People on this forum/website might not like it but you're basically dead on. Everyone can see this is what's happening. Outside of this bubble, normal people see it. Our enemies abroad see it. The only people trying to suppress us talking about it are the people trying to inflict it upon us.
Being feminine is not "totally a-ok" for men. Please talk to some men and ask if they enjoy being called feminine. I guarantee you most if not all (Straight) men would hate someone saying they're feminine.
If you don't believe me, flip it around and think about how a woman would feel if someone told them they act like a man. Most would not take kindly to it.
It's unfortunate the top level comment was flagged so I can't check exactly what it said, wasn't it about feminization of _society_, not men?
My point was just that being feminine isn't inherently a bad thing, and also not the right word to describe society being overly sensitive. Not that men should be expected to be feminine or that that would be a good thing.
Femininity can be toxic just like masculinity. Right now we have a society where masculinity is considered toxic and anything feminine is considered good and morally correct. It creates an imbalance, and that was the point of my post.
Lets take mental health for example. If someone has triggers the feminine approach would be to comfort them and try to create an environment where that person isn't exposed to their triggers. The masculine approach would be to tell them to toughen up.
Thing is you need a bit of both. You need to give people some level of support but at the same time exposure to their trigger can help them overcome it in some scenarios. Or in other words "toughen up".
I see masculinity and femininity as a yin and yang type thing.
> Now it's spread to the point that they feel the need to invent words like Latinx just in case a couple of latinos feel left out.
It's worse than that: surveys of actual Hispanic people report support for the word "latinx" in the single-digit percentages. The word is solely about making the moral crusaders themselves feel holier. No actual social problem is solved by shoving this word into our lexicon.
Just another instance of a decade-long line of little examples of petty linguistic tyranny that don't solve any problems but that do make activists feel righteous and help them signal holiness to each other.
Not if you know the person's marital status you don't. In many circles this will be seen as incredibly impolite.
But let's keep screaming at people for saying "guys".
Edit: I can imagine all the refutations coming, but please consider whether you think most people are well-mannered to begin with. The vast majority of us below a certain age are not. If you aren't receiving thank you notes (physical, verbal, text, email all fine) for gifts from said person let's not include them in polite society.
Maybe you're unaware, or maybe you enjoy cognitive dissonance...
But, as a single example of a near endless amount
Prepubescent boys literally used to be called girls in English. Boys were called girls for many centuries before they were ever called anything else. But keep on about the new age "feminization" boogieman.
