Why Men Aren't Really Men Anymore

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okay

i'm sorry

but this fucking Elite Daily site

is making me so mad

please tell me that there aren't college students who take this site seriously

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Better sign up to get some pu$$y

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I agree with this (and thank you for the serious response to the article). Expectations not quite matching what's a changing reality seems to be an underlying issue. On the other hand, why shouldn't that be embraced? What is so bad about taking more chances, spending more time on finding yourself, and moving past societal norms? I think there's a lot of upside to the current status quo, or more accurately the lack thereof.

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OMG time to throw off the shield of the internet so I can actually FIGHT, bitches. YEAH!

Nope...no wait, the shield of the internet allows me to communicate more freely than real-life ever has. Not only am I SAFE to state my mind because of my magnificent shield, I can do it more effectively instead of stuttering and trying to remember the word I want to use for 30s, breaking my train of thought.

The ultimate tool of free speech (the internet as we know and experience it today) isn't bad. We finally have the opportunity to live in a culture where we can find somewhere we can be ourselves, a place where discourse can actually happen because we can see aggression and high emotions, take a breath, and step back from it to really think about what someone says, if we want.
But I agree, this IS unmasculine, because masculinity is a tightly ingrained ideal where society tells men what they should and shouldn't be. I would also agree that it's not feminine, and I'm slightly upset, for multiple reasons, that I find myself perhaps agreeing with this guy who views femininity as vibrant and strong, because the internet hasn't broken it down as much as masculinity. Hopefully this is simply because femininity doesn't need breaking down as much because women in my part of the world already broke down their social prison.
I hope I didn't just say something stupid.

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sadly elitedaily is the kind of site a lot of frat peeps recommend to their underclassmen

ofc i'm not saying all frats do but there are def. the type of frats (ex. lamdba phi epsilon, SAE) that are filled with swagbeasts hypebeasts etc. kids who talk big nonsense (like the elitedaily writer)

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Somehow the fact that I started living by myself at age 22 seems all the more manly.

Ladies....



On a serious note, who actually cares?

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the term swagbeast hypebeast is so beautiful

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"I think the "problem" with today is that the transition into becoming a man (or woman for that matter) is in the midst of shifting to a much higher age. The 16 year-old entrepreneur of the past is now a 23 year-old college graduate with about the same or arguably even less opportunities. I know a lot of young men and women who insist that they will "settle down" when they've acquired a career and are in a stable financial situation. In a world where you need to be mobile to get a job in the field you are focused on, it makes having a stable relationship with a high school (or even college) sweetheart all the more difficult to pull off. This shift of almost an entire decade leaves a lot of time for focus in other areas of life other than starting a career or family (education, bachelorhood, hobbies)."

Very astute, makes a lot of sense.

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I feel like, for some reason, femininity is a much stronger force online compared to masculinity. I think it's good in general - when it comes to unshackling ourselves from gender norms, men have a long way to go. Again, it goes back to the fact that women started having that conversation decades ago while men are only just starting.

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idk how they originated but i kind of dont want to know

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this article sounds so fedora

(also it's more likely that people are hiding behind port numbers but w/e)

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Didn't you watch breaking bad? Fedoras are badass.

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I bet the fedora looked plain bad on him when he had hair.

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Probably, I can't recall him wearing it when he had hair.

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Article writer says that he is a real man.

Article writer says that real men get out there and approach women themselves.

Article writer tells women to come and find him, while he plays call of duty.