Males Under 35: Are they struggling and what can be done about it?

[AustenNut]

I believe that @Twoin18 identifies as male, and this is what he’s expressing:

@Twoin18

The level of dismissiveness in this thread for cited articles by male authors attempting to explain that evolution and genetics make men and women psychologically different is quite remarkable.
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And the suggested response is basically get over it, grow up and behave more like responsible women:

@shawbridge (who, I believe, also identifies as male), made this point:

@shawbridge

I was amused to see a panel discussion on redefining masculinity that had only female panelists. The chair of the panel was thinking about it from the perspective of a mother of boys, I think. But, it would be difficult to imagine a panel on redefining femininity or women’s roles that had a male panelist and certainly one with only male panelists.

@cinnamon1212 (who, I believe, identifies as female) shared this earlier on:

@cinnamon1212

I also think men’s voices are the most important to be heard on this issue. Imagine the reaction if a man opined “the biggest problem women have today is _____”.

I identify as female, and I wrote this:

@AustenNut

I think that it’s very important to hear men’s voices on this issue and that anything they share should be thoughtfully considered.

One may not always agree with another’s perspective, but I think it’s important to allow space for those views to be shared and to sit with them and reflect upon them. I haven’t visited the Man or Bear thread lately, but my recollection is that there were men in the thread talking about actual risks vs. perceived risks and that the collective wisdom was that it was a thread where men should be more inclined to read and listen to the experiences of women rather than to explain to them why they were misguided in their views.

I do not want women’s voices on this thread silenced, but I do think that there needs to be greater attention paid to what men on this thread are saying. Whether one agrees with everything they are saying is not the point, but it is important to hear how they perceive situations and why.

I am also the OP and wrote this above (emphasis added):

@AustenNut

I agree that there continue to be issues that are facing women that should be addressed. As such, I’ve created a thread for that discussion. I will also share a passage I included in the other one with one word changed:

I am not a mod, but I would prefer that there be no “what about” comments about the other gender. Individuals can mention the other gender as in, this is also an issue here, or this was an issue for this other group and this is how it was improved. But minimizing the negative impacts of what’s happened (and continues to occur) toward men should be avoided. We can be supportive about more than one group at a time; this is not a zero sum game.

For those who want to delve further into the topic of how society needs to improve with respect to women, here is the link to that thread: Women: 18-35+: Where does our society still need to make changes/improvements?