Did #MeToo Kinda Slap Masculinity In The Face?

This is a common narrative, yes, but there is a much bigger picture overall than just the 2017-ish movement.

I went to a wine club on Friday of mostly retired engineers. It was pretty fun. Some good conversations. When I got home, I watched this:

I’ve consumed a lot, and I mean a lot, of “the downfall of masculinity” content since 2020. I’ve written about it a lot too. This video above is a good summation of some big themes around modern masculinity and what’s happening.

As with most “disappearance/decline of men” takes, the video purports that #MeToo messed up men. I’ve heard this from about 120 different sources. If you’re unfamiliar with all of this, the general thinking is that #MeToo made men afraid to approach women and afraid of constantly being labeled “toxic,” so you took away some baseline masculine traits (or repressed said traits), and that’s caused a backlash of sorts and messed up the dating market.