When in real life you see a suffering man, you usually don’t see feminists running to him screaming “actually, I have it much worse!”. But when you see a man writing about his suffering online, this is what often happens.
I wonder if this is because the set of visibly suffering men (e.g., most of the panhandlers I pass when driving anywhere in my town) doesn’t overlap much with the set of men writing online about their suffering.
Not sure what exactly you wanted to say. It feels to me like unless a man is suffering extremely (unless he is disabled or homeless), it is not real suffering, and he does not deserve compassion. On the other hand, when a damsel is offended by a shirt...
Offering a hypothesis for difference between meatspace and cyberspace behavior based on some informal observations (that isn’t “everyone is awful on the internet”, which may nevertheless be a better description of the problem).
Oh yes, sorry. Yes, “how much people suffer” and “how much people complain about their suffering online” are two different things; most obvious example being the people without internet access.
I wonder if this is because the set of visibly suffering men (e.g., most of the panhandlers I pass when driving anywhere in my town) doesn’t overlap much with the set of men writing online about their suffering.
Not sure what exactly you wanted to say. It feels to me like unless a man is suffering extremely (unless he is disabled or homeless), it is not real suffering, and he does not deserve compassion. On the other hand, when a damsel is offended by a shirt...
Offering a hypothesis for difference between meatspace and cyberspace behavior based on some informal observations (that isn’t “everyone is awful on the internet”, which may nevertheless be a better description of the problem).
Oh yes, sorry. Yes, “how much people suffer” and “how much people complain about their suffering online” are two different things; most obvious example being the people without internet access.