I can’t fucking believe the stances adopted by this stupid thing.
Female fetuses and babies were killed by the thousands; girls have restricted access to education because they need to live more [sic] ‘protected lives’ since men can’t be fucking civilized; young women are preyed upon by both the older and younger generations of males; trafficking and prostitution are rampant and even affect the female populations in other countries. This article admits to and addresses all of these issues, but it’s still about how sad it is that the men feel lonely.
“The gender imbalance could prompt a “crisis of masculinity” as traditional roles are upended and males embrace socially regressive stances to prove their manhood” is almost immediately followed by “In rural areas, men who didn’t get married are really marginalized; even socializing in the village is difficult, […] These guys are depressed.” No, they’re not depressed. Misogyny isn’t a mental illness. Male entitlement isn’t a mental illness. Treating them as such is a recipe for normalizing male terrorism, not how we eradicate it.
Obviously, the article also fails to address how women in these countries frequently don’t have the option to remain single (because that would be oh-so-selfish of them). It’s a tragedy when “the men themselves are isolated, left out of major family decisions and subject to ridicule, with little in the way of support or mental health services” - but for both married and unmarried women, that’s just commonplace. That’s just cultural.
I can’t finish reading this piece of garbage because the second chapter is titled “to catch a wife, build a house” and if that’s not just plain charming I don’t know what is.