JessFR
Bluelight Crew
there's also the massive problem of toxic masculinity's insistence that anger is the only emotion men are "allowed" to show, so men become convinced that sex is the only source of intimacy. there are many more and more fulfilling ways to be intimate - I've told my partner I want to put her makeup on her, paint her nails, bathe together, wash each other in the shower, even brush her teeth (google "monogatari toothbrush scene" ehehe), as well as shit like go to protests and firebomb concentration camps
so inceldom is deeply rooted in toxic masculinity, which is acting out to protect one's fragile masculinity. the fix here is to teach men that their masculinity isn't contingent on following some arbitrary checklist of "how to be a man", to teach men that it's ok to cry, that it's ok to hug and hold other men's hands, that it's ok to dress however you want (dresses too) and even wear makeup if they want. teach men that it's ok to be human
Something I've long felt is something of an irony, is how many men seem so worried about what other men think of them and how "manly" they are.
Which I say is ironic to me, because that's something I don't find very manly at all. I'd find it much more manly for a man to not give a shit what other men think of him.
Take all the dick measuring bs. It seems far more about showing off to other men than it is about women.