“How To Be A Man” Also Needs The Right Level-Setters, No?

This is a problem with digital tech.

I want you to look at the above screenshot and realize that, at the time it was screen-shotted, it had 76,000 or so “likes.” Some of those “likes” could have been ironic, yes, but it’s not likely all 76K were ironic. That means 76,000 people potentially liked the message herein.

Now look, we already have lots of issues with masculinity and what it currently is and where it’s going:

Masculinity: Where It Might Be Headed, and Where It Is Now

We also have men legitimately scared of new definitions of the concept, which you are seeing play out in this tweet:

Men Are Scared Of New Definitions Of Masculinity

But here’s where my concern comes in.

We know for a relative fact that people seem to be working more. While men are exiting the workforce at higher rates than in…