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What kind of program has this internet-brain-rotted masculinity brought us? A public-health official who neglects fatal outbreaks of preventable diseases because he seems to believe that only the strong should survive. A Department of Defense, renamed the Department of War, that launches a needless war of choice in the Middle East. A government that props up the fossil-fuel industry (manly) while deliberately suppressing green alternatives (girly), leading to a catastrophic rise in energy prices when that war doesn’t go as planned. A president who imposed tariffs to bring back “manly jobs,” but only drove up inflation instead.

It’s hard to see how any of this has made men’s lives better. But maybe making other people’s lives worse is enough.

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[–] riskable@programming.dev -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes. Women have the biological means to perform just about any activity a man can do (two arms, two legs, a sapient brain, etc) , but there's something only women can do.

Following this to its logical conclusion: If a woman can do it, it's not masculine.

Hence my statement: Feminine things do exist (not because they're a particular color, LOL). There's a whole aisle of literal feminine products in every grocery store but there's no "masculine products" section.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Getting someone pregnant is exclusive to people born male. Most clothing and shoe stores are divided into men's and women's sections. And there are men's health and hygiene products in every grocery store and pharmacy I've been to.