Men's Group

Patriarchy: Literally "rule of the father" was invented as a mechanism to protect women and children. It is based on the idea that women are childlike and require governance, yet are comparatively precious. It involves strict discipline and the expectation of self sacrifice to protect the family members. A protector who was "stupid" and "incapable" and "subject to animalistic instincts" would be fundamentally incapable of executing his duties in a patriarchal framework.

It's also hard to reconcile that the patriarchy expects men to act only on instinct with the most basic parts of our reptilian brains, while simultaneously expecting us to experience the world in a very carefully defined set of ways.

I think the definitions are backwards. The bumbling, undisciplined idiot paradigm is relatively new and is an outgrowth of a society that considers dads to be an anachronism.

Feminism on the other hand, is simply advocacy for women. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the betterment of men - except to the extent that "better" men make women's lives easier.

Together, the post is gibberish.

The reason that men are four or five times more likely to commit suicide is because all of the expectations of the patriarchy upon men (self restraint, protection, role modeling, responsibility, and providing for the family) are fully intact without any of the benefits of social protection.