Moriarty
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No I'm not a father, nor am I an MRA, but I have 2 mates who have had their access restricted to their kids simply because it's not convenient for the mother.
What you have is one side to a story. Luckily, the courts have more than that and that’s why they can be entrusted to make a decision. So, if the father’s- your friends, albeit- get the arrangement that suits them and it’s inconvenient for the mother, that would be fair in your eyes?
In nearly all cases, it is a battle of wills and egos of the parents and the last people they are thinking of is the children. But of course, the ego of a friend will not be in your summation of the ‘facts’- I wonder, is it even an extraneous variable in your theory of injustice?
And wait, hang on- didn’t you accuse me of having an emotional reaction in a post? Yet everything you have said has been an emotional reaction, because I dared to impart responsibility for the Incel on himself and you being a man cannot see that.
And please- accuse me of being bias, as I’m a woman; however, while I have imparted some understanding of how the female can be responsible, you have imparted none on how the male is in some way responsible for himself.
Are you actually saying that men started committing suicide because women got the freedoms they deserved, as a protest?
But also they also started killing their own children due to it?
No, I didn’t say they started committing suicide because of it- men have been committing suicide since before feminism- I’m not that thick!! But I am saying the increase in male suicide could be related to that. Obviously not a conscious ‘protest’, but in relation to the incel, it cannot be ruled out as a factor.
You stated mental health website reasons and figures for suicide, etc, but have you ever been there? Sat with the ultimate decision in your hands, knowing how it will affect those you leave behind. All the worthlessness that you feel goes away, because you have control. For once, in however long you have been living in that hell- you have control. Shed your social psychology hat and look at the psychodynamics of suicide and look at the method an individual chooses. It can be a protest; it can be a punishment and it can be a relief. If you are of the belief that individuals do not use it in that way, you do not know every side that suicide has to offer.
There is no evidence that men commit suicide due to anger, that belief is a trope to make men appear as unapproachable and angry.
I didn’t say there was, but I was directing you to analyse the ways in which men commit suicide. You stated that they were more likely to commit suicide by a violent method- violence requires a large degree of anger. See my comments above about the psychodynamics of the method of the suicide, rather than a catch all ‘There’s no evidence, so it can’t be true’. Perhaps make a judgement yourself from reading individual stories of people being in that position- what kind of person chooses a violent method over a more peaceful method; what their stream of thoughts were there prior to the act, especially if they’ve attempted several times via different methods. Read- visit suicide sites and forums, and see the anger and protest yourself.
That belief that men appear unapproachable and angry is perpetuated by unapproachable, angry men. Stereotypes don’t appear from nowhere. Rightfully, they shouldn’t be trusted to make a decision, but they are often not a million miles away from the truth. If there is that stereotype, I wonder who perpetuated it…mmmmm
Mainly any suicide attempt is due to a call for help, depression, ideology, impulsiveness or simply a desire to die.
Depression and a desire to die are pretty much the same thing. If you have a desire to die, you have lost the will to live and that’s a form of depression. The word says it all. However, yes, I know before I get more stats, depression can encompass so much more, but one thing is agreed by whatever research you want to throw up, it CAN (not is) be caused by maladaptive thought schemas and lack of coping skills. Cry for help- again, mental health issues and lack of coping skills.
Impulsiveness is not a valid reason- there is a trigger to impulsiveness; a disorganised personality disorder, mental health issues, drug/alcohol use, an emotional event. It’s not a cause on it’s own.
But the other one- ideology. Now we go back to the incel.
Now, haven’t you been saying the rise of the Incel and the increase of male suicide is due to their loss of masculinity? Their loss of power and rights? But that loss of power and rights is due to women empowering themselves? And I beg the question, why should a woman getting equal rights; saying no to be a victim of the male and empowering herself be a cause for a man to turn towards the incel ideology?
There has to be something fundamentally wrong with his model of a women’s worth, prior to seeking out that ideology. Now is when we get every hard done by male jumping out of the woodwork to slag off his ex and how she broke his heart- because there’s always a woman involved. It won’t be that he couldn’t move on; couldn’t compromise or couldn’t take no for an answer. It will be because of ‘Her’- whoever ‘she’ is.
Men do not seem to take responsibility for themselves and your post did an excellent job of proving that and that is my point. Maybe it’s time the male population did.
Stop blaming women for rape; stop blaming us for the court process being unfair and stop blaming us for everything else and take some damn responsibility for causing the mess yourselves.
Wow.. Both your first and this post are great.
Some real stuff to dig into there.
Not gonna do it now, but hell, thats a lot to think about.
Need to read it another 3 or 4 times.
Oh, as for the Social Psych stuff, yeah I am, thats what my schooling taught me.
I have practiced psychology as a job, done social science research, but I must warn you.
I have also been an engineer, draughtsman and mechanical designer for much of my working life.
Plus a Computer geek for decades.
So I am more a "Things" person not a "People" person, which is why psychology appeals to me.
As you know probably the largest differences between the sex's is the interest in "Things" or "People".
So even though we do actually agree on a great deal, mostly the points backed up by evidence, I fear there are some points on which you as a women cannot understand the lived experience of a man, just as I cannot understand your lived experience as a women.
For me to attempt to force that issue would simply make the argument desolve into "You have no idea".
So i will continue to rely on evidence, papers, theories.
However I will attempt to find those written by women to ensure equity.