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Priya Elan writes in the Guardian yesterday about how face masks are the condom of the face. He draws parallels with the behaviour of a certain type of man when the Aids epidemic was raging and how they refused to wear a condom during sex, even though it was proven that a barrier sheath could protect against the virus and save people dying a horrible death. Sound familiar? It is this same type of man who today refuses to wear a face mask... as Elan points out in The data is in: men are too fragile to wear Covid-19 masks. Grow up, guys...
They are the same men who think they should rule the world, never mind that their fragile and toxic ego's makes them the worst kind of decision makers. They do not think that the rules apply to them. They think they are the kings of the world, they are invulnerable and that is what makes them so dangerous to the rest of us.
Of course in this febrile atmosphere of the right wing turning the pandemic into a culture war, because of course they did, Elan discusses how these horrid levels of toxic masculinity as being turned into something even more dangerous with men (and some women) demonstrating a super spreader mentality, because they can. As Elan says It gets worse: not wearing a mask hasnt just become toxic masculinity, it has become a form of weaponised masculinity.
Fundamentally wearing a mask should just come down to common sense, and maybe that is why these men are acting like such dicks. They have never had to develop that survival instinct that comes down to common sense cause they are pampered spoilt gits who lived a life of white male privilege, so screw the rest of us. There is a great line from this article that says For men like this, ego itself has become a figurative and, they seem to believe, literal shield. Yep, this is exactly how they think. Of course, back in land reality where the rest of us live, we know their toxic ego will not save them from Covid-10 but it is yet another way they can kill the rest of us. Yay! 👀
Full article here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/03/covid-19-masks-men-masculinity
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Soph0571
(9,685 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,849 posts)I'm in NYC where masks are required. It is mostly men who are not in compliance.
Another group not in compliance are fucking tourists. I saw a family (mother, father, 3 kids under 10), none of whom was wearing a mask, walking down Fifth Avenue. You could tell by the way they were dressed that they were tourists from somewhere else in the US. Why the fuck are tourists coming to NYC during a pandemic?
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)KS Toronado
(17,243 posts)Common sense says republiCONs should be the biggest losers, since they're so anti-mask.
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)I know I shouldn't politicize it, most all are Americans, and while cautious libs do favor public health guidance and living prudently, there is the issue of the young who feel invincible and are no where near as cautious, the progressive generation in other words.
So I'm not thinking favorable attrition will yield much difference.
c-rational
(2,593 posts)And therein lies the problem. Credit to a Japanese Zen monk for the saying above
So many of our societal problems arise from this unrealization.
certainot
(9,090 posts)explains gender differences too
sowb is what happens when sex energy is diverted through the left side of the brain
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)I say we allow these folks to go without a mask. All they have to do is sign a paper stating they will not use a hospital bed or seek any medical attention when they get sick.