Backlo@lemmy.today to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicideen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square291fedilinkarrow-up11.78Karrow-down126
arrow-up11.76Karrow-down1external-linkTIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicideen.m.wikipedia.orgBacklo@lemmy.today to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square291fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·9 months ago… and that most men are guilty of. When we blame men’s suffering on toxic masculinity, we are referring to the toxic masculinity in the behavior of men, and therefore we are blaming men’s suffering on men’s behavior.
minus-squareGhostFence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoWhen all you have is a hammer, everything is a nail.
… and that most men are guilty of. When we blame men’s suffering on toxic masculinity, we are referring to the toxic masculinity in the behavior of men, and therefore we are blaming men’s suffering on men’s behavior.
thats a reach
When all you have is a hammer, everything is a nail.