Kinda reminds me of boot camp, using psychological attacks to break down men's will and have him disregulated and complient
it makes sense they want robots, who wont question where and what to shoot.
so many comments claiming this post blames or makes fun of men and incels that i went back and reread the whole thing... what the fuck are the lot of you even responding to‽ there's nothing like that in the post, and on the contrary it says men are victimized by this. Jesus, some of you are really willing to take anything as a slight. beats self reflection i guess.
Yeah a good few people are telling on themselves by feeling called out by this.
Lemmy becomes completely irrational whenever the words "male loneliness epidemic" appear, once you read that around here (and it shows up in the OP) you can skip the comments as nothing good will come out of the thread.
this post brings up some good points, but I want to be clear that turning men into women hating incels who will die alone is the GOAL of all this rhetoric. it doesn't have to be that way.
if your reaction to this post is "women bad" you should take a step back and realize they've already gotten you to take the first step down the pipeline.
pickup artists seemed to heavily reinforce the manosphere alot prior to the likes of tate, and peterson. and Gymbros fall for it as well. especially the ones that are make jokes about people who are not going to gyms, or they eat certain foods that the gymbro doesnt like, eventhough they arnt the one eating. they always make a snide or passive aggressive comment.(its none of your business)
be 5' 7"
not attractive to most women (aww)
every airplane seat feels like first class
live longer on average (aww)
workout once a week and look buff
no car is too small
sleep like a king in beds of any size
women generally trust you more easily cos your presence is non-threatening
You know it's not that bad of a trade. Y'all sixfooters have fun with the girls.
What is "manosphere"?
It's a sphere made out of naked men. It's a dangerous weapon because of its incredible sexiness.
HOT.
basically toxic and hyper masculinity encapsulated into a community, a cult of sorts.
a modern day cult and not even a classy one.
An insulating community of conservative influencers and their fans, focusing on giving lost males "meaning" by feeding their ego.
"OMG these people are incel losers they have no worth and deserve to die!"
"Incel losers" commits a horrific crime because they were treated like they have no worth and deserve to die
"OMG can you believe it? We should bully them harder, that will fix things!"
Maybe the fucking problem is people treating these poor people so horribly. We want to PREVENT such things happening which means addressing the root of the problem and trying to catch people who could fall into those destructive manoaphere circles BEFORE they get the idea to commit mass murder. I'm PRETTY positive the solution isn't to bully them more.
"Incel losers" commits a horrific crime because they were treated like they have no worth and deserve to die
What makes you think that was why a particular crime was committed? There are lots and lots of people who get bullied and are treated like shit and they don't act out in some horrible, violent way.
I think it's these communities that they're in that encourage that kind of behavior. We need better support structures for our society so that people who need community can find something healthy.
I thought we agreed to treat every life as worthless, unless they have a couple of million dollars on them, regardless of gender or race?
weird take. There's certainly a feminist supremacist sphere active in demonizing and diminishing "less attractive" men, and women, feminist or not, have always enjoyed the privilege of men seeking their friendship with more passion than other way around. Friendly women of low attractiveness levels have more opportunities to have their sexuality validated.
This is just a supremacist take on demonizing men further.
Are you saying the manosphere isnt targeting men's insecurities in a bully-like fashion?
It's both. Both are the issue.
Which women make fun of men in a systemic way? Can you please name them so I can look them up?
Definitionally, if you're looking at individuals it wouldn't be systemic...
Study on men who are chronically single showed the common denominator: having extremely low confidence. Now that I think about it, this post corroborates the target profile of negging by abusers-- victims who have low self-esteem.
There are, for the lack of a better word, not so good looking men or short men having relationships, in one form or another, with ridiculously good looking women because these men have confidence without being too bragadacious. Of course, there are shallow women who go for looks alone (same as men), but there are just as many kind-hearted and less shallow women who prefer men with personality over looks and vice versa.
Low confidence and self-critical thoughts are what impedes chronically single men. Sometimes, it is indeed on the state of mind. And this vulnerability of lonely men is exploited by manosphere to create incels. I don't have a solution to address the problem but this is a general observation.
Podcast episode #120 (Invicil) from Reply All should be required listening in this day and age.
Invicil: How a shy, queer Canadian woman accidentally invented one of the internet’s most toxic male communities.
This is essentially cult tactics, yeah. As much as I loathe incels... Some of them genuinely need help.
The ones who are in too deep to literally start calling women "foids" tho? Throw them in the woodchipper. Dick first.
They're in a decentralized cult. They all need help, but some of them need a lot more help before they're going to be release candidate males
Isn't this basically what religion does, as well?
Some religions.
At-will employment too.
"You're nothing special - easily replaceable. I'm doing you a favour by letting you have this job."
Basically anywhere where a power imbalance is an intended feature, not a necessary evil.
In a broader sense, it is what cults do.
"Nobody accepts you... but us" "You will die alone... unless you help us" and so forth.
or... "They just can't take a joke... but we can"
Yup, that's why tate sold the worst dating advice in the world while being a sex trafficker, ensuring repeat business.
Manosphere being a toxic shitshow of harmful beliefs and self-sabotag is nothing new.
But in 1 way, it is very different to an abusive boyfriend. The abusive bf doesn't necessarily start off being abusive or not as obviously so. The bf adapts to you and slowly undermines your confidence. The manosphere has it in their advertising material. The people fall for the manosphere are not slowly manipulated and abused by the manosphere. The manosphere is the new abusive boyfriend after the breakup with the last abuser. When the abuse already has been normalised and kinda wanted because at least it is "familiar".
So what is the first "abusive boyfriend"?
It was an abusive exwife in my case, but yes. It's abuse all the same. It does the same thing.
It isolates, it breaks you down, it makes you forget who you were, and then when you least expect it, they are no longer dependable for anything and you have nothing left.
And they feel nothing.
lol, quite literally blaming men for everything as usual.
Honestly you arent fucking wrong.
If a woman has a series of bad experiences with a series of asshole dudes and decides she is done with it and would rather be single everyone claps because she is empowered. If a guy has a series of bad experiences with a series of just horrible women and decides he is done with it and would rather be single he is an incel and men are the problem.
Some dudes are incels because being a garbage human being with no regard for the feelings of others isnt limited to men. Women can say and do cruel shit too. I watched my 5'3 buddy ask a girl out and get "Ewww" instead of "No thank you" this shit doesnt happen in a vacuum.
i never heard of a single man being called an incel lol, only when start saying incel things, then yes. nobody cares otherwise
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