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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 08:00 AM Jul 2020

Toxic masculinity in times of pandemic kills all of us...

Priya Elan writes in the Guardian yesterday about how face masks are the condom of the face. He draws parallels with the behaviour of a certain type of man when the Aids epidemic was raging and how they refused to wear a condom during sex, even though it was proven that a barrier sheath could protect against the virus and save people dying a horrible death. Sound familiar? It is this same type of man who today refuses to wear a face mask... as Elan points out in The data is in: men are too fragile to wear Covid-19 masks. Grow up, guys...

This week Scientific American called masks the “condoms of the face”, arguing that the struggle to get men to wear masks during this pandemic has parallels in the struggle to get men to wear condoms during the rise of HIV. While it seems strange to compare something you’d wear so visibly in public to something worn privately in intimate moments, the analogy underscores how some men’s notions of masculinity are intertwined with a corrosive mix of petulance, indestructibility and, ultimately, privilege. The article cited research showing that “masculine ideology” is associated with rejection of condom use.(Emphasis Mine)

They are the same men who think they should rule the world, never mind that their fragile and toxic ego's makes them the worst kind of decision makers. They do not think that the rules apply to them. They think they are the kings of the world, they are invulnerable and that is what makes them so dangerous to the rest of us.

Of course in this febrile atmosphere of the right wing turning the pandemic into a culture war, because of course they did, Elan discusses how these horrid levels of toxic masculinity as being turned into something even more dangerous with men (and some women) demonstrating a super spreader mentality, because they can. As Elan says It gets worse: not wearing a mask hasn’t just become toxic masculinity, it has become a form of weaponised masculinity.

Fundamentally wearing a mask should just come down to common sense, and maybe that is why these men are acting like such dicks. They have never had to develop that survival instinct that comes down to common sense cause they are pampered spoilt gits who lived a life of white male privilege, so screw the rest of us. There is a great line from this article that says For men like this, ego itself has become a figurative – and, they seem to believe, literal – shield. Yep, this is exactly how they think. Of course, back in land reality where the rest of us live, we know their toxic ego will not save them from Covid-10 but it is yet another way they can kill the rest of us. Yay! 👀

Full article here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/03/covid-19-masks-men-masculinity



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Toxic masculinity in times of pandemic kills all of us... (Original Post) Soph0571 Jul 2020 OP
Real men G_j Jul 2020 #1
Wearing a mask is a medical statement. NOT wearing a mask is a political statement. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #2
THIS! n/t Soph0571 Jul 2020 #5
K&R! SheltieLover Jul 2020 #3
The majority of those not wearing masks are men Sanity Claws Jul 2020 #4
More like toxic insecurity, real men aren't afraid to wear masks to protect the people around them Snake Plissken Jul 2020 #6
Wonder when some investigative journalist will start tracking deaths between D's & R's ? KS Toronado Jul 2020 #7
In a sane world, yes, but bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #8
How much ego should one have? Just enough to keep from stepping in front of a bus. c-rational Jul 2020 #9
'toxic masculinity', macho, etc are symptoms of sex on the wrong brain, which certainot Jul 2020 #10
Let um The Jungle 1 Jul 2020 #11

Sanity Claws

(21,822 posts)
4. The majority of those not wearing masks are men
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 08:18 AM
Jul 2020

I'm in NYC where masks are required. It is mostly men who are not in compliance.

Another group not in compliance are fucking tourists. I saw a family (mother, father, 3 kids under 10), none of whom was wearing a mask, walking down Fifth Avenue. You could tell by the way they were dressed that they were tourists from somewhere else in the US. Why the fuck are tourists coming to NYC during a pandemic?

KS Toronado

(16,900 posts)
7. Wonder when some investigative journalist will start tracking deaths between D's & R's ?
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 09:57 AM
Jul 2020

Common sense says republiCONs should be the biggest losers, since they're so anti-mask.

bucolic_frolic

(42,651 posts)
8. In a sane world, yes, but
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 10:22 AM
Jul 2020

I know I shouldn't politicize it, most all are Americans, and while cautious libs do favor public health guidance and living prudently, there is the issue of the young who feel invincible and are no where near as cautious, the progressive generation in other words.

So I'm not thinking favorable attrition will yield much difference.

c-rational

(2,581 posts)
9. How much ego should one have? Just enough to keep from stepping in front of a bus.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 10:50 AM
Jul 2020

And therein lies the problem. Credit to a Japanese Zen monk for the saying above

So many of our societal problems arise from this unrealization.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
10. 'toxic masculinity', macho, etc are symptoms of sex on the wrong brain, which
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 10:50 AM
Jul 2020

explains gender differences too

sowb is what happens when sex energy is diverted through the left side of the brain

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
11. Let um
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 02:03 PM
Jul 2020

I say we allow these folks to go without a mask. All they have to do is sign a paper stating they will not use a hospital bed or seek any medical attention when they get sick.

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