GeniesLoki

3. I'm certainly curious and open to hearing more about a proposed parallel movement, it's not something I've really thought of.

It's something I've thought of but honestly founding a movement sounds exhausting so I mostly just try to move the needle with Twitter threads and other writing and kinda hope that having enough good memes out there will help.

I don't mean to demean your attitude or efforts - I am genuinely grateful. But this is an example of why I am pessimistic and why I think that pessimism is important. The range of reaction is largely between "I drink male tears" and "I'm pro-male, but not doing much about it."

Boys and men don't have the biggest ID group problem set in the world, but I think it's important, at a practical level, for us to know how alone we are in dealing with those problems.

I don't think men are alone in dealing with those problems though - I think they often get a lot of one on one help. It's true that there's not as much broad political support for them but, well, that's why I talk about this stuff.

"100% of men are 100% alone" would be an exaggeration, but if we agree that there isn't broad political support, couldn't we agree that many men should expect inadequate support as the default?

I think this statement is too abstract for me to agree or disagree with. I think most men with close female friends or partners probably have adequate interpersonal support if they feel safe reaching out for it. I think most community-level issues are badly supported.

Even if I were to 100% agree, look at your requirements! *Close* female friends or partners AND they must feel safe reaching out. These are not trivial!