- Joined
- Jan 26, 2019
So close, yet so far away.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say these "female-socialized people" never really understood the fact that male socialization is centered around doing shit together, not just talking or sharing our feelings. Duct-taping your friend to the wall and doing other stupid shit is how we bond. And in a world where no one does anything in real life anymore, we're missing that.
Not to say men don't have to work through their emotions. We absolutely do. Sometimes we just need someone to talk to. But the brunt of our emotional needs are based on getting a sense of achievement out of what we're doing, even if what we're doing is fucking pointless.
I have plenty of male friends and I work in a male dominated field so I'm used to seeing male friendship and I have no idea where this girl is getting that males don't have forms of platonic intimacy beyond the fact that she's a woman and the men she's trying to bond with don't want her involved in their business for obvious reasons, leaving her socially outcast.
I would argue I've met more men who have stronger life long friendships than women. My boss started a company with his best friend from toddler hood and they're still very close. Men tend to casually interact with most others but the brotherly bonds they create with their close friends are incredibly strong. In general they won't share personal issues outside of those they are close to and implicitly trust to ptotect themselves from further emotional damage. So it's total horseshit.
Honey. People view you are a predator and exclude you because you are trans and you tickle the danger alert part of their brains.