“In the absence of stable work, social authority or coherent ideals, masculinity collapses inward, competing wherever it can.”
That feels quietly heavy, and true in a painful way. When the outer structures fall away, all that energy has nowhere to go but inward, where it can turn into conflict instead of purpose.
Thank you for highlighting an Asian creator! Can you link her video that you mentioned?
It's in the article now :) and here https://www.instagram.com/p/DT4oeJsDbEi/?hl=en-gb
On the money as always
“In the absence of stable work, social authority or coherent ideals, masculinity collapses inward, competing wherever it can.”
That feels quietly heavy, and true in a painful way. When the outer structures fall away, all that energy has nowhere to go but inward, where it can turn into conflict instead of purpose.