The manosphere was infrastructure, not content. Men were targeted, not simply persuaded. The counter-structure is not better media. It is the institutions that were already missing.
Reading this prompted me to reach out to several men to ask for help with a project to help our community. (We need prototypes for a class on DIY ways to cook / preserve food and filter water with the sun rather than electricity - a picture frame solar dehydrator, a cardboard oven and a solar still)
Because mutual aid is one of those paths to community, dignity, agency, and recognition for skill - but to date we’ve been largely females showing up for the activist work. Lure the dudes in with achievable small projects, and suddenly they will be up to their necks in helping our neighbors! 😄
THIS is brilliant!! For every person that wants to argue that I am a man-hater, this is my call in, give men purpose, and you break the bezzle of the manosphere!
I watched this play out in the martial arts world over the course of ten years. I can't go to classes anymore, in no small part because I can't stand the MAgA-loving stupidity that has taken over that world. It sucks.
I have a good friend that was literally chased out of jiu jitsu, she was just a wily little grappler, and men could not handle getting taken out by a 110 pound pixie of a human being.
Yeah. That tracks. She sounds like a badass, though. I always thought I learned more when I lost, but try telling that to like, 90 percent of the people in the bjj world.
This guy is getting more press than he deserves. Most women shy away from a predator of his sort and those who are attracted seem to have long standing problems of their own. Both are a miniscule fraction in any society and frankly while it may be cold it seems neither are going to be "saved" at this stage of their life.
My concern isn't the women that may choose to engage with him, it's the gross, extractive infrastructure that he's built, with a great deal of help and money, that is creating a much worse situation for all American women.
Thank you. I needed to read this right now.
Reading this prompted me to reach out to several men to ask for help with a project to help our community. (We need prototypes for a class on DIY ways to cook / preserve food and filter water with the sun rather than electricity - a picture frame solar dehydrator, a cardboard oven and a solar still)
Because mutual aid is one of those paths to community, dignity, agency, and recognition for skill - but to date we’ve been largely females showing up for the activist work. Lure the dudes in with achievable small projects, and suddenly they will be up to their necks in helping our neighbors! 😄
Benevolent scheming, to heal our world.
Benevolent scheming, to heal our world!!!
THIS is brilliant!! For every person that wants to argue that I am a man-hater, this is my call in, give men purpose, and you break the bezzle of the manosphere!
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I watched this play out in the martial arts world over the course of ten years. I can't go to classes anymore, in no small part because I can't stand the MAgA-loving stupidity that has taken over that world. It sucks.
I have a good friend that was literally chased out of jiu jitsu, she was just a wily little grappler, and men could not handle getting taken out by a 110 pound pixie of a human being.
Yeah. That tracks. She sounds like a badass, though. I always thought I learned more when I lost, but try telling that to like, 90 percent of the people in the bjj world.
This guy is getting more press than he deserves. Most women shy away from a predator of his sort and those who are attracted seem to have long standing problems of their own. Both are a miniscule fraction in any society and frankly while it may be cold it seems neither are going to be "saved" at this stage of their life.
My concern isn't the women that may choose to engage with him, it's the gross, extractive infrastructure that he's built, with a great deal of help and money, that is creating a much worse situation for all American women.