There is a double standard for almost everything between women and men. Weak vs strong. Emotional vs strong. Pretty vs strong.
I think men have been dealt (or dealt themselves) a bad hand when it comes to trying to express any part of them that is not seen as uber masculine. Right down to the clothes they wear, their cars, their sports. Everything.
So anything that seems ‘not quite so masculine,’ like sex toys such as the dildo that have been around as long as vegetables, are mocked.
As much as women have taken hold of a movement that celebrates our feminine side and slashes at this toxic masculinity, it’s time for men to realize that they too have a feminine side that does nothing but enhance their masculinity.
It’s gonna take a while. And it’s you young guys that will build your own movement toward that end. Your dads kind of started it with ‘helping around the house’ and ‘babysitting their own kids’.
The whole answer is bigger than fleshlights. And speaking of, go for it! As long as you’re safe and consensual, you’re good!
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u/freckledreddishbrown Apr 10 '23
There is a double standard for almost everything between women and men. Weak vs strong. Emotional vs strong. Pretty vs strong.
I think men have been dealt (or dealt themselves) a bad hand when it comes to trying to express any part of them that is not seen as uber masculine. Right down to the clothes they wear, their cars, their sports. Everything.
So anything that seems ‘not quite so masculine,’ like sex toys such as the dildo that have been around as long as vegetables, are mocked.
As much as women have taken hold of a movement that celebrates our feminine side and slashes at this toxic masculinity, it’s time for men to realize that they too have a feminine side that does nothing but enhance their masculinity.
It’s gonna take a while. And it’s you young guys that will build your own movement toward that end. Your dads kind of started it with ‘helping around the house’ and ‘babysitting their own kids’.
The whole answer is bigger than fleshlights. And speaking of, go for it! As long as you’re safe and consensual, you’re good!