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haele

(14,285 posts)
7. There's an old saying in women's circles...
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 01:37 PM
Apr 29

Men are afraid Women will laugh at them, and Women are afraid Men will kill them.

It's pretty basic.
So long as actually confident men don't push to be role models or rather, the too clever by half privileged Peter Pans are held up as heroes in a simplistic and frankly cynical "You don't have to grow up" worldview, you're going to have a bunch of whiney little boys screaming that they deserve respect from women and other lesser beings - when in reality, they don't even respect themselves.
Rich "Conservative" Bastards never really respect themselves. They believe to their core their money is the only thing that makes them important or gives them and edge, and they're terrified of losing it, no matter how talented or smart they may actually be. They actually believe they're common shit people without all that money and they need to make sure everyone else believes it, too.

It's all too long for a bumper sticker. But technology has set time against the human brain, and it's getting more difficult for the average person to be able to take in long, complex concepts.

But back to the saying above; if any female tries to get them to grow the fuck up and own their own responsibility and self- respect like grown-ups, they're going to try to rip her to shreds for insulting their sacred veneer of manhood. And it doesn't matter if the boys are 12 or 92 years old.

They don't have enough confidence or self respect to handle criticism. And wimmin are supposed to be weaker than them, donchaknow?

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Thoughts on "bro culture" [View all] RJ-MacReady Apr 29 OP
Lots of flavors to this...the tech bros, the trad bros, the hick bros....only justice is they have a hard time... dutch777 Apr 29 #1
You're suggesting using bro culture's insults (beta male) to take down the manosphere? maxsolomon Apr 29 #2
I used their term as a joke RJ-MacReady Apr 29 #3
"Thorough deconstructions" aren't going to resonate with "bros" maxsolomon Apr 29 #8
We definitely need to engage there EdmondDantes_ Apr 29 #4
agreed RJ-MacReady Apr 29 #5
I am more a live and let live kind of guy WSHazel Apr 29 #6
1) Yes. More women do go to college. YET men STILL Scrivener7 Apr 29 #9
How did this approach work in 2016 and 2024? WSHazel Apr 29 #14
This isn't an approach, and this isn't a race to be a bigger victim. It has nothing to do Scrivener7 Apr 29 #19
Who is responsible blubunyip Apr 29 #12
I think people continue to misinterpret MAGA WSHazel Apr 29 #16
Building coalitions blubunyip Apr 29 #21
These are the same crybabies who won't support labor unions leftstreet Apr 29 #13
Some of them are in unions WSHazel Apr 29 #15
I wonder why more women are graduating from college Wicked Blue Apr 29 #18
They don't need to. When they get out into the workforce, they still make considerably more than women. Scrivener7 Apr 29 #20
There's an old saying in women's circles... haele Apr 29 #7
They are all just money grubbing weasels JustAnotherGen Apr 29 #10
"Bro culture" is a contradiction in terms. (nt) Paladin Apr 29 #11
It's toxic masculinity wrapped around a cult LS0999 Apr 29 #17
exactly RJ-MacReady Apr 30 #22
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