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This is beautiful. We are discussing a lot the lack of role models and fatherly figures - I am over 40 (not from the U.S.) and I needed to hear what this man has to say. I recommend you to watch this. We probably all need that.

Henry_Blair

November 18, 2022

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Title	This is beautiful. We are discussing a lot the lack of role models and fatherly figures - I am over 40 (not from the U.S.) and I needed to hear what this man has to say. I recommend you to watch this. We probably all need that.
Author	Henry_Blair
Upvotes	35
Comments	6
Date	November 18, 2022 1:21 PM UTC (3 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/yyjxx2/this_is_beautiful_we_are_discussing_a_lot_the/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/this-is-beautiful-we-are-discussing-a-lot-the-lack.1144533 https://theredarchive.com/post/1144533

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[–]OldEgalitarianMRA 4 points5 points6 points 3 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

[–]Forcetobereckonedwit 3 points4 points5 points 3 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

[–]OldEgalitarianMRA -1 points0 points1 point 3 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

[–]Henry_Blair[S] 2 points3 points4 points 3 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link

I completely understand what you are saying. I wasn't careful with my wording. I didn't mean to imply that other men are there to replace the fathers. I don't have a father. Mine passed away when I was in my twenties. I advanced through life like... well, like how a blinded animal runs through the bush, breaking branches and collecting cuts and bruises on the way, sometimes chasing a noise, sometimes escaping a voice. There was no one there to guide me. I made every mistake possible and trusted only my guts. I used to rely heavily on writers, novelists, I received advice and inspiration from their wisdom. And hope. And a sense of what it means being a man. But then, a few years ago, a very radical kind of feminism washed through the entire world and one of their main targets was those writers, and it became more and more difficult to gain power from them without recalling how they were trampled on and humiliated (there's a reddit with 600k members dedicated solely to denouncing classical writers for "contra-revolutionary" quotes, Hemingway, Orwell). And gradually people like me found themselves with very few sources of comfort, or inspiration. So listening to him gives me something. I feel almost as if I'm sitting there with him and nodding. That's all what I meant. I'm a father myself, I completely understand what you said.

[–]WabashSon 0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

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