This is something that came to me the other day. I haven't heard it put like this, so I wanted to get people's thoughts on it. It's basically what I said in the title...does the idea of men as an oppressor class feed into the concept of men as being disposable?

I think morally and ethically it makes sense, and we can see this proverbial tire hitting the road all over the place. Men's issues don't matter because men as the oppressor class created those issues. There's a logic of it, even if it's both inhumane and often way too simplified. But is this even something that hits men that don't agree with that framing? Do we as men internalize the concept of our own disposability via the presentation of us as oppressors?

And how much does this actually drive more traditionalist attitudes and behaviors? If we as men are disposable, well, that's something we need to overcome right, and that's generally through status and achievement. Is the idea of Men as Oppressor Class one of the big building blocks holding up this entire toxic house of cards?

One of the things I always go back to is the misuse of the concept of Toxic Masculinity, how it was essentially just demanding men self-sabotage, essentially. Ignore all social and cultural incentives. And we even see it today, just be happy with your lonely little invisible life, it's not like you deserve any more.

So yeah. That's my argument. That the Men as Oppressor class argument has a lot of harm with it, that actually serves to reinforce traditional gender norms, based around the idea of ultimately men as disposable.

What do people think?