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by dozaa 936 days ago
However, they can come far by not blaming the other sex for their own self-deprecation, self-pity and insecurities.
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You just engaged in toxic masculinity, demanding that or disparaging men must be secure and confident is toxic masculinity.

It is true that men can fix their problems by becoming secure and confident, but feminists tend to say that men shouldn't have to be secure and confident. So then when women shun insecure self deprecating men, isn't that a problem?

Offering a person a path forward, working on becoming a more whole and complete person, is not toxic masculinity. It applies to every person no matter the gender, any any person continuing to blame everybody else for their own short comings will eventually see themself become excludes by people with the ability to set healthy boundaries. This is basic social dynamics that has nothing to do with genders.
if you would believe in this statement or if you could stand by your victim blaming I suspect you would not be making this comment from a throwaway account. Beside we know that the pressure that males can put on the looks of women is unfair, why should we give a pass to the same when it affects men ?
I can understand your cynicism considering the topic and that this was my first comment. I've browsed here for years, and felt compelled to comment multiple times. Expect to see all my future comments from this account as well.

Femcels are just as ridiculous as incels. If you continue to live your life thinking you are the victim and never improving yourself you will never be happy. The toxic part of this attitude is that you start to apply the same hate to those who may actually treat you like the wonderful person you are. Ignoring this makes you less wonderful to other people.

Please don't stoop to victim blaming levels