM |
| 13 | Once you see it you can't unsee itThe left has always had a "even if you slightly see things from a different perspective than me, you're THE ENEMY AND WE CAST YOU OUT" problem. To be perfectly fair that's not a leftist problem that's and political ideologue/ authoritarian problem. You do get leftists that are actually willing to listen to other points of view, this sub is evidence of that. But unfortunately it appears leftists that are willing to listen are the minority. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/05/25 02:34 PM |
| 27 | Male loneliness or male isolation epidemic?I feel like a big contributing factor to the loneliness epidemic that not enough people talking about is the sexualisation of affection. In modern western culture there seems to be this belief that emotional intimacy, amongst men anyways, is strictly a romantic thing. This even applies to touch also, a lot of western culture tends to be very touch phobic compared to a lot of cultures (this isn't necessarily a complaint btw, just an observation) and any form of touch that isn't shaking hands tend… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/05/25 10:38 PM |
| 1 | What is your relationship with masculinity like?Out of curiosity, what would you say masculinity means to you? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/04/25 02:45 PM |
| 1 | What is your relationship with masculinity like?I view masculinity as largely a cultural construct. It's something that I perform largely out of convenience so I get treated normally and can exist in peace. I try to focus on being a good person that being a good man. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/04/25 02:43 PM |
| 1 | Men were more lonely but now articles say women are more lonely. Why the change?Thank you! | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/04/25 07:18 PM |
| 2 | What do you think is the impediment to men forming fulfilling relationships with other menI think that it's kind of worth asking though exactly when and why did physical and emotional affection and intimacy become seen as solely a romantic thing that men should only do to their romantic partner? Why does that sexual stigma exist when previously it was just a platonic display of affection? Also why does it seem to primarily impact men and not women? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/04/25 09:04 PM |
| 10 | Men were more lonely but now articles say women are more lonely. Why the change?I think it depends on how you choose to measure loneliness. The survey you linked was a self report where they asked people to identify how lonely they felt. Also said study was from December 2021, during or just after the pandemic, so it might not be entirely representative of how lonely people feel now where things are more "normal". Another way that a lot of other studies use is to measure loneliness is to ask how many friends a person has, how many people could you call for help in an emerge… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/04/25 04:53 PM |
| 2 | An actual good video about masculinity.Masculinity to me, is a culturally specific set of gender roles that cross-culturally, tends to revolve around 3 main traits: protect, provide, and procreate. In most cultures, masculinity (and also by extension femininity) tends to be strict and defined as roles that serve the need of the culture it's based in. For example in hunter gather cultures a lot of emphasis tends to be placed on a man's ability to capture and hunt game. They also place a lot of value on cooperation as large game requir… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 29/03/25 10:54 AM |
| 35 | So I tried mentioning Misandry in r/Leftist...I would be 100% for this if it wasn't for the massive number of people that would suffer as a result. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/03/25 01:54 PM |
| 11 | I feel like most guys just want acknowledgment that things can suck for men too.Acknowledgement and gratitude to be honest. Both on a group level and an individual level. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 17/01/25 11:37 AM |
| 6 | Is The Left Dangerously Out Of Touch?The messaging from liberals/Democrats toward men has all been acidic, never ever sweet. It's not even just that to be honest, if you go into a lot of online leftist spaces the sheer level of disdain/ outright hatred men and masculinity in general is so obvious for anyone to see. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 17/11/24 07:37 PM |
| 2 | Is The Left Dangerously Out Of Touch?The left exists in its own self righteous bubble, were everyone agrees with their craziness and anyone who makes the mildest objection is condemned as a mansplainer/fascist/toxic, pick your insult. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before on this sub but I do believe that one of the Left's biggest problems in general is its purity culture where any sort of interaction with anyone who isn't part of the ideology is frowned upon. Any interaction that does take place is either condescending at best … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 17/11/24 07:26 PM |
| 20 | Democrats Called Young Men ‘SEXIST, RACIST’ And Are SURPRISED They LOST Their VOTES?! Lee FangI blame it on the 2 party system. When there's only 2 viable options every election, so neither party has to really try that hard, your political system is just gonna get worse until it just crashes and burns. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/11/24 11:50 AM |
| 4 | Two poles of masculinity: the Demigod and the CreatureThis is a really good and interesting breakdown, thank you for posting this! | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/11/24 09:51 PM |
| 21 | Feminists contempt for men trying to improve dating skills: an anecdote.Sadly, this type of sentiment has been around for a long time. I think it's primarily caused by the negative perception that not only feminists but society as a whole has regarding male sexuality. Male sexuality is kind of seen as inherently predatory in a way that female sexuality just isn't. Maybe at worst, it's seen as manipulation, like when a woman uses her sex appeal to get what she wants from a man. Also, regarding your statement about neurodivergent men, someone once pointed out to me ho… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/11/24 01:12 AM |
| 3 | Shoe0nHead comments on the recent political divide between Men and Women and how the two American political parties are reacting to thisThe adverts are so bad because they're not actually engaging with men. They're engaging with an IDEA of what men are like in their own heads (or at least what men who aren't leftists are like). | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 03/11/24 04:38 PM |
| 37 | FD Signifer Makes a 28 Minute Video attacking Abuse Victim Johnny DeppI knew he was bad when it came to men's issues but this is literally a new low. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 14/10/24 05:52 PM |
| 13 | They executed him...This is one of the reasons why, despite there being plenty of utterly horrible, pathetic excuses of human beings that the world would undoubtedly be better off without, I think the death penalty should be abolished. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/09/24 02:53 PM |
| 33 | Why do women commit less crimeI think a big part of why women commit less crime is that society generally tries harder to look after women more than men. In a lot of cultures, men are expected to be more independent that women and provide/ take care of themselves, especially when it comes to violence. It's a know fact that poverty is a big predictor of crime, and also that there's more pressure on men to earn more both to support themselves and their families as well as to increase romantic prospects, which would provide an … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/06/24 01:24 PM |
| 21 | I’m starting to worry that the discourse is pulling me to the Right.I remember reading a reddit thread, which I think was on r/outoftheloop on critical race theory in schools where a person was asking what all of the fuss was about. Literally, the only answers that were given, that I saw, were that the people who didn't like critical race theory were either misinformed or were racist themselves. That's it. The idea that maybe they understand what it is but disagree with it, without them being racist wasn't a possibility to these people. I think this is why I pre… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/06/24 07:25 AM |
| 44 | When it comes to men making women comfortable, there is never really a win for men.This is what a lot of people have been saying. Women may say they'd choose the bear, but they don't really mean it, and you can tell by their actions. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/06/24 05:13 AM |
| 2 | A Message to Young MenI don't think men "need" sex as much as they need intimacy, social connection, and validation. Basic human things that a lot of men are sadly lacking in a lot of western countries. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 19/05/24 05:18 PM |
| 1 | Do you feel safe moving about the world?I think this difference in attitude largely comes about because we try to shelter women from danger while we expect men to be the protectors and handle any threats on their own. We don't expect women to defend themselves, and if they ever have to, it is taken a sign that society has "failed women" somehow. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/05/24 10:15 AM |
| 4 | How to respond to people who choose bear over man.This is honestly the best advice, especially for one's own mental health. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/05/24 08:57 PM |
| 12 | Do some countries prefer daughters?I still remember being absolutely dumbfounded when I discovered that around 70% of all canadian indigenous people that go missing in Canada are men. Yet the entire narrative around it basically acts like this is something only the indigenous women have to deal with. I actually thought it was mostly a women problem myself until I encountered the true statistics. | /r/MensRights | 25/02/24 05:01 PM |
| 5 | I think one of the other reasons why men's activism is still facing resistance from the mainstream is simply because men are judged by how independent & self-reliant they are, where as we as a society are indifferent about a woman's level of neediness/independenceThis is a huge part of it. Men's activism is definitely going to be an uphill battle, but one that's worth making. I think that one of the few avenues available to solve this problem is to encourage male support groups. While men are supposed to be independent, society isn't against men working together to solve a common problem (the army is often seen as one of the most masculine professions after all). Does anyone have any other ideas? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/11/23 07:11 PM |
| 9 | What are your thoughts on gender roles?I understand why most of them were created, but I think that nowadays nearly all of them are outdated and we'd be better off without them. However, I don't think it's possible to get rid of them completely, due to some differences between men and women, primarily biology based once, meaning that even in an egalitarian society men and women will still likely behave differently. That being said, I think think anyone should be forced into a role they don't feel they belong in. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 29/10/23 04:55 PM |
| 36 | "Men's greatest fear in pursuing relationship with a woman is that he will be laughed at or rejected. Women's greatest fear is that she will be physically harmed-raped-killed." -Thoughts?The first thing, as many other commenters have stated; there are far worse things a woman can do than simply laugh at/ reject you. Tricking you into paying 18 years of child support by poking a hole in your condom comes to mind. Secondly, men being laughed at/ rejected is far more likely to actually happen than women being murdered. So what this quote is unintentionally saying is that men fear things that are reasonably likely to happen whilst women fear things, whilst worse, are far far less li… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 29/09/23 06:37 PM |
| 4 | The expectation of men holding other men accountable and using their male privilege to help women plays a factor when it comes to hyper-agency for men.Men are privileged. But so are women. Nearly every single demographic has some kind of privilege/ advantage that other groups don't possess. It's just that only some of these privileges are recognized by society as such. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 26/09/23 05:12 PM |
| 9 | More debates on Dutch FacebookIt's great to see that discussions about this are actually being had outside of forums like this. Men's issues still aren't completely accepted in public discourse, but the tide seems to be turning away from that, albeit slowly. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/05/23 05:52 PM |
| 4 | Postive masculinity is still something vague when you think about it.I was coming here to say something similar. I don't think making masculinity "neutral" is actually possible. Masculinity isn't just traits attributed to men but also traits that men are supposed to embody. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, but outside of basic biology, I don't think there's a good reason to assign certain behaviours to one gender over another. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/04/23 06:10 PM |
| 2 | I believe reddit HATES men. My experience:True. But I never said it was 100% logical or foolproof. I was just explaining this is what, i think, they believe and why. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/01/23 07:41 AM |
| 6 | I believe reddit HATES men. My experience:I think it's less "better" and more "safer". Feminists, and to a lesser extent women in general, tend to be very concerned about their own safety, despite being the safest sex. A man that manages to do it with a woman (consensually) is seen as one of the safe ones because a woman felt safe enough to do it with them. A man that is still a virgin means, to them, no woman wants to be near them and they're probably a threat. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/01/23 03:50 PM |
| 11 | My response to "the alt right playbook, How to radicalize a normie"This is one of the things that pushed me away from the left/ feminism in general when I first identified them. Their depiction of themselves as always correct and the Right as always wrong on every topic, seemed a bit suspicious to me. No one, no matter how smart can be right about everything. People like this seem to have literally no concept that their side can actually do anything wrong whatsoever, unless it's not being leftist enough. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/10/22 06:43 AM |
| 8 | ‘Why aren’t we talking about it?’ The forgotten cause of missing Indigenous men and boysI'm honestly impressed the Guardian was the one to do it. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/10/22 04:08 PM |
| 1 | Is masculinity a boundary to men?My ideal answer to your question would be no and say that we need to construct a new form of masculinity that is internally consistent and inclusive to all types of men, My pragmatic answer would yes because there is, currently no real choice as abiding by these contradictory expectations is the only way for men of any type to function and progress in society. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/09/22 08:29 AM |
| 12 | Meat, masculinity and bullshitNot to take away from the misandry an how that impacts men but this stuff, and the resentment in builds, is also going to send more and more men to the right as it's one of the few political spaces where men are valued and not seen as oppressors/ a threat/ a problem. Which will eventually pose a problem for the left and minorities as well. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/09/22 08:22 AM |
| 1 | On "Men are trash"Was literally coming here to comment this. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/09/22 02:04 PM |
| 1 | Why Intimate Relationships are so hard for Men [Kidology]I don't agree with everything she says, like others have pointed out she does repeat the tired line of though that all men's emotional problems can be solved if they talk about their feelings more. However she does discuss other things that I find interesting such the role of parenting in why men and women relate to emotions in different ways. The main reason why I posted this video is because she provides a counter to a lot of gender essentialism regarding the nature of men an women that appear… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 18/09/22 06:57 PM |
| 4 | Why Intimate Relationships are so hard for Men [Kidology]This video essay is by a YouTube that explored the various ways that emotional intimacy between men is discouraged/ stigmatised/ reduced which includes social pressure, men's mental health gap and tinder's exploitation of men's wellbeing. Time stamps (taken from the description) 0:00 Introduction 3:52 Commercialising evolutionary psychology to profit off men 8:39 Men's emotional disadvantage from childhood | Emotional capitalism | The friendship gap in boys and men 12:46 Men's mental health gap … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 18/09/22 06:29 AM |
| 43 | Women Viewing Men as DogsI think that this, partially, comes from all the ideas surrounding women in our culture as the "fairer sex" and not to mention the "women are wonderful effect" where people tend to attribute a lot of positive attributes to women simply for existing as a woman. Men tend to be stereotyped as inherently trouble making (mostly as teenagers and young adults) and inherently boorish. You can see this most often in comedies/ sitcoms. So the woman has to be the one to reign them in/ civilize them. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 18/09/22 05:46 AM |
| 5 | Do men suffer because they are men?I know. Like feminists say that men should get together and solve their own problems instead of piling it on women and then you see them protesting abuse shelters for men. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 17/09/22 07:53 PM |
| 6 | Overcoming feelings of responsibility.It's making the problems that are discussed around these issues, both real and imagined, worse. It's putting men in impossible positions, to a point where they're less likely to be invested in society, less likely to feel appreciated or understood, and more likely to say "stick your rules up your arse, they're nonsensical at best and harmful at worst". Which also makes it more likely that these men will be attracted to/ picked up by more right wing communities which place a bit more value on men… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/08/22 08:37 AM |
| 5 | There is more to incels than just "entitlement"I think a better word is probably "resentment"; the bitter feeling/ indignation at being treated unfairly. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/08/22 09:45 AM |
| 5 | Why men don't have an in-group biaspeople feel less empathy for those physically larger than themselves Is there any research backing this up? I can kinda see how it could be true but I tried looking around the internet for a bit but I couldn't find anything. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/07/22 07:35 PM |
| 7 | Why young men commit mass shootingsI think it also comes from history and culture, Historically when one army/ tribe invaded another it was common practice to kill all the men, some times even the boys, and enslave/ kidnap the women and girls in order to completely destroy the tribe. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 07/07/22 07:59 AM |
| 38 | Why young men commit mass shootingsWas literally going to comment something like this. People, generally, don't attack something that they feel they are a part off. Social isolation/ alienation is a very real problem in western society where people feel little if any belonging or attachment that fulfills their emotional needs. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 07/07/22 06:51 AM |
| 14 | Sexist body shaming like this is never aimed at women, so why does LeftBook think it acceptable to be blatantly sexist and body shame and think that this kind of shit is okay?I remember the fact that the majority of white women voted for trump being brought up a lot after trump was elected. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/07/22 06:51 PM |
| 9 | Women oversharing their partners' private lives with their friends - is it a problem? What can we do about it?I'm not sure exactly when things changed, but men's gender role used to allow for close, intimate friendships with other men, and this might not have felt like such a betrayal back then. I think, in the West at least, this is due to the gay panic that took place in the 60s when the LGBT civil rights movement was happening. So they idea that LGBT people weren't deviant freaks but normal everyday people entered the public consciousness. Thus straight men needed a way to show they weren't gay and t… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 04/06/22 06:59 PM |
| 11 | Is Shame a healthy tool for social change?Shame can be used for social change but it has to be used very carefully. Shame only works if there is a clear and reasonable way back from being shamed to being a normal functioning member of society again. If there is no way back from being shamed or the process for becoming a member of society/ the in-group is too much then this can easily cause an out-group to form against your group specifically. Being shamed especially for something you passionately believe in is a very good way to cause a… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 03/06/22 11:09 AM |
| 7 | What do you guys think about this? I definitely think he should have helped, but was it his obligation to help?I don't think she necessarily meant it in that way (although admittedly she could have). I think she meant she didn't feel safe because she thought if she was in danger he wouldn't help. Because a lot of women in relationships do look towards their men to protect them. To be clear, I don't think he had an obligation to put himself in potential physical danger but I do believe he should've at least notified the police or someone of the situation so that woman could get help if she needed it. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/03/22 03:08 PM |
| 7 | Elizabeth Warren makes student debt a gender issueThis reminds me of that "1/4 of homeless people are women" thing that I have no idea how it got published without the people involved realizing what was wrong with it. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 24/03/22 03:09 PM |
| 14 | People refuse to see that transphobia is rooted in misandryIt also explains why TERFs don't hate trans men, which you'd expect them to do if their beliefs were rooted in hatred of trans people in general. They do, although it is admittedly a lot less than the hate they direct towards trans women. TERFs tend to see trans men as gender traitors who are trying to get some of that male privilege by joining the "oppressor class" and betraying their sisters. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/03/22 09:44 AM |
| 5 | Negative portrayals of men in mediaThe truly annoying thing is that you can't argue with people about this. If you point out a negative stereotype, they just counter with "yeah but there are men who do act like that though". Or, worse they argue "Yeah but the people who make and direct media with those stereotypes are men so it's all men's fault anyway". | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/03/22 09:33 AM |
| 1 | Are our modern dysfunctional gender roles rooted in an instinctual tendency to treat women as if they always were or could be pregnant?There are 2 major problems I can see here Inbreeding, is a thing that can become very detrimental very quickly so having 1 man father 20 kids in 1 tribe isnt a good idea. How is 1 man going to defend 20 women during the time period between the conception and the children, only half of which are going to be boys reach fighting age? Considering both danger from neighbouring tribes and natural predators? This, like another commentor said this is a post hoc justification for gender roles, not an exp… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/03/22 04:00 PM |
| 7 | Are our modern dysfunctional gender roles rooted in an instinctual tendency to treat women as if they always were or could be pregnant?There's actually evidence that tribal societies in the past were a bit more equal than you might think. There's an article i found about evidence that women actually hunted quite often and suggested; "Hunting would likely require as many able-bodied adults as possible to increase safety and efficiency—regardless of their biological sex." They couldn't afford to have half the tribe just sit and have kids which then have to be fed with food they was hard to catch, they likely started hunting after… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/03/22 03:48 PM |
| 13 | What do you guys think about the gov.uk advert airing at the minute?It feels like many women expect society to be entirely peaceful and any contravention of that peace is an indictment of men as a whole. I've noticed this constantly. There was someone on tumblr who was talking about how they, as a woman, feel unsafe going outside and a lot of replies were recommending that she carry something for seld defence like a gun. And they replied "I don't want to carry a gun because I shouldn't have to!' Which... I get the point but that is just completely unrealistic. T… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/03/22 03:26 PM |
| 11 | Why is it assumed that men are just making things up?I assume it might be projection of people being prone to making shit up thinking everyone is. The thief believes that everyone steals. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/02/22 04:42 PM |
| 7 | why is male health in general still mocked and "tokenized" by society?The general ignorance around men's health and men's issues is kinda astounding when it's pointed out to you and you see how many problems there are. Its also one of the reasons I'm glad subs like this exists as it gives me some sort of fleeting hope that this ignorance can change. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/01/22 12:07 PM |
| 3 | Boston University requires "students and faculty to affirm that people 'rarely' make false accusations." Choosing "sometimes" was *not* an acceptable answer. Teachers who don't get it "right" will not be eligible for a raise, students who don't will be blocked from registering for next semester.Even with all those things research can still be biased because the people behind it control how data is gathered and interpreted which can lead to a biased result, even unintentionally. Also they control what questions get asked about a certain topic and which questions get funding to find and answer and which ones don't. which can discourage research which may generate "unfavorable" results. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/01/22 11:56 AM |
| 3 | Boston University requires "students and faculty to affirm that people 'rarely' make false accusations." Choosing "sometimes" was *not* an acceptable answer. Teachers who don't get it "right" will not be eligible for a raise, students who don't will be blocked from registering for next semester.I am getting deeply concerned with the rising level of ideological polarization that is occurring in society. The fact that things like this are becoming more and more common is genuinely worrying for multiple reasons. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/01/22 11:46 AM |
| 3 | Men are excluded from sex positivity movement aaand…..it’s Men’s fault due to lack of participation and toxic masculinity.Biology still underpins everything we do: if we wished to change masculinity, it would have to be at the DNA level, removing the role of testosterone, but we had best understand the consequences of what we are doing, including playing god, because it would basically be eugenics. Biology underpins most of everything we do, culture still plays a significant part in how people act. If you look into masculinity across cultures, or even just across history in the same culture you'll find that it can … | /r/MensRights | 11/01/22 05:44 PM |
| 56 | this article is seriously one of the most disturbing things I've ever read, she thinks that even defending any man is conditioned into her by "patriarchy" and also seems to think that more masculine women should reject it just based on the fact that masculinity is associated with menThis is literally so removed from reality I'm not even sure of a proper response. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/01/22 07:12 PM |
| 37 | LGBTQ community started to speak up about misandry in some subcommittees.But I’d actually like to start seeing misandry called out by name, not this beating around the bush shit where they use literally any word but misandry. So would I, and probably a lot of other people on this sub. But I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon because for that to actually happen would require them to abandon the ideology they currently have which is what makes them unable to acknowledge it. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/12/21 09:48 PM |
| 3 | Emotional labourLiterally this. In my opinion "emotional labor" is actually a somewhat healthy part of an actual function relationship where two people care about each other's emotional well-being. As long as it is reciprocal and not too one sided it can actually be a good thing to an extent. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/11/21 03:51 PM |
| 5 | Can we talk about thisI'm honestly not why on Earth social justice activists/ leftists are so against using positive reinforcement. Literally every culture/ society on earth (apart from the ones that are oppressive/ abusive) use positive reinforcement of some kind, in balance with negative reinforcement, to help maintain social norms and good behavior. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/10/21 07:45 PM |
| 7 | An anthropologist at Harvard arguing that "we really need to get rid of males".Agreed. Although I don't think that most of them will become Jokers. I think most of them will probably be eaten up by the right because they're pretty much the only major political group that takes the plight of young men semi-seriously. You can see some of this happening with Jordan Peterson gaining a following by helping young men to improve their lives whilst also feeding them a lot of right wing rhetoric. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/10/21 01:30 PM |
| 15 | An anthropologist at Harvard arguing that "we really need to get rid of males".It's not that they don't know history, it's that they don't think it applies to them because they're the "good guys". | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/10/21 01:28 PM |
| 19 | Can we talk about thisIncel has become yet another thing that used to actually have a specific meaning that has been taken by the left and used as an attack on anyone that has opinions that they don't like. The same thing happened with sexism, misogyny, homophobia, hate speech, etc. I swear Wokeism is 90% bullying You're not wrong there. A few years ago I wouldn't have agreed with you but honestly part of the reason why I have stepped away from the modern left is because of how intolerant they are of different ideas … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/10/21 11:51 AM |
| 5 | Anyone else frustrated with feelings of being completely invisible and undesired on any level as a man?I've found that desirability of the male form, from women, can be found if you look in the right places. Although these are unlikely to be places that men are likely to see, given that they are usually found in romance movies and women's gossip magazines. Although it is very easy to find male body appreciation if you're okay with getting it from men. Like seriously if you want to feel appreciated for your body as a man just go to the gym, plenty of gym bros are happy to compliment on others bodi… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/10/21 08:33 PM |
| 12 | How do we see women?I agree with most of your comment. I think for change to happen it needs to start with men first. It needs to start with men no longer accepting that these are things that men just need to put up with and also start helping out their fellow men with issues and facing them together. Like how feminists encourage men to support their fellow women when facing problems concerning sexism and misogyny. Men are half of society, so even if a relatively small fraction of men started accepting these ideas … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/10/21 08:52 PM |
| 3 | Male touch starvation: one thing I don’t think people understand.Personally I think it's because women can and do lean on other women more for their social and intimacy needs. Where as men don't. That's not to say that men can't be emotionally close with their male friends but it's not usually to the same degree as female friendships are. I think it has to do with a combination of the whole emotional repression thing that a lot of guys are conditioned with since birth and also a lot of homophobia that's associated with men acting in a certain ways. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/09/21 04:19 PM |
| 2 | Left Wing Male Dating Advice - That actually worksNope, you didn't. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/09/21 12:57 PM |
| 19 | Left Wing Male Dating Advice - That actually worksI'll try; (00:06:03) Chapter I: In (Sort Of, Kind Of) Defense of "Pickup" Here he states that whilst they PUA community definitely has some horrible problems with misogyny at least 80% f it is actually sound practical advice on dating and self-betterment which is why dudes gravitate to it. Also most guys aren't interested with sleeping with dozens of women but simply want a social skillset that would allow them to approach a women they would like to get to know and not mess it up. (00:15:58) Cha… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/09/21 03:21 PM |
| 15 | I’ve realised why I hate how romance is portrayed in movies and the media.This reminds me of an observation that one person made involving the Simpsons and what happens whenever Homer or Marge end up being tempted to cheat on their spouse. Homer is usually horrified by the realization and his own feelings and will rush to turn them down and prove his loyalty to Marge. Marge however shows far less concern, even when she acknowledges her own feeling, but will actually go on to reciprocating the feeling of the person who is tempting her into cheating but will have a last… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/08/21 09:41 AM |
| 5 | How much of the negative aspects of feminism is actually because of feminists?I wouldn't go as far as to say it's the cause although I do think feminism definitely has some role to play, especially since social justice and issues such as sexism are becoming more important as time goes on. Modern norms around gender have been heavily influenced by feminism after all. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/07/21 03:19 PM |
| 3 | Controversy ensues when science butts heads with liberal ideology: Few seem able to hear that women can be as violent as men in domestic disputesIt's a case of getting too friendly with science. If it backs up your assertions for decades and hinders your opponents then you get comfortable with it. Then it comes as a shocking betrayal when science dictates that one of your beliefs is wrong. It can't be science; it must be someone perverting science. It doesn't help that there really are researchers out there perverting science for political goals, but naturally if someone publishes research that contradicts a viewpoint then someone will s… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/07/21 04:04 PM |
| 2 | Controversy ensues when science butts heads with liberal ideology: Few seem able to hear that women can be as violent as men in domestic disputesI think it also has to do with emotional attachment. Political beliefs are often very important to the person that holds them. Like how belief of a living wage is likely very important to someone who has a job that is currently below a living wage. The best way to have an objective viewpoint of something is to be as emotionally detached from it as possible so your emotions can't sway you. But because of the inherent nature of politics, specifically how it affects everyone of us, that's very hard… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/07/21 06:11 AM |
| 39 | Controversy ensues when science butts heads with liberal ideology: Few seem able to hear that women can be as violent as men in domestic disputesAll people of all ideologies tend to have a problem when the science isn't on their side, but I've noticed that the left has a particular problem with science unlike other ideologies (keep in mind that I'm saying this as a leftist). Many leftists/ liberals tend to assume that their ideologies are automatically in line with science and thus based in reality unlike more right leaning conservative ideologies. For the most part this is true, concerning things such as climate change, evolution etc. B… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/07/21 02:32 PM |
| 10 | "Emotional labour" is the term women use when they emotionally abuse men.That sounds similar to an abuser tactic. One of the things that a lot of abusers do is that they'll get mad at, and punish, their victims for doing the wrong things but never be specific about exactly what the wrong things are. So they can keep controlling them by keeping them on edge all the time. Good thing you were smart. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 05/07/21 12:08 PM |
| 3 | Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (and hopefully men) can be part of the conversationThey usually say it's bad because it's supposedly "taking the focus away from/ trying to derail women's issues". Which I would be more sympathetic to if it wasn't for the fact that a lot of what are supposedly women's issues actually affect men in equal or greater amounts than they do women, like OP showed. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/07/21 11:32 AM |
| 5 | The “male” role in courtship is incredibly boring and frustrating.To an extent yes, although I think a lot of men would actually benefit if they stopped placing so much value on the whole courtship thing and focused on themselves for a bit. Even today, a lot of male worth is determined by women (specifically how many you can get into bed) and I think many men would benefit if they stopped with that mode of thinking, and learned to value themselves for other things. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/06/21 04:15 AM |
| 30 | The “male” role in courtship is incredibly boring and frustrating.I think things would be different if men actually got bothered by this, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. I'm pretty sure a lot of men are actually bothered by this otherwise incels and MGTOWs wouldn't be anywhere near as prevalent as they are. I think it's just that men as a gender are conditioned not to complain (too much) and be tough and endure things, since that's what real men are suppose to do. Especially things that men are expected to do because of their gender role. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/06/21 02:56 PM |
| 29 | This is what happens when people try to speak up about the hostility towards men in feminist spaces.I think a lot of people who have problems with feminists wouldn't have a problem with them if they just stopped saying they were about equality and started defining themselves as a female advocacy group instead. I personally wouldn't mind if feminists just defined themselves as a female advocacy group instead of trying to act like they have a monopoly on gender equality. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 19/06/21 11:22 AM |
| 3 | On Men, Gender Conformity, and Woke Spaces.True. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/06/21 10:42 PM |
| 2 | On Men, Gender Conformity, and Woke Spaces.Good luck trying to argue with people who think they’re gonna change the world with bullying. To be a bit fair, a lot of politics basically is just bullying but on a national scale. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/06/21 04:27 PM |
| 14 | On Men, Gender Conformity, and Woke Spaces.I prefer traditionalists, they at least honor men for their toughness, while wokes just expect it and still despise men. I think that is, partially, why traditionalism has seen a bit of resurgence in modern western culture. With traditionalists yes you get restrictive gender roles but at least you get some positive attributes and you're allowed to take pride in your gender identity. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 16/06/21 04:12 PM |
| 10 | What does being 'left-wing' mean for you as a male advocate?Being left-wing, for me, has two aspects; economic and cultural/ political. Economically I believe being left wing is about creating and economic system that supports everyone and benefits everyone. Instead of disproportionately benefiting a few people and actively harming other groups of people like our current economic system does. Culturally/ politically I believe being left wing means that no-one should be judged for inherent characteristics beyond their control such as race, gender, sexuali… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/06/21 03:30 PM |
| 6 | Men are getting tired of being treated like we're the problem. and it needs to stop.That's a decent idea. But, of course, the issue is how do you get enough men on board to actually make that happen? Men generally don't have an in-group bias like women do so you're not going to be able to persuade them on the basis of male solidarity like how feminists use female solidarity. Also a lot of men in those industries, for obvious reasons, are probably going to be in favor of traditional forms of masculinity and thus are going to be difficult to persuade to help get rid of gender rol… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 29/05/21 04:09 PM |
| 2 | If all occupations over 90% female went on strike vs if all occupations over 90% male went on strike. Discuss.I'm honestly not sure. I mean yes, pointing out that men do a lot of good in society and contribute a lot is helpful for arguing for social change in how men are treated. But at the same time it kinda feels like its feeding into this whole gender culture war situation that's going on. Where instead of acknowledging that both sides have problems that deserved to be worked on we instead argue which has it worse or which deserves it more. How do you see it as being productive? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/05/21 12:19 PM |
| 4 | If all occupations over 90% female went on strike vs if all occupations over 90% male went on strike. Discuss.Was going to say something like this myself. I mean I get why OP posted this (because men as a gender are being portrayed in an increasingly negative light in the west) but I don't think this is productive. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 09/05/21 06:58 PM |
| 11 | Anyone else notice that a feminist's definition of a man doing the 'bare minimum' is often far more than a man doing the actual bare minimum?Being male intrinsically imbues you with their version of original sin, and they aren't even courteous enough to craft an ideological framework which has a path to redemption through devotion. This is why so many people (men in particular) have become so negative towards feminism, and also social justice in general. If you're privileged you're always going to be the bad guy to them and there's no way out of it. On top of that your shouldered with responsibilities that you're expected to perform … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/05/21 03:46 PM |
| 4 | Anyone else notice that a feminist's definition of a man doing the 'bare minimum' is often far more than a man doing the actual bare minimum?Same. I mean, even if they are doing the bare minimum, what's wrong with showing a little bit of gratitude and support? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 01/05/21 03:44 PM |
| 2 | An interesting writeup on things like catcalling from a male perspective.Maybe not "absolutely submerged" but definitely getting them more than they'd like. I have lady friends who've spoken about their experiences. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/04/21 07:11 AM |
| 2 | An interesting writeup on things like catcalling from a male perspective.Well now that we are aware of the problem and its nature, does anyone have any ideas as to the solution? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/04/21 09:50 AM |
| 3 | "The Future Is Female"I'm definitely pretty far left on most ideals but damn, the left is SHIT at marketing. I think it's because of their entitlement. A lot of the left has this idea that allies should be allies regardless of how their treated. Because if you really cared about being a good ally you'd support them regardless of how you feel or how badly they treat you. And whilst its true that your commitment to a social cause shouldn't be predicated on whether or not a member of a group is nice to you or not. That … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/04/21 04:39 PM |
| 3 | Feminists are utilitarians, egalitarians are deontologistsNot to rag on you specifically, but you could say this about literally every politically, ideologically or philosophically motivated group. Everyone wants to make the world a better place. Or if that's too strong, no one wants to make the world a worse place. The issues is that every group has a different vision of what a better world is. A radical Islamist is just as convinced of his better world as any radical critical social justice activist. Yeah, you're right, that's definitely true. On a m… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 29/03/21 08:05 PM |
| 18 | Feminists are utilitarians, egalitarians are deontologistsI can see why you came to this conclusion, but I think this is an incorrect conclusion to come to. Utilitarians, by definition are for maximising happiness and well-being for all affected individuals. Deontology is the normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules, rather than based on the consequences of the action. I wouldn't say Tradcons are utilitarian by any stretch. Sure they may say they do t… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 29/03/21 04:03 PM |
| 1 | On mass shootersAh okay, I understand. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/03/21 08:40 PM |
| 4 | On mass shootersI've heard of this sentiment before, from MRAs mostly, it's called hypoagency and hyperagency, in case you haven't heard of it before. Hypo-agency is when someone is treat/ assumed to have little agency or control over their own affairs. This is usually applied to women and stems from the belief that women are oppressed (on the left) or that their inherently passive (on the right). Hyper-agency is when someone is treated/ assumed to have more agency/ control over their affairs than they actually… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/03/21 08:04 PM |
| 2 | On mass shootersWhat's a soft collapse? and how does it differ from a hard collapse? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/03/21 07:53 PM |
| 1 | Lived experiences that are difficult to convey to non-men?That was an interesting read but could you explain how this relates to men not viewing each other as the in-group? I'm not sure I get it. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 07/02/21 04:04 PM |
| 18 | The Australian Greens have completely lost touch with reality, this attempt to address "men's wellbeing" proves it.This something that irritates me to no end with feminism/ the left; all men's issues have to be filtered through the lens of how it well help women/ society/ the left before it can be seriously considered. They never seem to want to help men simply because they are hurting and are in need of help. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 24/01/21 07:34 PM |
| 12 | Popular left wing discourse about race and gender are contributing heavily to radicalization in a variety of areas.I pretty much agree with you completely, but I think it's both sides (the left and right), to an extent that are radicalizing each other, not just the left. But I do believe that the left is the primary driver of radicalization on both sides. I think that both sides are kind of radicalizing each other. The left, as you mentioned ends up radicalizing people against them which result in more people going over to the right. The left notices this and amps up their behavior, without the self awarenes… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 24/01/21 05:27 PM |
| 3 | Physically aggressive men tend to have more sex partners> That's precisely where humans differ : we kill each other for territory, resources, fertility etc. That's probably only a recent development. The invention of weapons means that it is possible for a person to inflict quite a large amount of damage to another person without sustaining significant damage themselves (if their lucky). In other primate species competition is largely just posturing that doesn't usually result in physical violence unless the situation demands it. Also, this only tend… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 21/01/21 07:49 PM |
| 13 | What brought you to mens issuesThis is a very common theme I've noticed whilst on this and other gender subs; how the dating game seems to be utterly crushing for a lot of men, and giving them a ton of self worth issues. As for male loneliness, I think that, whilst respect is a step in the right direction, a better idea might be to encourage men to pursue relationships outside of romantic/ sexual ones with women and not tie their worth to them. A lot of, modern, western culture still seems virginity as something especially sh… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 20/12/20 08:43 PM |
| 15 | What brought you to mens issuesKinda similar story to yours. I was never a radical feminist, but if you asked a while back I would've probably said I was one. I thought, initially that feminism was fundamentally good and the bad things about feminism were just minor things that sexists/ misogynists brought up to try and discredit them. What kinda started driving me away from feminism, and the social justice crowd in general, was the amount of vitrol, mocking and scorn in it directed towards anyone or any group deemed "privile… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 20/12/20 08:36 PM |
| 11 | Why singling out men only as being the bad ones ?!Honestly this. I don't know where a lot of the feminists get the idea that men who hold regressive beliefs are going to listen to progressive men over progressive women telling them that they're wrong. In my experience they're typically going to ignore both regardless. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/12/20 05:30 PM |
| 2 | Why singling out men only as being the bad ones ?!Creating an environment where the "bad ones" can't exist let alone thrive, regardless as to which group they are a part of is pretty much impossible. At least not without creating an authoritarian police state anyway. As they will usually either go somewhere else, create their own space in which they can exist or alter their behavior to make them look superficially like one of the good ones and thus make them harder to detect. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 02/12/20 05:28 PM |
| 4 | What do you think when people use the term 'bromance' to describe male friendships?Whilst that may be true for some wives I don't think that's the whole story. I think it's just due to the fact that men and women just tend to socialize differently. I remember reading somewhere that, generally, men tend to bond over common interests/ activities e.g. work, whilst women tend to bond over more shared feelings (sorry of this sounds stereotypical). This makes it easier for women to form deep, emotional, connections compared to men and thus more close friendships. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/11/20 01:34 PM |
| 5 | What do you think when people use the term 'bromance' to describe male friendships?I was going to comment something along the lines of this myself. Whilst not used overtly negatively, the way the term tends to be used in media is at least meant to somewhat imply that the way said two men are acting towards each other is, if not wrong, then at least unusual. It's almost always the butt of a joke. Although personally I don't see it as an inherently negative term though as most people who use it both irl and online tend to use it a bit more positively than in media. I think the w… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 06/11/20 01:17 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 think the reason why women didn't land in the same pitfall, is because the idea of women having any sort of open sexual behaviour/ attraction on par with men, didn't really exist back then, in fact it's an idea a lot of people still struggle with now. Which is why a lot of people tend to assume women being affection towards each other are just friends even when there are a lot of signs that point to them being more than just good friends. I am, also, completely frustrated with the idea the ide… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/10/20 09:19 PM |
| 9 | 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 it almost certainly has something to do with the oversexualisation of not just men but pretty much everything and everyone in western society. Since a lot of things that westerners think of as inherently sexual e.g. nudity and breastfeeding are seen as a lot more normal and don't get fussed over nearly as much in non-western cultures. I also think it has something to do with the rise of the LGBT movement, as I remember reading an article about something similar to this a while back (I ca… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/10/20 08:07 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 orCould you explain to me what this looks like? Because I'm pretty sure I haven't seen it/ heard of it before except between men that deliberately try to act macho. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/10/20 07:48 PM |
| 1 | Both conservatives and liberals are more worried about their sons.True true. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 25/10/20 08:51 PM |
| 10 | Both conservatives and liberals are more worried about their sons.Probably because they think of the problems with their son(s) being an individual problem, not a systemic problem. Most people aren't even aware of the types of systemic problems men face. And even when they are aware of those problems it's usually just dismissed as being the fault of men e.g. patriarchy backfiring. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 23/10/20 03:20 PM |
| 7 | Found this interesting piece by the Guardian and the way teenage boys are raised. What are this sub's thoughts on it?I thought this deserved to be here because it was actually interesting in the way it talked about the way a lot of male behavior, especially those concerning teenage boys, tends to be demonised as toxic/ bad when they actually might deserve a more careful and empathetic look. It also went over they way a lot of boys internalise society's negative views on them which might contribute to their bad behaviour. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 22/10/20 02:48 PM |
| 7 | How does left not understand that hating men will just turn more men to the right?This honestly reminds me of an article I read (I think it was on the Atlantic) that was similar to this, but it was concerning the different ways the left treats muslims and white people. Leftists will generally accept the idea that islamophobia directed at Muslims will make it easier for terrorists groups to gain converts due to it antagonising them and making it harder to win over moderate Muslims. But when presented with the same idea, but focused on white people, and that the left's actions … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/10/20 07:35 AM |
| 1 | What is this sub's opinion on encouraging more male solidarity?I wasn't talking about that, I was talking about legitimately toxic traits relating to masculinity that says you have to behave a certain way in order to be considered "a man" and be considered socially valid so you aren't bullied and abused. I have no problem with men wanting to be strong, capable ans success oriented. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/10/20 09:24 PM |
| 1 | What is this sub's opinion on encouraging more male solidarity?> I don't think it's realistic to expect a kind of universal brotherhood of men on a society-wide level. I'm not really expecting a universal brotherhood thing. I'm more expecting the same kinda things that women kinda have with each other, where we may not know each other but if one women is, lets say, being followed by a creeper, the other woman will intervene to help. A less competitive and more collaborative form of masculinity. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/10/20 02:24 PM |
| 1 | What is this sub's opinion on encouraging more male solidarity?I completely agree. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 11/10/20 02:10 PM |
| 2 | What is this sub's opinion on encouraging more male solidarity?I'm still a bit confused as to precisely how encouraging male solidarity would be encouraged. The examples you gave as to how altering the environment can change behaviour were interesting but I'm not sure exactly how that would work when it comes to getting men to care about their fellow men. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/10/20 09:34 PM |
| 3 | What is this sub's opinion on encouraging more male solidarity?If you build a system that offers incentives and punishments towards encouraging one kind of behavior expect that kind of behavior to become more common people take the path that is the least resistant. Interesting, what you're saying makes sense. What do you imagine such a system would look like though? Especially outside of a military environment? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 08/10/20 09:02 PM |
| 1 | Twitter Abuse, who gets it worse?This reminds me of an article i read online about how, around, 55% of communication is non-verbal. So as a result things that are said online are frequently misinterpreted, due to the lack of context that would usually be present in a face to face interaction. This can result in things that are said non-seriously/ sarcastically in a face-to-face interaction being perceived completely seriously as a result, which is probably one of the reasons why arguments tend to start so easily on the internet… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 24/09/20 06:11 PM |
| 2 | What do you think the next generation of boys and girls will look like?Over on r/FeMRADebates i remember an article about a woman researching what it was like growing up as a guy, in America, right now and i remember one line that stuck with me: When I asked my subjects, as I always did, what they liked about being a boy, most of them drew a blank. “Huh,” mused Josh, a college sophomore at Washington State. (All the teenagers I spoke with are identified by pseudonyms.) “That’s interesting. I never really thought about that. You hear a lot more about what is wrong w… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 19/09/20 02:42 PM |
| 7 | Toy Story 4 as a parable for deradicalizing incelsOverall I definitely agree with what you're saying here; both incels and femcels would probably benefit from the benefit of the doubt and a little empathy instead of just being shoved away and being allowed to fall further into the dark hole their already in. Laughing at and mocking them, whilst feeling good, doesn't do much to alleviate the problem. I'm also surprised that a children's film handled a character like that sympathetically, when it would've been very easy to turn them into a 1-dime… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 19/09/20 02:29 PM |
| 5 | The reason women receive "too much attention from men" is a symptom of the exact same problem that men complain about: dating inequality.I'd like to say that some women do want to be more forward with dating and be able to take the leading role when it comes to initiating relationships. They tend not to due to being perceived negatively. I remember one woman saying that the reasons she doesn't try to ask out guys anymore is because forward women tend to be seen as "slutty". Which is an additional reason as to why a lot of women choose not to directly pursue but indirectly hint at their attraction instead. So I think that one part… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/08/20 05:43 PM |
| 4 | Compulsory military service in colombia should include women proposes the vice president.I'm personally against compulsory military service as a concept, but if conscription has to be a thing then I don't think it should just fall on the men. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 26/07/20 09:35 PM |
| 24 | How to have a non-toxic gender discussion?Like you said yourself, some feminists go approach gender issues witha war-like zero sum mentality that makes it hard to have anything resembling a discussion with them unless that discussion ends with you agreeing with them. With these specific feminist a productive discussion is very unlikely. But, with less radical feminists, it is possible. The first thing to try and do, in my opinion, is to establish that gender issues don't have to be a zero sum game. Both can benefit without the other nec… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/05/20 12:17 PM |
| 9 | I'm against conscription on principle but this is just too funny - "no to female conscription"I remember reading some where, on some website that said that "feminism is traditionalism, pretending to be the opposite of itself". I don't agree with that sentiment completely, but seeing things such as this makes it very easy to see where this sentiment comes from. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 15/05/20 09:39 AM |
| 23 | Notice any items missing in the list?I'd, personally, like to add lack of reproductive rights (legal paternal surrender) and lack of paternity leave in a lot of countries. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 14/05/20 02:23 PM |
| 11 | My opinion of /r/UnpopularOpinion has gone up slightly. Women also need to unlearn "toxic masculinity" and stop devaluing men's emotions.They acknowledge that women can theoretically encourage it but utterly refuse to admit that they, and external rather than internal factors as a whole, may be among the main reasons why men tend not to be emotionally expressive. One of the things that really annoys me, and a lot of other people, is the way feminists constantly deny women agency whenever they do anything bad. Like when women contribute to toxic masculinity they excuse it by saying that "those ideas were taught to them by men!" as… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/05/20 09:42 AM |
| 3 | Does anger at injustice have some part to play in motivating left-wing activism, by necessity?Anger at perceived injustice can be a motivating force for any form of political activism, but it doesn't have to be. It's typically exploited though, as anger is a very powerful emotion that can get people to do things without necessarily having them think to much. Which is why you will see a lot of authoritarian figures use anger and direct it at scapegoats to get people to do what they want. But once again anger at injustice isn't necessarily the only motivating force in left-wing activism. F… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 09/05/20 05:28 PM |
| 3 | Libertarian vs Socialist explanation for Male DisposabilityThank you for posting that video, it literally explains the thoughts I've had about male disposability arguments for a while now. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 07/05/20 04:32 PM |
| 7 | Why does every problem to these people affect women more despite the numbers showing otherwise? Ideological blindness?I think it is partially ideological blindness but more of selective empathy/ sociopathy. Which is basically when people treat certain people with less/ more empathy than other groups of people because said people are seen as inherently less deserving. For example a lot of feminism/ identity politics ideology does say that it is okay do make fun of, bully and degenerate someone because of an intrinsic characteristic as long as they are not a member of an oppressed group. In feminist ideology men … | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 30/04/20 06:45 PM |
| 2 | Woman opines that "ironic" misandry isn't funny and needs to stop. Pinkpill brigade shows up to accuse her of being a "Pickme simpette" who just wants male validation.Also why is Mother Nature "helping" now? What about all the previous millennia, did women not need help then? | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 28/04/20 02:47 PM |
| 4 | FEMALE PRIVILEGE: Women of all races receive shorter sentences than men for the same crime, even when all variables (prior offences, etc) are accounted for. Sentences for men are on average 63 percent longer than sentences for women.Honest question, why does this only seem to apply to men though? Other privileged groups don't have aspects where they're disfavoured this severely compared to their oppressed counterparts. At least to my knowledge. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 27/04/20 08:33 PM |
| 1 | Honest question: Men's support for inequality in who is allowed to be strongI half agree with you I agree with the part about the constant messaging about men being privileged/ oppressors having something to do with it. I remember reading a piece from The Atlantic about masculinity where they asked a few young boys/ teenagers and most of them actually drew a blank with one saying that the question was weird because he was used to hearing what was wrong with guys.* But I also think its to do more with the fact that men don't really have a strong in-group bias i.e. men do… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 24/04/20 08:31 PM |
| 1 | The "men are toxic effect" -- a proposed corollary to the "women are wonderful effect" in a new academic paperI kind of agree with you. There is noticeable decrease in the perception of men being competent (generally) in western society that can be most easily seen in media. I wouldn't go as far as to say it's the opposite now but there is a detectable shift happening. We still have depictions of competent men in media but I've noticed that a lot of fathers in media tend to be seen as lazy bumbling buffoons compared to their wives who tend to be competent and possess at least 90% of the brain cells. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 18/04/20 12:21 PM |
| 5 | Adele's divorce settlement exposes the feminist agendaI don't think all feminists are like this (although some definitely do fit the bill). Some do just want to help women or are genuinely seeking equality even if it doesn't benefit them completely. There have always been hateful elements of social justice groups like there are hateful elements of any political group above a certain size. | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/04/20 07:43 AM |
| 5 | Adele's divorce settlement exposes the feminist agendaShe's not paying $140 million she's splitting it between herself and her ex-husband. So she would only be losing about $70 million. But still, the fact that this reaction has been generated by a lot of feminists really helps to shine a light on how they feel about actual equality. Women have suffered so much and have generally been the financially weaker spouse for eons and so women should have not have to pay anything. Despite being a general advocate of social justice one of the things that re… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 13/04/20 07:40 AM |
| 7 | Good Article — Why Some People Have Issues With Men: MisandryI don't think that people who join the far right do so just because of a "shallow identity crisis" or "a need for a self-esteem kick". Those things however can be what instigates the potential political transition, but they not the sole causes. For example people pushed away by the left's hostility might find themselves in more liberal leaning spaces, where such hostility is less prevalent, and exposed to more moderate leaning ideas. Which, if they accept said ideas, might cause them to drift fu… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/04/20 09:10 PM |
| 10 | Good Article — Why Some People Have Issues With Men: MisandryI remember reading the comments section of a post on the FeMRADebates subreddit about why more men seem to join far right movements than women. And one commenter suggested that it was that the far right provides a positive male identity to counteract the negativity found in a lot of modern media/ society. I'm not sure how true that is but I can see where they're coming from. I found the comment btw: https://www.reddit.com/r/FeMRADebates/comments/982qm6/comment/e4eev7i | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 12/04/20 09:24 AM |
| 16 | Why 2/3 of Breadtube is some version of genderfluidI agree that the whole " you need to take our vitrol or otherwise you aren't a true ally" thing coming from the left has been less than helpful to their cause. I, like u/Dunkolunko think that the solution lies in moving away from group-based problems and more to wards a more encompassing class-based problem solving. That's not to say that group-based problems like sexism shouldn't be given attention of course. This would help pull people together and gather more support. On a side note, I rememb… | /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates | 10/04/20 05:53 PM |
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