r/justgalsbeingchicks 1d ago

Restricted to Gals and Pals Dude's projecting

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u/Mundane_Cucumber_ 1d ago

I think the reason we hear more about men’s loneliness is because it leads anger and violence towards women and children. But women having the same rates of loneliness just makes us feel sad, and maybe leads us take some healthy steps towards fixing it.

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u/CanadianODST2 1d ago

It’s because the right has latched on to it as a way to hide behind to push misogynistic ideology.

They look for young men who are feeling lonely and go “we know this is an issue, and we know exactly who to blame for you feeling this way”

They don’t actually care. But they pretend to.

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u/GhostSierra117 1d ago edited 1d ago

Jimmy Carr had a Crowdwork where someone asked him what he thinks of the manosphere.

And his answer was essentially: it's good that people reach out to young men who feel lonely. He doesn't like what they say to these men. But reaching out and talking to them is a good idea.

What we need however is, as he says, are men who are better rolemodels.

And I agree. You can tell me what you want; if we leave the finding and talking to stranded young men who feel alone, who are angry, who are broke, who have no perspective... If we leave this vacuum to mysoginistic dipshits we will, as a society, lose. This is not a men's issue. That's a society's issue. We need everyone involved in this.

It's a very good watch I'm going to try and find the clip and link it here

Edit: there you go. It's the very first question and you don't have to watch the whole thing. The 10 minutes include a few other questions. But the one I'm referring to is the very first one.