Basman

Burn out is such a powerful force. It can take years to get over. I know Leo has been dealing with his own burn out, so I'm sure there's insight to be had. It's such a universal and often frustrating experience, because often what we're burnt out over is important to us in someway.

This redefining of matriarchy as something that's closer to egalitarianism reminds me of how certain progressives tried to redefine racism as being defined by power relations. Calling everyone who's white racist and that it's not possible to be racist if your a minority. The definition of matriarchy is political exclusion. It's obviously silly and hypocritical to advocate for that, so why use that term?

That's every thread in existence.

No one book will solve all your problems, but they can expand your understanding and equip you with tools to better handle your issues. Think of it more as a process than a goal you accomplish which you can contribute to with greater knowledge.

Feminism is pro independence. By necessity it is going to contribute to atomization and the breaking of communal bonds.

They should have a pet rock.

It's true that having a pet is like a child, but at best only 1/4. The anthropomorphism is stupid, like calling them fur babies or referring to oneself as fur mommy. It's a sign of the end times. A relationship with an animal is nowhere near that of one with a human in scope and effect. A lot of this dog mania is because people are too immature to handle real relationships.

Women are less likely to kill themselves in general. They are less impulsive.

The bottomline is to focus on your strengths. Classic self-help principle. Men generally need prove their worth more, whereas women get to coast to a greater degree. On the flipside, men generally have a greater opportunity to build character. There's a reason why men tend to gravitate towards leadership to a greater degree.

Is the patriarchy in the room with us right now?

Indoor dogs is modern phenomena I believe. A dog makes a lot of sense on a farm. Not only as a work animal but also for the dog itself, who love working and it's a stimulating environment. I think the happiest dogs I've ever met was a small pack of four in an Aboriginal village in Queensland Australia. They would run around, play all day and chase dingos at night.

In my experience, a lot of guys get funneled into blue collar work because they are "losers", because they can't focus on their academics and/or aren't cut out for school. They typically have issues and lack good role models I think. My brother who's a metallurgist distinguished between the people actually interested in the subject and the "nitwits" who where more interested in getting wasted and driving cool cars (what I think you'd call bogans in Australia).

Women are generally more socially adept, which is beneficial when you live in a world that has mostly cast away survival depending on physicality in favor of mental cognition and conforming to bureaucratic institutions. But if the apocalypse happened women would suddenly become a lot more directly dependent on men for survival. You see this in Ukraine, with who's fighting the war and who flees as refugees. Men built society and via their own inventions then made themselves redundant. But it's still men who do the majority of the most dangerous and crucial jobs for society's functioning. If your demographic is coastal city hipster, then yeah, women are clearly superior.

If your only having kids because your paid, do you actually want them? Not to say we shouldn't have benefits, but put in a historical context, such benefits would really be compensating for the breaking of communal bonds. It's a modern phenomenon that child rearing is so individualistic. Like having to pay out of the nose for day care is a complete skill issue and super indicative. Feminists also need to realize that women are biologically adapted for raising kids in ways that men aren't, besides being the one's who do all the birthing. Men and women aren't equal on that front, so it's not uniquely unfair that women carry a greater burden in that regard. It would be more unrealistic to expect something that exceeds biological reality.

It already exists to a certain degree in Northern-European countries. Women get benefits for raising children in addition to all the free social amenities like school, but it doesn't do much to make people actually have kids (while also being really expensive). The entire sociological environment is antithetical to breeding. Just throwing money at the issue won't solve it. Trying to solve social issues with just money is thinking inside the box. It does make for a good catchphrase in a informational consumerist kind of way though. It's probably a global force that is indicative of our moment in history.