Current Events > Most young men are single. Most young women are not.

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3868557-most-young-men-are-single-most-young-women-are-not/

Not looking good for CE...

So who are the woman dating then

So who are the woman dating then

Each other

So who are the woman dating then

All I'm getting from this is that young women are dating older guys

Have you MET dudes in their 20s? A huge number bring little to the table at best and are an active detriment at worst. When women aren't literally required to date these guys to avoid ending up living with their parents or on the streets....they don't.

"Women don't want emotionally distant men."
They wouldn't be as emotionally distant if they hadn't spent their entire life alone.

The core issue is that many many men are taught

means putting up barriers,

stoicism

Stoicism is a school of philosophy that hails from ancient Greece and Rome in the early parts of the 3rd century, BC. It is a philosophy of life that maximizes positive emotions, reduces negative emotions and helps individuals to hone their virtues of character.

hiding emotions other than anger.

I still don't know what "toxic masculinity" is, and it sounds like something more or less made up when you say things like:

This sounds like a preacher talking about religion to me.

Nobody likes it when someone's angry. No one likes to see somebody crying. Which emotions do women want to see more of, anyway?

I don't really believe this. Any men ITT remember being taught not to express emotion? I don't. And school always tried to get you to express yourself constantly.

People aren't taught to do that. They learn to do that on their own, because of trauma.

Yeah, how...awful?

I don't think that men actually do this, at all. Also you kind of just repeated the first one.

This whole thing sounds like a myth. It even has an overly dramatic name to it.

I don't really believe this. Any men ITT remember being taught not to express emotion? I don't. And school always tried to get you to express yourself constantly.

You showed your true colors way too easily

There are many t.v. shows, movies, commercials, celebrities, and more that constantly tell men how they should be.

With the manosphere putting great emphasis on these entire concepts and tricking men into believing that society is trying to breed "weak men."

If you can look up stoicism

why not look up toxic masculinity and educate yourself about what it is?

But one particular straightjacket view of masculinity says it's not acceptable, and that's not good for anyone.

When women aren't literally required to date these guys to avoid ending up living with their parents or on the streets....they don't.

So women DO want weak emotional men? Hmm I'm not one of those "gurus" but that definitely doesn't sound right to me.

Women sometimes do want an emotional man...until they see what one crying looks like. inb4anecdotes

That's an issue of practice and it's a real issue, but I don't think it's the core issue. The core issue is that many many men are taught that masculinity means putting up barriers, stoicism, hiding emotions other than anger. That's the default in our culture and it's getting increasingly out of step with what leads to a good life and what women want from men.

All I'm getting from this is that young women are dating older guys

I don't really believe this. Any men ITT remember being taught not to express emotion? I don't. And school always tried to get you to express yourself constantly.

Women do want emotional men. The fact that you added "weak" casts you in a negative light.