Can't we find a happy medium?
For decades women's naturally emotionality has been associated with psychological weaknesses. Now male masculinity is associated is a marker for psychological illness and a threat to society. https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-conta ... d=60453218
(There is a better write up in The Australian but unless you pay, you only get one chance to read it)
Is Trump to blame?
Is it the natural swing from one extreme to another, and eventually we'll find a happy medium?
What does this mean for soldiers? Could it be a positive for humanity after all, if we no longer have soldiers willing to fight for country and stand alongside their brothers? Is it a timely progression as we move more and more toward cyber and robotic warfare? (Cyber warfare is already a thing, but society as a whole isn't aware yet).
Lots of questions. What are your thoughts, outside of a brusque brush off?
Is there any point wondering, or will it all unfold without any effort and regardless of what we think?
Ryon McDermott says if we can change men we can change the world. I don't see how making men the bad guys can possibly have a positive outcome.
Edited to add that 'men who act like women are clearly preferred to women who behave like men'. 'those drawn towards autonomous behaviour and self control' 'Men and women who display self-control, rationality and a strong ambition'....all are deemed a threat. Doesn't that nicely fit into control of the masses on a grand scale??? That's the type of wording and thinking that makes me want to stand in a hill and shout fuck you.
First women were deemed psychologically damaged, now it's the turn of men
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First women were deemed psychologically damaged, now it's the turn of men
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Not sure about westerners being more "psychologically" damaged these days, but i'm currently in Goa and its full of very overweight chain smoking Brits with mullets.
Shocking.
Is that what they all look like in Blighty now?
Shocking.
Is that what they all look like in Blighty now?
"I don't care what the people are thinking, i ain't drunk i'm just drinking"
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It's what they all look like in Australia now. Thing is, people are in denial if they think SE Asia is going to escape the curse. It's all very well one half of humanity blaming the other half for being lazy, but it's obvious to me there is a lot more at play here.spitthedog wrote:Not sure about westerners being more "psychologically" damaged these days, but i'm currently in Goa and its full of very overweight chain smoking Brits with mullets.
Shocking.
Is that what they all look like in Blighty now?
Humans. Stupid and smart. Somehow the stupid seems to win.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Here in California, straight men (like myself) who refuse to buy into lefty/liberal ideology are pretty much branded neanderthals. For example, just this week some lefty CA legislator banned the pronouns "he" and "she" from use during judiciary committee hearings. WTF?
Same goes for this "transgender" bullshit. Last I heard, science can't change gender. If you want to identify as a female, go for it. Just don't try to tell me you're actually female.
End of rant.
Same goes for this "transgender" bullshit. Last I heard, science can't change gender. If you want to identify as a female, go for it. Just don't try to tell me you're actually female.
End of rant.
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I think good people, men and women, should stop apologizing for who and what they are. I am a man, I am not going to change to something I am not, not somewhere in the future, not ever. I have worked in at least a couple female dominated jobs, as a pediatric nurse for 30 years and as a fitness instructor for about 10 years. I have never felt threatened by having female bosses. and have never tried to take advantage when I was the boss. I have had tons of women friends, who all took me as I am and I took them as they were. Today I have 2 best friends, one of each sex. People are either going to act well with each other or they are not, men or women. There is nothing in the world wrong with acting like a man, or a woman. I still open doors, hold chairs and coats/sweaters, and show women respect. My grandmother and mother taught me right. And yes, it was 2 strong women who taught me how to act as a man. I think something very wonderful will be lost when the whole world is full of "Neuters". I think women were meant to be mysterious and men were meant to be up-front and open. I will look at a great looking woman openly and hope they will not be offended by what is only admiration. I will tell a woman she looks great when I think it is appropriate, and hope she will not be offended. I used to teach dance at a night club and had a bunch of friends there, most women. The thing they said they liked about me the most was that I said just what I thought and never made apologies for being who I was.
I do not like anyone being paid less for doing the same job. That said, I also think all workers should be paid based on production. If you do more, you make more. If you do less, you should be paid less and if you don't measure up you should be fired. I was raised with a work ethic. If you take a job you do your best to do a good day's work for what you agreed to take the pay for. If you don't want to do that, quit. No-one should take advantage of their position to take any advantage of another. Bad people are going to be bad people, no matter what their sex, and they should be punished for it.
Please, let's stop trying to turn men into women and women into men. I like who I am and I like women who enjoy being who they are.
I do not like anyone being paid less for doing the same job. That said, I also think all workers should be paid based on production. If you do more, you make more. If you do less, you should be paid less and if you don't measure up you should be fired. I was raised with a work ethic. If you take a job you do your best to do a good day's work for what you agreed to take the pay for. If you don't want to do that, quit. No-one should take advantage of their position to take any advantage of another. Bad people are going to be bad people, no matter what their sex, and they should be punished for it.
Please, let's stop trying to turn men into women and women into men. I like who I am and I like women who enjoy being who they are.
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