It'd help if those same men (and I say this as a cis guy) would stop bringing up men's issues only and exclusively as a whataboutism in response to women's/trans rights/issues.
If you cared about these issues so much, you wouldn't have weaponized them to this extent.
You can tell them apart because the men that actually care about men's rights are advocating for them on a random Tuesday afternoon and not during pride or a women's march or whatever.
You can tell them apart because the men that actually care about men's rights are advocating for them on a random Tuesday afternoon and not during pride
June is pride month, as well as men's mental health awareness month.
edit: If you didn't know that, that really is indicative of the whole situation, in a sad and ironic way.
Men's mental health month is on the same month as pride, which gets way more attention and overshadows it. Then people who don't know it's also men's mental health month wonder why people are advocating for recognition of men's mental health issues during pride month, and saying they shouldn't do that during that time.
Really does not help the idea that men's mental health is very important.
I don't get what your point is, or how my comment proves it.
The example you're giving is clearly not a genuine attempt to raise awareness for men's mental health issues. It's a homophobic protest to a pride parade, under the guise of it.
Getting what? The example that OP brought up is clearly a homophobic counter to a pride parade, and they're implying it was done under the guise of raising awareness for men's mental health.
Which is obviously not cool. But what would be the problem with a genuine public demonstration to raise awareness for men's mental health issues, at the same time as a pride parade?
It means queer men get to double up on the month, which is pretty appropriate given that LGBT+ men often have mental health provlems caused by oppression.
There's only 12 months. They're going to overlap. In Australia, Movember is when most men's mental health awareness fundraising happens.
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u/TheReaperAbides 29d ago
It'd help if those same men (and I say this as a cis guy) would stop bringing up men's issues only and exclusively as a whataboutism in response to women's/trans rights/issues.
If you cared about these issues so much, you wouldn't have weaponized them to this extent.