Ask Men on Yik Yak | There is such a nuanced conversation to be had here but I feel like it boils down to parents not teaching their sons how to love themselves / unrestricted internet access. Can we as Gen Z promise to do better with our children?

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Ask Men 11w

There is such a nuanced conversation to be had here but I feel like it boils down to parents not teaching their sons how to love themselves / unrestricted internet access. Can we as Gen Z promise to do better with our children?

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Anonymous 11w

The video is definitely true but I agree with op, this is also a parenting issue.

Anonymous 11w

so is she wrong?

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Anonymous 11w

I can see both arguments. It does seem like certain areas of the internet can be hostile to men, but I do think the ultimate problem is a lack of good parenting and mental health support. There’s definitely a loud minority of people who relentless hate on men, but they would have no influence if men were raised to have a healthy self esteem

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oranguru 11w

If I’m not mistaken they do have some influence over small things like school curriculum and policy.

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pirosnake 11w

There was also things like the Duluth model.

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seeya_space_cowboy 11w

No. I said it's a nuanced conversation. I don't think there is a right or wrong approach to it necessarily. The only reason women on the internet or irl demonize and hate on men is a result of their anger against the men who've repeatedly oppressed them. Does it make it okay? No. However the women aren't the only ones at fault here since they wouldn't be angry if it was for the misogyny/oppression they faced. 1/2

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OP 11w

The hatred comes from fear, and it's unreasonable to ask women everywhere to wholeheartedly trust strange men, that's just the unfortunate truth. However we are seeing the affects of their misandry now on how it causes men especially those who aren't misogynistic predators to not feel like they are valuable members of society because they are taking on the guilt and blame the behavior they didn't do. Since they are seeing women blame all men. I think women/radfems/female supremacist 2/3

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OP 11w

need to stop venting out their anger through harmful generalizations/the death & torture threats but also parents especially need to be better at teaching their sons to love themselves and respect others and to value their mental wellbeing and rasie their self esteem. as well as make sure that they have a good understanding of women outside of what they see on the media, as much as young men need male role models they also need female role models.

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OP 11w

That however goes more into the issues with the patriarchy. Young boys are often taught sexualize women. Sometimes it's hard for them to even be friends with women without seeking out a romantic relationship. Women who are supposed to be that role model have been sexualized within the media/society. I mean there is literally a movie troupe where the bit is "a teenage boy sleeps with or has a crush on his grown up teacher" or even the sexualization and moms/step moms/sisters/step-sisters.

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oranguru 11w

Hmm, I don’t much like that idea. It implies that there would be no problem with verbal bullying if everyone were raised to have a healthy self esteem. Maybe the problem is the lack of mainstream pushback against the women who say these things. Everyone believes the women have a point, so they’re allowed to be as vitriolic as they wish.