I explained the concept of there being the two genders of "cis-male" and "political" to one of my professors at a religious university and he was actually interested to hear me out on it because he had never thought of it in that paradigm. I'm absolutely not saying that everyone can be convinced, but some people can be nudged in the right direction if you have a good rapport with them.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Most of the time, people change their minds when they see the source as coming from their in-group. If your professor respected you, they're more likely to listen to you. If they see you as some damn hippy out-group, it doesn't matter how many facts or studies or testimonies you have.

It's kind of a fundamental problem with humanity.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

I have gotten pretty good at weaseling my way into in-groups despite being a queer socialist with strong opinions about human rights, unions, and civil rights. It took a lot of trial and error though.

[+] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works -14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Interesting take, considering the extreme power women have. Women make up the majority of household spending, women in younger generations are making more money than men, and women are now less vulnerable to job loss.

If you're wondering where the sudden rightward drift is coming from, it's younger men feeling hopeless and powerless to change it, for the above reasons and much more. The idea that the split is exclusively cishet male/political is wild and borderline irresponsible. While true in some states and circles, it's wealthy white women/political in others, and cishet men don't get included at all.

[–] drake@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I understand how you feel, and you’re not totally wrong - society is changing and shifting power away from men towards historically marginalised groups.

The hopelessness and pain that men is feeling is coming from capitalism, though. It’s corporations stealing your future.

The thing is that men held almost all of the power historically, and a small shift away from men doesn’t mean that women have extreme power now. Don’t let yourself be scammed by the rich and wealthy into fighting their battles for them.

You need to recognise your true enemy.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

That is an amazing answer, I wish I could sticky it to the top.