• Feyr@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yeah but if you stop to talk to a random woman there’s a non zero chance that you end up in jail and accused of sexual assault

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      1 day ago

      Please provide an example of an average guy trying to strike up a respectful conversation with a random girl and going to jail for it. Literally any example. Just one.

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        And this is kind of the point I was trying to make. The pendulum has swung so far the other direction that the messaging makes many men think they are not allowed to talk to women at all. This just adds to the divisions.

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          23 hours ago

          I certainly agree with you there. I think this is a big part of why young men are increasingly moving to right wing spaces. If you look at right wing messaging towards young men, a lot of it centers around their romantic lives. Why? Because that is their pain point. And the right gives them an achievable, believable path to get what they want: get jacked, get rich, be a leader, talk to a lot of women but ignore negative responses. Then add in some casual misogyny to stroke their bruised egos.

          The left’s advice for men’s romantic woes, on the other hand, couldnt be less appealing. Don’t do X. Don’t do Y. This is easy, what’s wrong with you? If you don’t have a satisfying romantic life, you must be a misogynistic piece of shit. If women aren’t interested in you, then just accept it.

          The effect is that the left tends to only attract the most depressed, self hating, and socially anxious men, while the remainder either check out politically or move to the right.

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      1 day ago

      Edit: Oops, I thought you were replying to my comment 🤦‍♂️

      Still, go touch grass, women aren’t aliens out to get you.

      If you’re a troll, well played