You've Been Too Analytic. Your Sentence Will Be Fake Feminists Sending You Death Threats.

You've been too analytic. Your sentence will be fake feminists sending you death threats.

Something I've noticed within progressive circles is a sort of pseudo-tolerance of men's issues to appear nicer. I'm not referring to the treatment of domestic abuse, body shaming, or sexual assault because I've accepted that progressives will never meaningfully care about these issues regarding men in my lifetime.

I'm referring to venting/sharing your feelings. Even in its presentation, it wasn't really that genuine to me. "Women like guys who talk about their feelings." Like, don't vent because it's good for your wellbeing, do it because OTHERS want you to! Add in the pop-psychology idea that a man venting anything to anyone but a therapist is problematic and traumadumping, and you get a contradictory and confusing stew.

Oh, and if you share how badly sharing your feelings has gone, you'll just be victim-blamed or told to man up and get over it, but wokely. Even really GOOD male-focused feminist spaces end up presenting mental health as something you should ultimately be doing for others and not yourself. Not to mention, there's just a lack of acceptance that maybe some progressive people are still uncomfortable due to that whole "being raised in the patriarchy" thing.

The issue is a loop. It all just leaves me feeling a bit lost and hopeless.