Poll of the Day > I don't like the new God of War games, they mean to criticize my masculinity.

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I mean he literally murdered his last family so I think doing better is probably a positive thing for the character.

Yeah, the psychotic god who killed his family, brutally slaughtered the Olympians, and nearly ended the world in the process has no reason to realize he's done wrong or want his son to have the discipline and control he lacked.

Unless the new game has Freya lecturing you about how men are bad, the battle you're looking for isn't here.

The "toxic masculinity" fight isn't about how men are bad, it's about how certain men are bad. I just happen to be one of those certain men.

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The "toxic masculinity" fight isn't about how men are bad, it's about how certain men are bad. I just happen to be one of those certain men.

This is saying a lot more about you than the people youre upset about lmao

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I don't agree with the idea that my brand of masculinity is toxic.

Andrew Tate levels of "women are property, younger ones are easier to manipulate"

That could range anywhere from "I beat my gf" to Andrew Tate levels of "women are property, younger ones are easier to manipulate", and I don't even like using that term

He said something to that effect?

The fight is against both of those, and more. The spectrum of "toxicity" is wider than that.

The fight is against both of those, and more. The spectrum of "toxicity" is wider than that.

He said something to that effect?

Dunno why you put quotations around toxicity when the examples provided are pretty toxic to begin with.

I didn't say they weren't, I'm saying the kind of man I am isn't toxic but people think I am. Even though I am not Andrew Tate and I don't beat my girlfriend.

Yeah, what kind of man is that?

The kind who wants moments where it's okay to kill people.

In Minecraft or Roblox? :)

The kind who wants moments where it's okay to kill people.

In God of War. I like the old Kratos, but this new Kratos is a deliberate rejection of him and the people who fetishize him. To that I say fuck you, yes I value vengeance and sex with hot ladies over whatever flowery bullshit Kratos cares about now. I don't wanna have to care about people.

In God of War. I like the old Kratos, but this new Kratos is a deliberate rejection of him and the people who fetishize him. To that I say fuck you, yes I value vengeance and sex with hot ladies over whatever flowery bullshit Kratos cares about now. I don't wanna have to care about people.

I'm pretty sure "killing people" is not an inherently masculine trait, but w/e

Ok, I kind of like the new one, that's just your opinion

Don't think that makes me a feminazi

That's why the game keeps saying "be better." Because the way Kratos used to be is "worse." The message is "Vengeance is not good, justice is better. Compassion is better. To think otherwise makes you immature." I say f*** that, and f*** the games for saying that to me.

Still lost on how it attacks your masculinity since being a petty asshole isnt really exclusive to a single gender

I know you're trolling now because the MRA does anti-circumcision and paternal custody rights stuff which is actually pretty based

They don't whine about Kratos with 8 layers of analysis

Anita Sarkeesian man

That's the argument a lot of men's rights activists make. That people look at these actions and beliefs and define them as "toxic masculinity," as if women were above this and all the world's evils were rooted in what bad men do and everything would be solved if men and men alone would be better.

But the games message isnt exclusive to just one gender though? Faye and Freya in game are both examples of that. If anything its a message about generational trauma and working towards making things better for their kids than men bad, be better.

I know what this is about. When people complain about these things, they're saying toxic masculinity is at the root of it.