As with any challenged population, blaming the victim is unfair in the majority of cases, is unproductive in finding solutions, and it creates division where it is unwarranted. But the phrase "positive masculinity" is fraught.
Ease in befriending and reaching real camaraderie with women does not depend on masculinity at all. It depends on seeing others as equals. I sure don't think about masculinity and whether I'm doing it right. What would that do?
I doubt the kind of masculinity advice Jordan Peterson is slinging helps any of the men who listen to him. Instead, they find comfort and self-justification in that advice. It isn't changing their outcomes. It isn't the on-ramp to good relationships. It is the on ramp to the "intellectual dark web" and that will keep your dick dry more reliably than anything.
> Ease in befriending and reaching real camaraderie with women does not depend on masculinity at all. It depends on seeing others as equals.
¿Por qué no los dos? A positive worldview and mindset makes it even easier to see others as equal. The negative 'woke' mindset is hardly conducive to true equality.
> ... Jordan Peterson ...
Jordan Peterson has never thought very well of seeking "comfort and justification". He's the "clean your room and get your ducks lined up instead of blaming the world for your failure" guy. I'm not sure you're familiar with his thought.
I don't understand how the phrase "positive masculinity" is fraught, males tend to seek out male role models which is only natural and these role models should be positive influences, further males should not feel that all male traits are "toxic". I don't know that the article called out Jordan Peterson and if that is your only example of "positive masculinity" than we are probably talking past each other.
Ease in befriending and reaching real camaraderie with women does not depend on masculinity at all. It depends on seeing others as equals. I sure don't think about masculinity and whether I'm doing it right. What would that do?
I doubt the kind of masculinity advice Jordan Peterson is slinging helps any of the men who listen to him. Instead, they find comfort and self-justification in that advice. It isn't changing their outcomes. It isn't the on-ramp to good relationships. It is the on ramp to the "intellectual dark web" and that will keep your dick dry more reliably than anything.