Being a Man, especially an FA Man, Sucks

I'm so exhausted from watching how men are treated in all stages of life. Childhood, adolescence, and adulthood are riddled with such callousness if you fail to perform in anything. You can do everything wrong and nothing right. And even if you do manage to do something right, somehow it still ends up being done wrong.

You're told you're a potential threat, even though you're not. You're told you're privileged, even though you aren't. You're told to be more vulnerable, even though you shouldn't be. You're told you should act more like a man, even though both acting like one and not acting like one has consequences.

It's like what the fuck are you supposed to do? The world makes it near impossible for you not to hate yourself or others. I never understood what caused some guys to get to such a bitter and misanthropic point, but it makes sense.

A lot of guys are socially beaten down for no reason other than failing to fit some dysfunctional idea of what a man should be. Not only that, but they're reminded of those failures constantly, and then gaslit into believing they're not being punished for them. And if they did try to seek out help, then they were mocked viciously for it and then told they didn't try to help themselves hard enough.

It's really heartbreaking. And it's scary to see how many people almost seem to enjoy punching down on guys like it's some kinda moral duty.