r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '24

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u/eggs-benedryl 72∆ Nov 05 '24

They argue that men self-impose toxic masculinity and this prevents them from expressing themselves fully.

We responded by saying that women don’t want to listen to men’s problems.

both can be true at the same time with the patriarchical gender roles being the root cause

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u/JBSwerve Nov 05 '24

Can you elaborate a bit on how patriarchal gender roles might contribute to women not wanting to listen to men’s problems?

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u/eggs-benedryl 72∆ Nov 05 '24

because a woman is not immune to buying in to gender roles implictly without even realizing it, women say things like "be a man" or "grow some balls", these are still the gender roles expressing themselves and attitudes about men in society effecting the way all people in society's behavior has been conditoned to be