What do you guys think of this video? A male feminist youtuber made a video explaining why he believes that "masculinity is a prison". Thoughts? No hate intended btw just want to see an alternative perspective.

shit-zen-giggles · 2022-09-28T14:23:46+00:00

Have watched (hours long) videos done by Salari and by FDSignifier separately before.

Their analysis often has some bright points but then typically falls short along the lines of gamma bias and doubling down on feminist stereotypes and dogma.

Prediction: this video will be yet another elaborate regurgitation of Michael Kimmel's book 'Angry White Men', because that's what both of these guys videos typically boil down to.

crz8956 · 2022-09-28T14:51:25+00:00

Bullshit.

They again try to police masculinity. They should live it alone and do something usefull.

NetNeutralitee · 2022-09-28T14:28:17+00:00

Rigid gender roles for men is an issue. An issue MRAs and feminists very much agree on.

Redditsucks_________ · 2022-09-28T13:58:12+00:00

A feministic perspective on masculinity. Does he make any good points in your guys opinion? I only agree that men dont HAVE to be macho men in order to be "real men", but that doesnt mean that masculinity is inheritley a bad thing or that it should be discarded all together within society.

WhereProgressIsMade · 2022-09-28T20:37:41+00:00

As a parent, you have to be careful with what you tell your kid a consequence of a bad behavior will be. Once you tell them a consequence, you are then "trapped" into carrying it out. So you can't ever threaten something you're not willing to carry out. If they call your bluff and you don't do it, then it's just that much harder to correct their behavior in the future so it's not a great option.

Similarly, if your natural personality is X, but you have no luck attracting anyone, so decide you'll act like personality Y, you're then "trapped" into continuing that behavior if you do attract someone and hope to have that relationship continue.

So I can see the argument that if a man feels like he needs to act in X way to be accepted within a group, he then feels "trapped" to continue acting that way to continue to be part of the group.

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