masculinity is in fact fragile and women can easily trash it by merely defecting rather than cooperating in its maintenance, and after decades of casual encouragement to do this at the drop of a hat as if there were no costs involved, only benefits, there isn't much of it left
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Replying to @chaosprime
what would cooperation in maintenance look like?
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Replying to @TomRijntjes
the easiest reference is to make a list of the things that popular culture has been preemptively mocking and belittling men for needing from women for fifty years
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Replying to @chaosprime
Sex. Affection. Emotional support. Security. Intellectual sparring. Cultural horizon broadening. You can get all those things from men but in a very different flavor. Is this what you're thinking of?
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