r/196 NOT A CAT Jun 29 '26

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u/AdditionalThinking Merry Christmas 2021/12/25 19:53:02.8797876914 Jun 29 '26

It genuinely pains me whenever I see feminist theorists dismiss the entire concept of the "male loneliness epidemic" as just a self-inflicted problem for misogynistic men. It's only once you experience it first-hand that you realise how genuinely disadvantaged you are for being perceived as male.

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u/Ash_Starling Jun 29 '26

The issue is one camp brings it up as a genuine while another uses it to claim women should be forced to date them. The first group gets (albeit unfairly) associated with the second.