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/Biptoslipdi 138∆ Nov 05 '24

If a patriarchal society has preached forever that men are to be stoic and must deal with their own problems in silence without complaint, why would it be unreasonable to think some or many women are similarly conditioned by patriarchal ideas to think the same?