- This is really interesting, especially its opening anecdote. (Which, WHAT?) Here's a mindless generalization: while there are many exceptions, more young men seem to me to need role models for what it means to be a man than young women need role models for what it means to be a good woman.
- "At the core of the 'masculinity crisis' nonsense is a taught desperation in millions of males in this country who get violently angry at the claim that doing all the things the brosphere tells them to do might not be effective in attracting women." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-exact...
- Do we really have a masculinity crisis, or do we have a "how to grow up" crisis? It gets cast as a masculinity crisis when men start looking for something that distinguishes them from women. But what if men and women have many of the same traits, and what they really need is to stop being children?
- YES! The discourse around this “crisis” enables the self-infantilization and persecution complex straight men have developed ever since it became uncouth to define themselves around the domination of womenApr 28, 2025 15:33
