Masculinity genuinely has a lot to love about it and viewing it as inherently always bad is a reactionary viewpoint leftover
Love this. Feminists have been able to capture femininity and turn it into something positive. A good woman in the 1800s was a narrow scope, either mothers or maidens. Now strong women in the popular culture can be virtually anything. Men need to do the same thing with masculinity, reshape the ideal so we can empower each other not at the expense of women or non-binary. Masculinity that loves our LGBTQ+ friends and supports emotional maturity.
Masculine people can be wholesome and lovable :gigachad: by building things and repairing things and growing things and lifting things and protecting things.
The :jordan-eboy-peterson: version of masculinity involves performative insecure theatrics and being a douchebag.
The funniest part is that everyone can pretty much instantly tell if you're an actually masculine person, or if you're doing weird performative shit. Shit like taking ground beef as a snack to see The Northman sticks out like a sore thumb precisely because everyone can see how fucking dumb it is. And Peterson nearly getting killed by his own daughter while trying to detox from Benzos is also just :chefs-kiss:
Love this. Feminists have been able to capture femininity and turn it into something positive. A good woman in the 1800s was a narrow scope, either mothers or maidens. Now strong women in the popular culture can be virtually anything. Men need to do the same thing with masculinity, reshape the ideal so we can empower each other not at the expense of women or non-binary. Masculinity that loves our LGBTQ+ friends and supports emotional maturity.
Masculine people can be wholesome and lovable :gigachad: by building things and repairing things and growing things and lifting things and protecting things.
The :jordan-eboy-peterson: version of masculinity involves performative insecure theatrics and being a douchebag.
The funniest part is that everyone can pretty much instantly tell if you're an actually masculine person, or if you're doing weird performative shit. Shit like taking ground beef as a snack to see The Northman sticks out like a sore thumb precisely because everyone can see how fucking dumb it is. And Peterson nearly getting killed by his own daughter while trying to detox from Benzos is also just :chefs-kiss:
The most masculine dude I know is literally a gay trans man. He is fucking ✨brawny✨
:panting: