Cookie Thread Act 4 (Act 5): The Fifth One

General
#20806

REAL

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#20807

i dont really get it

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#20808

does it mean “the worst thing we do to boys (young men) is turn them into boys (children)”?

if so, i dont think children are hateful

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#20809

i think its saying that the worst thing they do to boys is make them aspire to become “real men”?

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#20810

this sentence sounds very different to me unless we equate boys = men which is rare to see

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#20811

idk

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#20812

i think it prooobably is saying something about like
the societal standards for “boys” and “MEN”

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#20813

I like “The worst three words any boy can hear is ‘Be a man’”

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#20814

:true:

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#20815

I suspect the confusion here is at least in part derived by the trans folk having negative connotations with the subject that people like tutuu and I just

do not have

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#20816

known cis icon, tutuu

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#20817

yeah

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#20818

toxic masculinity is def not just a trans issue

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#20819

at least in part

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#20820

itd be funny to say that it took me a bit to realize it wasnt talking about being trans

but that isn’t true

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#20821

obviously there are aspects of both traditional and modern masculinity that can be bad or harmful (both to others and the men themselves) but that doesn’t mean the entire concept is net negative for society

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#20822

but yeah this is also true

#20823

i mean
if you’re smart enough to cut out the bad aspects i guess?

#20824

oh

#20825

obligatory joker

(the way it plays out is definitely net negative. at least with alpha male shit and such)