It’s annoying, seeing these woe is me type posts about how men are expected to be masculine and the expectation is crushing them.

It’s the current year. There’s been over a decade of feminist, talking about toxic masculinity, and how men should embrace their feminine side. Ironically, the same men feeling crushed by gender roles are the very people who don’t want to listen to the ones saying fuck the gender roles.

Even more ironic, the very communities that are against gender roles are the very communities the red pill (and most guys here) see no problem disrespecting, even when that would turn off most young women:

https://youtube.com/shorts/_ke-Ep2Gu1E?si=iJqmlQb1s86yWvFA

You can’t complain about the standards of masculinity weighing on you, but you’ll still promote performative masculinity.

Also, guys talk about these crushing expectations of being a man it’s usually that they have to be self-reliant and take personal responsibility. Two things people expect most adults in the West to behave like.

“MOST WOMEN DONT DO THAT!”

So you’re implying that acting like a helpless victim is a toxic feminine trait? Then you’re the ones who have implied being a man child is being unmasculine. Also, if guys are so obsessed with being masculine as society, allegedly told them to, why would they not try to be masculine? It can’t be that hard to not behave like a helpless victim.

Another example is guys complaining that they suffer in silence. But when people tell them that they just need to regulate their emotions like an adult, they dont want to listen. They would rather silently pout like a toddler, whine a toddler, or throw tantrums like a toddler.

Too many guys want to role-play as being masculine and/or weighed down by the expectations of masculinity instead of just learning to grow up.