• InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Women are reliant on the function of civilization to prosper, they don’t do well when civilization breaks down, and they care for the welfare of their children.

    Men tend to be more short-term focused, many think they’ll do better in a collapse scenario (it’s a very common male fantasy, many preppers believe having a gun and food when civilization ends will make them the hero), and also assume the best thing they can do for their kids is to leave them money, even at the cost of the overall society.

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      I love the implication that men do well when civilization breaks down, as if we were somehow immune to hunger, disease and violence.

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      Yea … so in short, men lean psychopathic and women lean reasonable (stereotypically speaking, with however much divergence being potentially slight).

      In the west, I’d suspect, beyond your comments, there’s a tendency for men to feel like they have to pretend to be “tough”, and often that translates into what the whole “toxic masculinity” thing is all about … just shitty and dumb behaviours to the point that caring about something important can “make you look like a wimp”.

      I like a line Bill Burr threw at Joe Rogan when talking about vaccines etc, where Rogan said something stupidly “hyper-macho” and Burr straight way just yelled something to the effect of “Ok, let’s all just drag our knuckles along the floor like we’re apes now”.

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      Jfc I’m a man but never imagined this. I’d be lying if I didn’t think I’d find a way just because failure to protect my family is not an option, but I feel chest tightness when I imagine this becoming any sort of reality, because I recognize the reality of that scenario.

      But I can totally imagine people with not enough sense to go beyond the fantasy story they’ve created for themselves. Like right wing welfare recipients, they are masochistic victims of their own making.

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    Western society, as it is, is fucked for men. We are told to not be emotional, to not ask for help, to man up etc. etc. If a man, god forbid, does any of these things he gets ridiculed and shown next to no compassion. We get emotionally stunted from an early age and are told no one will help.

    So should we be shocked that that averages out to less concern about others well being? It has taken me decades to undo the damage done by a cold harsh civilization. If we want anyone to show compassion they must first be shown compassion.

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      As a man I have to say this has not been my experience growing up at all. I can not relate to anything you just said. Maybe your small circle lacked proper role models?

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        While it wasn’t my experience either, it has been the experience of some men that I talk to, and if you ever look at how conservative men talk, you can see that the “traditional man” concept is still being pushed on them.

        If does seem like it’s getting better, but as you said, it definitely depends on your social and family circles.

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        Seems to be a regional thing from comments. But I’ve seen it up and down East Coast US and Midwest as well.

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    The people who are concerned about climate change must 1. Believe it is real, 2. Understand cause and effect, and 3. Have compassion for fellow humans. I’m guessing #3 is where the gender discrepancy lies.