Male Inequality & The Fall of Men - Richard Reeves

Reasons I feel "left behind": 1) I can't afford a house. 2) Thus can't afford to even contemplate starting a family. 3) My country (UK) is undergoing such large levels of immigration it is changing the culture(s) I grew up with and altering society for the worst. Leaving me with a lack of "connection" to my homeland. I'm sure many of you will see this divisive one differently. 4) The relentless attack on masculinity in the West. 5) The Internet - which has many positives - has whittled down in-person friendships and spaces.

Ironic that anger or even just minor frustration is so unacceptable but the broad range of inappropriate emotional fits of women are literally all okay. Gotta love double standards.

Thank you for that opening dialogue. Men can't just have their own thing, even a conversation on their issues, without shoehorning women in as well. It's frankly exhausting but proper context especially in the modern age IS important.

So the fact that peak men didn't suffer what women and the majority of men suffering means the descendants of those men who suffered are supposed to apologize for privileges their ancestors did not enjoy? Because that's what I hear when told men have to acknowledge the suffering of women in the past.

So much for the Patriarchy! Women's problems can be discussed without addressing men's issues. Men's issues can not be discussed without including women's viewpoint. Does that sound like a Patriarchy or a gynocentric society?

There's a catch-22 situation with the exercise of "recognizing" women in conversations about men. When you do that, you're telling the men who feel left behind that you're not really interested in helping them.

A big part of "getting lost" is not knowing where to go in the first place. Being in my 50's, I remember the sequence we were all expected to follow "back in the day". Finish high school, finish college/trade school, get married, have babies. These benchmarks (which were expected to be done by your mid 20's, btw) were the "guardrails" that kept us on the path and moving forward to adulthood. And they worked. Yes, some found the "guardrails" confining. But what happens when you take away guardrails? People fall off the cliff. Which is what is happening now.

Im almost 50 year old man. Its been clear there is no help or care for men. My ex kidnapped my kid, left me homeless, stole my car and two grand from my parents. I had to fight to be a weekend dad, which took away 99% of my income as a freelancer. 14 years later Im barely back on my feet and shes been collecting social security checks the entire time. It has been a very lonely decade. She seems to play victim and gets sympathy and accolades for her bad behavior. I get nothing but swallowing down my pain.

It is weird to see that the perception is more important than reality. Most people still percieve that certain groups like women are disadvantaged, but the stats are saying otherwise. Throw in grifting and fear of being canceled really muddies the waters.

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