via reddit.com
A lot of guys think “toxic masculinity” is a demonisation of all things masculine, but there’s a reason why it’s called “toxic masculinity” and not just “masculinity”. In Denmark we have two shows that illustrate the difference clearly.
The first pictures are from a show called “Real Men”. It’s basically about men who are so controlled by toxic masculinity it’s killing them. They refuse to eat greens because ew, real men only eat meat. They drink too much alcohol and drive everywhere because god forbid they do any kind of exercise because that’s gay/womanly. They’re so afraid of looking feminine it’s slowly destroying their lives. The show then tries to teach them a healthier way of life so they can be there for their families, especially their children.
The second set of pictures are from a show called “Shoot and Eat”. It’s a hunting and cooking show in one. The older hunter has to shoot an animal with the help of the younger cook who will then prepare the animal with the help of the hunter. In between they do things like build stuff, try new types of beer, have fun with gadgets, goof around and chill in nature. It’s a celebration of the masculine without the toxic part. They don’t ridicule women and the feminine while they have fun with their man stuff. It’s one of the longest running programs here because it’s popular with women too. You see, women don’t mind men being masculine, they just don’t like toxic macho boys who constantly put women down to feel more important.
Occasionally the young cook will worry a bit about looking feminine but the hunter is having non of that. At one point they had to braid rope to build a bigger thing and the cook asked “Isn’t this a bit girly?” and the hunter just responded “I love braiding. It’s so relaxing” There, drink your beer and shut up, boy.
So masculinity? Yeeeeeessssssss.
Toxic masculinity? It’s literally ruining lives.What I appreciate about this specifically is that it demonstrates that the BEST people to help dismantle toxic masculinity is other men.
Men being supportive of each other, bonding with and teaching teach other, men having male friends - these things are healthy and good.
my only excuse for this comic is that I wanted to draw my fav flame girls interacting in some way…and i wanted to draw Lup bein’ a meme.
2 days left…
Before bad time comes.A crossover game, both games are great, and it’s nice to see some crossover between the two.
one of the weirdest ways that language is evolving in response to the internet is that “bad words” just. do not have the same impact anymore. i constantly forget that some people think ‘fuck you’ is a terrible insult
so threats and insults have to start getting really out there if the person wants to even mean anything. if a person told me to die i’d shrug it off but if i opened a post’s tags and saw “op i will sneak into your house and replace all your shoelaces with cooked pasta” do you know how shaken i’d be? do you know how upset i’d be if i saw “op is the personification of the look you share w other people in the grocery store when some dude is causing A Scene™ for no reason”
So you are saying English curses on the Internet are becoming more like Yiddish curses?
I sincerely hope so but I can’t say I’m familiar with yiddish curses and i am begging you to tell me a few
yiddish curses:
may you go to hell and bake bagels there
may all your teeth fall out except one, and in that one you should get a tooth ache
One misfortune is too few for you
you should drink too much castor oil (and have explosive diarrhea);
you should have a hundred houses in every house a hundred rooms and in every room twenty beds, and a delirious fever should drive you from bed to bed
you should be transformed into a chandelier, to hang by day and to burn by night
Hang yourself with a sugar rope and you’ll have a sweet death.
Yiddish curses are fucking amazing!
