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meh, I just need my cat.

Men need a loving relationship and therapy.

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I can't afford therapy. And I desperately need it.

Look at the user name, it's a truthful joke.

To all those saying, "but why shouldn't men want to be cared for?"

This meme plays into a narrative the makes women subservient.

It suggests that only men "battle", and that being a man and "battling" entities them to care by women.

No where in this is acknowledgement that women have burdens too, and that all people benefit from care.

No where in this is any hint of reciprocity. If anything, it implies that the "joy" of taking care of "her man" should be enough.

No. Walk the fuck on. Having a penis doesn't entitle you to one-sided care.

The other thing implied by this - that women should 'naturally' be able to fix 'her man'. But if a woman in broken? Oof - 'she has Daddy issues' and better fix herself, right?

And what if a woman tries to fix 'her man' and fails? Oh look - isnt that convenient - society just took all his faults and made them her failures. Wow! Who wouldn't want to sign up for that??

And just look at that success rate. You can count up the number of women killed by intimate partners and see how great this plan is.

Society really needs to get past this childish narrative that tells men they should expect to find a manic pixie dream girl who lives only to make him happy. Men make fun of girls for believing in Prince Charming, but this is truly the more destructive fairy tale.

Almost all people have some need (depending on the definition) for physical intimacy. Not just men.

That said, people saying men need a therapist aren't saying a therapist would help men and a therapist would authentically be in their best self interest (unless you are extremely patronizing). They're saying a therapist would fix them, because men need fixing. Its not out of some genuine desire to make men happier.

What we really need to say is men need re-education. Because it is primarily men that are fucking up the world.

Yeah my fucking battle of testing software and doing deep dives on bugs.

I would say that, conditional to the man having a partner, intimacy is a hell of a lot more accessible than therapy. Provided that intimacy is not rationed or made conditional, this could provide more lasting and more timely healing than therapy as well.

With that said, we really need to normalize men seeking therapy. There are far too many men where the conditions above are not met, and so could and would benefit more from therapy than intimacy.