Marginal Men: The growing underclass of males with little choice but to face life alone | Bettina Arndt

Fortspucking · 2018-02-02T12:08:09+00:00

I'm imagining techno monasteries in the future, where men can live well together enjoying shared resources and freedom from drama.

Pcatalan · 2018-02-02T14:52:01+00:00

The reality is that men are only valued for what they can provide: Resources and security. All the "soulmate" bs is just that.

splodgenessabounds · 2018-02-02T09:56:33+00:00

This is a longish article but worth the read.

In the 20 (yes, twenty) years since it was published, shit's only got worse.

[edited for clarity] This is a copy of an article originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1998, back in the days when Fairfax Media still had a backbone.

/edit

Tedesche · 2018-02-02T15:37:19+00:00

Since then he’s been through a decade or so of women making it clear that they are not interested. James sums up what he’s learnt about women. “If you are a women and you want a man, it’s not so much what he’s like; it’s ‘Does he have the car? Does he have the clothes? The money?’ It’s a big part of women’s culture to go after the bloke with the money. Women who don’t think they can make it on their own want to latch onto a guy who’s making it so their own lives will be easier.”

Feminists can chalk this up to “toxic masculinity” all they want; when most women reinforce it, trying to re-educate men won’t do squat. Women are just as much a part of the problem as men, so focusing on men like they’re the problem will just make matters worse. It boggles my mind how this simple concept seems to elude so many of them.

Francko93 · 2018-02-02T14:05:28+00:00

This article couldn't be more correct. It's really sad to see how far the globalists have pushed things. The war on men/boys.

2018-02-02T15:44:31+00:00

SMH was really different in 1998 it seems.

2018-02-02T18:29:23+00:00

As creepy and weird as it sounds, I almost identify with Palpatine.

Lrellok · 2018-02-05T02:13:06+00:00

"The damage that has been done to the male workforce through the economic restructuring is now coming back to haunt us,” Birrell said.

This is a perfect example of why UBI is a critical male issue. If women fail economically, there are a hundred thousand men ready to support them. If men fail economically, there is no one. A system for those men who are no longer able to work becouse the jobs are all taken needs to be established.

And no, there are not magical infinite jobs.

the_unseen_one · 2018-02-03T11:55:27+00:00

I could easily find a woman if I really wanted to and lowered my standards. The real question is: why? What can she actually provide me that outweighs the risks, and that I can't get from friends, family, myself, or pets? All I can really think of is sex and babies, but neither are worth what I'd put on the line. I'd rather be childless and celibate, but secure in my life and security. Doubtless there are many men with no choice, but there are also many who have to choose to be alone just out of self interest. I'd like things to be different, but I have no power over the laws and society. All I can do is look out for myself.

Crazy to think this article is two decades old. Things have really spiraled since then.

2018-02-02T12:28:26+00:00

I'd live in a college dorm

Title	Marginal Men: The growing underclass of males with little choice but to face life alone \| Bettina Arndt
Author	splodgenessabounds
Upvotes	139
Comments	22
Date	February 2, 2018 9:54 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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