The problem is why wouldn't being appreciated as a person be more than enough for you? Why does being validated as a person, and being validated as a man have separate value to you? What are the additional benefits being appreciated as a man has, which appreciation as a person lacks ?
Because people want too much attention that's why, No one can ever mind their own business. That's why they act the way they do, they just can't bear rolling with any punches. Me on the other hand I just want to be left alone Don't care if anybody likes me or not.
It depends, I don't see it as negative nor angry. Believe it or not, I am here perfectly serene despite how intense my words sound.
Too much masculinity or too much femininity based on gender should not be a social issue. There is no such thing as “toxic masculinity.” Rather, the concentration of masculinity or femininity no matter if low or high will never be toxic. If one believes in toxicity of expression of gender, then they must also abide by the term “toxic femininity” and not just “toxic masculinity.” I firmly believe that with heterosexual relationships the two mix and form a balance in the household. I doubt a woman would want a feminine man or a man want a masculine woman. As for the individual stating porn is based on misogyny, femdom and sissy porn is one of the largest sectors of the porn industry, leading to feminization of men. In the meantime, I will see how much pages this thread gets while sipping some of my world-renowned Jasmine tea.
You're addressing the two of us as though we are the same person lol. Cato has my opinions and I have mine. Regardless, what dioplleo is saying is right, it makes no sense for men to ally themselves with a group that hates them and wants to see masculinity redefined to suit their ends. Sorry, but women dont get to decide what masculinity is. Men do. I wont stand with a group that pretends I have power due to some imaginary "patriarchy" when I live in a country that values women over men in almost all cases and where the legal system itself is skewed to favor them over me.
Exactly, we should have the right to address any definition of masculinity leading to our compromise, or belittling us implicitly.
Over the years, the concept of female rights has been coopted from a movement that just wanted women to have the same rights as men (at the time this was happening rights were dependent on wealth and status, not gender, but that's a whole other can of worms) and turned into a movement that actively hates what men are, and seeks to elevate women by holding men back and belittling their experiences. The movement is made up of a lot of bitter femcels who are just angry at men because they have daddy issues, or woke harpies who have no idea about how the world actually works and screech about how it should be changed to suit them. The reasonable women amongst them are lost in this horde of angry lunatics. These people want us to change what being a man is, and be held to a ridiculous standard they they decide, while suffering no expectation that they must do the same. An obese woman is a powerful queen, an obese man is a disgusting loser. A man with little sexual experience is a potentially violent alt right incel. A woman in the same position is just shy. I am by no means saying men dont have advantages women dont have. I'm not saying that at all. But I live in a country where Johnny Depp can lose a court case despite having objective proof that Amber Heard abused him. Literally lost because he is a man and she a woman. When stuff like that can happen to a man so wealthy and influential, I find it hard to accept women are as hard done by as some claim they are.
Femdom and sissy porn also spread misogynistic messages. They teach men feminity is a regression to their default status. Femdom is only another proxy to transmit the idea feminity is inferior, by showing 'feminized' men as the scapegoat. Thus creating feelings of insecurity in men, with the constant struggle to pursue toxic masculinity as an ideal. Most of porn categories mediate the idea feminity is denigrating, one way or another.
The very reason for this is how the old patriarchal society irrigated an image of men without any vulnerability, always at the top of the hierarchy no matter what, this why such cases are taken less seriously. Since in the eyes of the public, still influenced by many prejudices, men are stone hard robots. This is among the pillar beliefs of toxic masculinity. If anything, feminists can contribute a lot to solve these issues more than people like you. Since we are opposed to toxic masculinity, and by making male vulnerability more acknowledged, in order for men to be recognized as victims in such cases like Johnny Depp's.