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Being an independent man (self.mensliberation)
submitted 4 weeks ago by obbeel to c/mensliberation@lemmy.ca
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Since this community exists, I want to talk about the importance of being able to take care of yourself as a man. I think it's essential that a man can take care of himself and of his space. How can a man completely love himself if he can't care for his home and basic needs? These are basic things about ourselves as humans that aren't taken care of in situations of depression or worse. In this case, it's as if the majority of men were in a situation of depression if he can't have a woman to take care of everything for him.

This needs to be addressed. Men should be able to take care of themselves by means of being able to take care of his home and his space. Kids, male and female, should be taught about this. It's a lesson of self-care, productivity and ableness to fulfill a whole life without overdepending on others. It's also a move for resistance against the organized society that are forcibly fed onto us as humans.

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[–] Vrijgezelopkamers@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I see it like this: Men who can’t cook and clean and wash and do laundry are called boys. If you are a grown man who needs a woman to help you with basic survival skills, you have a lot of growing up to do. Being entirely dependent on others to get you through the day is about the least manly thing I can imagine.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago

I would hesistate to word the last sentence like that though I get where you’re coming from. It’s more like being unwilling to learn these basic skills because they believe that they’re above them somehow.

It’s the dudes who bitch and moan about how women need to do all the chores around the house when it’s clear that they couldn’t even figure out how to boil water on their own. The dipshits who don’t even know how to clean their own ass properly.