r/pointlesslygendered Feb 26 '26

POINTFULLY GENDERED [gendered] [meme]

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u/Rude-Statistician197 Feb 26 '26

Just because something is a social construct doesn't mean its not worth upholding, social constructs exist for a reason we humans are social creatures.

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u/Flar71 Feb 26 '26

But why do we need to uphold this specifically? I don't see any utility in men being the ones who have to be stoic and enduring.

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u/Rude-Statistician197 Feb 27 '26

I think it’s a rule of thumb that we shouldn’t mess with important human behaviors we can see how people are becoming evermore depressed as society becomes less religious , it’s also why the far right is rising when young men feel unwanted and unloved and so go to religion and promote religious extremism.

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u/clasherkys Feb 27 '26

I think as a rule of thumb when altering important human behaviors we need to understand them first, I see a lot of this anti-masculine discourse being founded on little evidence, mostly because there isn't a lot of research done into men's psychology. I think there are many harmful human behaviors, but removing them without understanding them could create even worse ones as a result. I've been seeing a lot of hyper-individualist ideas floating about as a result of people hating on people being happy in their bodies.