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SheltieLover

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12. A sociologist friend contends that when rethugs outsourced factory jobs needed for guys to take care of their families,
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:09 AM
Oct 2025

that caused a lot of these problems.

I recall being a kid & my HS age brother & his friends all bought & paid for brand new very nice cars -- mustangs, camaros, cutlesses, road runners, etc -- working part-time at a burger joint that charged 15-cents for burgers.

This does not address the entire pronlem of caucasian males dominating religion & politics, of course, only the violent criminal aspects.

The Dr. of sociology contends that when rethugs outsourced all the US factory jobs, guys lost their means to support their families without needing a lengthy & pricey college education. And they lost a part of their identities in the process, to have a job to go to & do (typically) "guy stuff" with machines, etc.

As is historically the case with school kids, most females tend to internalize stressors (depression, eating disorders, self-mutilation) & males tend to act out more, misbehaving in more observable ways such as fighting, property damage, etc.

I find it astounding that after the immense problems & pain caused to American families with greedy rethug factory job outsourcing, now kraznov is imposing tariffs on imports & complaining goods are not manufactured in the US! Of course, Kraznov is not giving tax breaks or other incentives to businesses to bring back the factory jobs the rethugs outsourced...

Wth???

Anyway, I absolutely do not condone crime, but how can we as a society restore males' collective sense of self-worth so that they aren't constantly in a state of rage?

One thing is adequate mental healthcare, but they must be willing & insurance needs to cover it!

A very complex problem -- as always -- created in large part by rethugs & their insatiable greed.


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"When God Was a Woman"- Merlin Stone hlthe2b Oct 2025 #1
When the men thought leftieNanner Oct 2025 #3
Saw my copy the other day and thought.... hmmmm need to read that again. Attilatheblond Oct 2025 #5
You would not believe how much copies are going for at used book stores and ebay.... hlthe2b Oct 2025 #6
My library has N ecopy! Now on hold. SheltieLover Oct 2025 #14
Thx for sharing! SheltieLover Oct 2025 #13
No Keepthesoulalive Oct 2025 #2
if the demographics were different it would be other kinds of men nt msongs Oct 2025 #4
Spot on. It's cultural not "racial". multigraincracker Oct 2025 #9
Men everywhere have issues. 58Sunliner Oct 2025 #7
It's more a question of power than color, and I don't doubt that soldierant Oct 2025 #10
In many countries, men have more power and women have fewer rights and less status. 58Sunliner Oct 2025 #15
Exactly. soldierant Oct 2025 #16
Some white men are the problem, but please don't include me & half DU. Wrong that W.M. cause 99% of gun deaths. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #8
I see a great deal of deflection Keepthesoulalive Oct 2025 #11
A sociologist friend contends that when rethugs outsourced factory jobs needed for guys to take care of their families, SheltieLover Oct 2025 #12
Yet, before that reduction in factory jobs, white men practiced overt discrimination SharonAnn Oct 2025 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Oct 2025 #18
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