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Zoomie1986

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32. I don't really blame younger men for the confusion

Reply to BrightKnight (Reply #16)

Thu Aug 8, 2024, 02:10 PM

Aug 8

If they don't have good role models or guides, then the messages they get about being a 'real' man from society and culture are often confusing when they're not toxic.

The only way most of them learn authenticity is to go out there and live it with the tools they have. The smarter ones will learn after screwing up--man, that really backfired on me, don't do that again. The dirtbags will say, it felt good to hurt people or piss them off that way, do it again!

Until we find a way to change how we create authentic men, thus it will always be.

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Tim Walz's normal dad energy is causing MAGA to come unglued [View all] marmar Aug 8 OP

"Tonic masculinity"! LearnedHand Aug 8 #1

Love that!! Coexist Aug 8 #6

At first I honestly thought gin & tonic. CaptainTruth Aug 8 #17

that's not bad either lol nt et tu Aug 8 #25

That's it! Aristus Aug 8 #30

Vodka tonic for me... raising2moredems Aug 8 #37

Totally tuned in to tonic BoRaGard Aug 8 #29

Very important to have positive role models newdeal2 Aug 8 #2

They are not males, that is the problem raising2moredems Aug 8 #38

That they so readily embraced "Tampon Tom" is clear evidence Cosmocat Aug 8 #3

These are the same people who wore diapers outside their clothes to trump rallies, sooooo.... Think. Again. Aug 8 #27

Tampons rule... raising2moredems Aug 8 #39

They are stuck in middle school. madaboutharry Aug 8 #4

I hated middle school n/t ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 8 #33

I did too. madaboutharry Aug 8 #34

He is a man, not a child like GOP males. Irish_Dem Aug 8 #5

J D Vance and Josh Hawley need to be told that they now have the Walz role model for what it means to be a man. Lonestarblue Aug 8 #7

Eggsactly! erronis Aug 8 #10

School lunch and tampons sounds like hell on earth to MAGA IronLionZion Aug 8 #8

What is up with the wrong-wing's obsession with women's feminine hygiene products?! Clouds Passing Aug 8 #9

It's ick to them. IME, guys faint more from the sight of blood than gals. haele Aug 8 #18

"They are afraid of catching a period and how being around it, they might start bleeding and become weaker." Clouds Passing Aug 8 #20

+1, swear half of what these weirdos talk about is related to peoples genitals uponit7771 Aug 8 #21

"his is the more normal way to be" hibbing Aug 8 #11

I agree that I'd really like to have grown up in an era slightlv Aug 8 #36

"Weird" does not begin to describe them AverageOldGuy Aug 8 #12

Vile CaptainTruth Aug 8 #19

Add pathetic to that list.... Butterflylady Aug 8 #24

But weird is what freaks them out Zoomie1986 Aug 8 #31

Great article evolves Aug 8 #13

Really? RexLipton Aug 8 #14

I've seen Facebook posts on our side of the aisle reclaiming Tampon Tim as a great name! geardaddy Aug 8 #15

It's just weird echo chamber BS. nt BrightKnight Aug 8 #22

A lot of younger guys have no idea how to be an authentic man. BrightKnight Aug 8 #16

I don't really blame younger men for the confusion Zoomie1986 Aug 8 #32

I love Walz 'tonic masculinity' sarchasm Aug 8 #23

nicely stated et tu Aug 8 #26

Fascists are also crying about the free school meals IbogaProject Aug 8 #28

... and then they wonder why their little town continues to shrivel up and die off. Beartracks Aug 8 #35

Great article! I'm so glad Amanda Marcotte gave this issue time and consideration, and liberalla Aug 9 #40