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  • I don’t agree children shouldn’t be watching porn. I started being exposed to it around 10 years old and I’m fine. The real issue is having the proper support structures in place. These involve confronting children’s burgeoning sexual impulses and treating them with respect, rather than trying to “preserve innocence” or “protect” them from “sin” or “indecency.” The people most concerned with protecting children from the indecency of pornography are typically the more depraved of our society anyway. As usual, the issue is more preparing children for adult topics rather than protecting them from them.







  • Side 2 has not actual relevance to the problem itself. These societal tropes are not why men are having a hard time finding women. It’s just a societal trope posing as an explanation.

    Side 3 is the only relevant issue. Men are constantly told they need to be more vulnerable or their masculinity is toxic, and yet when they express themselves vulnerably, they’re punished for it.

    The issue, as I see it, is that some advocates of the “toxic masculinity” narrative often don’t fully acknowledge the ways in which women can also reinforce those same patterns.

    A deeper concern is that many feminists present themselves as speaking on behalf of all women, when in reality most women don’t identify as feminists. As a result, what’s being represented is more of a particular set of progressive gender beliefs than the broader experiences of women in general.

    To be clear, I actually agree with many feminist perspectives overall. However, I find that the movement’s messaging is often counterproductive—it can come across as unnecessarily divisive and, at times, dismissive of men. Because of this, even when the arguments are largely valid, they struggle to gain wider support.