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ihaveaquestion

(4,829 posts)
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:43 PM 19 hrs ago

DEAR (manosphere) MEN, This Is Why Women Are Opting Out! - Ask Raphaela



May 27, 2026
This is not rocket science men. This is why women are simply opting out of marriage and children. It's why you have a 'male loneliness epidemic' and why we are 'underbabied'. News breakdowns for people who are tired of being confused, lied to, or talked down to.

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DEAR (manosphere) MEN, This Is Why Women Are Opting Out! - Ask Raphaela (Original Post) ihaveaquestion 19 hrs ago OP
hostile and smarmy.... democratsruletheday 19 hrs ago #1
Not nice enough for you? Hit a nerve maybe? ihaveaquestion 19 hrs ago #3
Gosh. I care so deeply that you didn't like that. Scrivener7 18 hrs ago #5
Demonizing men does not end well for the left. North Coast Lawyer 19 hrs ago #2
It's only demonization if you are threatened by it. ihaveaquestion 19 hrs ago #4
If we keep going down the identy politics rabbit hole we'll never win. North Coast Lawyer 50 min ago #8
How is it identity politics to point out the toxicity of toxic people? ihaveaquestion 39 min ago #10
Lol! She's making a true social statement. Who is platforming it? Scrivener7 18 hrs ago #6
I'd rather win elections than play gender games. North Coast Lawyer 49 min ago #9
Rightwing values are "not a pro-family structure. That is a trap for women dressed up as tradition." Beartracks 17 hrs ago #7

democratsruletheday

(1,936 posts)
1. hostile and smarmy....
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:59 PM
19 hrs ago

nice qualities for sure. She lost me almost immediately when she said "I brought the receipts".....how 90's of you.

North Coast Lawyer

(273 posts)
2. Demonizing men does not end well for the left.
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:09 PM
19 hrs ago

Platforming this type of male demonization only drives young men further to the right.

ihaveaquestion

(4,829 posts)
4. It's only demonization if you are threatened by it.
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:14 PM
19 hrs ago

Does it feel threatening to you? Take the hint and take a look at your life.

ihaveaquestion

(4,829 posts)
10. How is it identity politics to point out the toxicity of toxic people?
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:54 PM
39 min ago

Do you expect women to just ignore their blatant denigration of women? Fuck off and die alone if that's what you're expecting.

Scrivener7

(60,114 posts)
6. Lol! She's making a true social statement. Who is platforming it?
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:56 PM
18 hrs ago

You're proving her point. If men move further right, they're just exacerbating their own problems. Women choosing to be emotionally and financially safe doesn't drive men further right. Men choose to move further right.

Women are allowed to notice that the world is being made unsafe for us financially, emotionally and physically. If that angers men and makes them dig their heels in and demand women accept being unsafe, that's men's wrongdoing. Not women's.

Beartracks

(14,664 posts)
7. Rightwing values are "not a pro-family structure. That is a trap for women dressed up as tradition."
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:37 PM
17 hrs ago
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