How long will men and boys advocacy have to repeat itself?

TheTinMenBlog · 2024-02-09T11:53:53+00:00

I know, sometimes on this page you’ll see the same graphs, numbers, charts, or diagrams, several times.

You’ll hear the same claims, the same shocking stories, and same hidden realities revealed.

You’ll read the same issues talked about, discussed, and dissected; battled over in the comments, again, and again, and again.

Round and round thetinmen goes, the never ending Groundhog Day of Instagram.

So yes, if it feels like I repeat myself, it’s because, well… I am.

I repeat myself because nothing changes.

Each year the same staggering number of male deaths happen at work.

The same number of men tragically take their own lives.The same vulnerable men remain shut out of abuse shelters.

The same charities, Governments, politicians, and organisations do, and say nothing.

The same fathers don’t have equal rights.

The same boys don’t have bodily autonomy.

And advocacy to change that is still laughed at, or shouted down, talked over, by the same nit wit voices, with the same tiresome jokes and whines.

So here we are.

I don’t know how long we stay on this ride, I don’t know how nauseating it will become, or who will join, or leave us along the way.

But for as long as society repeats its pattern of not caring, or talking in good faith about men and boys, so must we repeat our own pattern; of insisting for change, again, and again, and again, until one day it finally happens.

So strap yourself in, buy another ticket, and I’ll see you next time around.

All aboard.

~

Boys Behind for Three Decades

Incarcerated Population

Drug deaths by sex)

War deaths

Images by Joe Yates, Jeswin Thomas, Yousef Salhamoud, Josh Olalde, Miles Storey

denisc9918 · 2024-02-09T12:10:11+00:00

Thank You for all the work you do.

LAMGE2 · 2024-02-09T12:18:05+00:00

Hey. Please check this: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52022PC0105

I don’t live in EU but wow… honestly what the fuck for real. This on top of istanbul convention.

queenAlexislexis · 2024-02-09T12:41:32+00:00

I love you tin men thank you for existing brother stay safe to all of you ❤️ 💜

Qantourisc · 2024-02-09T13:06:58+00:00

Thank you, keep repeating yourself, and if I ever get into an argument I will most definitely bring up your page as reference !

ButWhatOfGlen · 2024-02-09T15:44:43+00:00

As always, and forever... We love what you do TinMan, and wish you didn't have to. 💪👍🙏❤️

jarmbur · 2024-02-09T12:46:40+00:00

Good post tin man

J2501 · 2024-02-09T12:48:32+00:00

Things which were not widely acknowledged or properly addressed tend to be reiterated. If complaining won't help, complaining about complaining won't help, either.

Digger_is_taken · 2024-02-09T14:33:49+00:00

Very well put!

ehWoc · 2024-02-09T14:54:07+00:00

The working conditions and the entire legal system of the USA are flawed, I'm glad you people are starting to see it. Hope things change for you soon, for he better

Asamiya1978 · 2024-02-09T15:43:33+00:00

I didn't know the blog. I'm reading it. We need to counter the feminist narrative to balance things. So, hammering those arguments is a good idea.

Chama-HUH · 2024-02-09T13:34:25+00:00

So how do we help?, are there any initiatives being made to help combat the lack of male graduates?

Sharp_Hope6199 · 2024-02-09T13:01:52+00:00

As long as it takes.

These things take a tremendous amount of effort and time to change.

As horrible as the numbers are, repeating them over and over isn’t enough to change anything because they are not actionable.

Until we have a better understanding of what is going on that causes these outcomes, we won’t know which buttons to press or levers to pull to effect the change we want to see.

What specific initiatives are there we can get behind to support? Something specific and measurable, like decreasing the rate of workplace deaths among men by 10% over the next two years.

A goal like that can help inform the decisions and actions we must take in order to make change.

Without anything specific to aim for, it’s impossible to take meaningful action for change.

Realistic_W8974 · 2024-02-09T21:41:33+00:00

There are no solutions in life, only trade-offs.

Pudgelover69 · 2024-02-10T01:30:08+00:00

Nice, really nice work. Keep it up. It’s important and we’re all feeling it, whether we want to admit it or not

cistacea · 2024-02-10T03:07:48+00:00

I'm a big fan of you and all your work and I love this post in general but I do want to say there's never a good reason to use a bad graph. Not having the axis start at zero is misleading and it undermines your point because there's no reason to mislead about this. The real numbers are bad enough.

TaskPlayful · 2024-02-11T04:20:13+00:00

Where did you get the graph about men and women getting college degrees? I like it. Did you make it or find it online somewhere?

Title	How long will men and boys advocacy have to repeat itself?
Author	TheTinMenBlog
Upvotes	358
Comments	28
Date	February 9, 2024 11:53 AM UTC (2 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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