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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Quexotic@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

I feel like this is probably pretty effective. I feel like it should be a thing.

E: see also https://beehaw.org/post/16953380 E2: https://19thnews.org/2024/11/4b-movement-south-korea-social-media-trump-presidency/

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[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 41 points 1 month ago

I feel like this is probably pretty effective. I feel like it should be a thing.

It isn't. They will simply import women from other countries. And this election alone proves the fact that all women are not a monolithic group. You're not going to get a majority to follow this trend.

[-] Quexotic@beehaw.org 17 points 1 month ago

It seems to have had the desired effect elsewhere. Also I'm not sure if it's required for women to be a monolithic group. This assumption is based on the gender divide in the current election. Regardless, Trump's policies are going to have a natural impact and decreasing birth rate just due to financial strain so if there are multiple factors that are impacting the numbers that's all the better right?

https://www.iar-gwu.org/blog/iar-web/south-koreas-4b

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 24 points 1 month ago

Korea IS A monolith when it comes to a number of factors. Culturally Korea is the antithesis of "diverse".

My point is that America is nothing similar to Korea culturally to pull this off.

[-] Quexotic@beehaw.org 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, I'm pretty sure you're right about South Korea. I don't see that as a reason not to try though. I can only hope that you're wrong about America. I appreciate the insight.

E: Even if it isn't super effective, every little bit helps.

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[-] SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 month ago

Given how reactionary the average Gen Z guys are, this is less of a protest and more of a self-preservation tactic.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 35 points 1 month ago

Jokes on you, they're just going to go full Roman Empire and take twink concubines, apparently.

[-] mosscap@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 month ago

Matt Gaetz has entered the chat

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[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 35 points 1 month ago

Because young men will have a much easier time getting laid when abortion is restricted nationwide and contraceptives are harder to get 🙄 talk about shooting yourself in the dick

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 12 points 1 month ago

I'm scared they gonna a pull some Bible crap and force women to marry rapists.

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[-] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 33 points 1 month ago

I started this in 2016 in the lead up to the election. Got sterilized in 2022 after the Dobbs decision leaked. Too many guys are secret misogynists at best, and pro rape/anti-abortion at worst. The lectures I had to do to convince my ex that rape is rape, whether you fight off the perp or not.

[-] Quexotic@beehaw.org 12 points 1 month ago

I can't imagine having to make that decision.

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[-] Banzai51@midwest.social 30 points 1 month ago

The problem, if you look at the data, is lots of women voted for Trump too.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

White women specifically. I'm sure they're uneducated also

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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Given that the new agenda is to end birth control, no-fault divorce and spousal rape laws, a lot of women are about to have no say past the first one. Don't get married, and if you're in a bad marriage try to get out ASAP.

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 29 points 1 month ago

Me, a lesbian: Aktivsm

[-] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 23 points 1 month ago

Yeah, and men who support women's right. Need to support this as well.

Seriously, look at recent events in Texas. Having sex with women while republicans are in power. It is a potential death sentence for those women.

Unless you can groove beyond doubt, one off you is infertile. And honestly, given the way some republicans are. Only trust your own eyes on the microscope when checking. Because forcing doctors to lie to women is far from beyond some of these people.

Honestly, leaving the US for a more liberal nation is the only safe option the way things are looking.

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[-] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean, considering how many incels voted for trump, I think we're pretty much already there. Many of the young men who voted red this election already have no close relationships with any women their age. Obviously women should exercise their autonomy as they see fit. I don't expect it to change how anyone votes.

I'll probably be downvoted for this, but progressives have spent the last several years actively shutting down lines of communication with men, particularly white men. For the best of reasons, sure, but it hasn't been an effective strategy for winning elections.

Maybe this would sway some group of center-left men who didn't bother voting, but realistically I expect it will have no effect on the ongoing polarization, or exagerrate it.

[-] InevitableList@beehaw.org 19 points 1 month ago

It's interesting that the response to men going their own way (MGTOW) is indifference or at most pity whilst WGTOW are met with hostility.

[-] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago

Mgtow was not met with indifference. They've been consistently criticized since the movement first started, and they quickly evolved into a cabal of Nazi-adjacent freaks. Fuck those guys.

There may be some good that could come from a men's movement for self actualization and improvement, but mgtow sure as shit wasn't that

[-] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month ago

MGTOW should be indifferent, but they kinda got hijacked into another red pill BS place. Their lives revolve around hate for women and not actually going your own way and finding what makes you content.

[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Except for a million articles like:

The ‘Men Going Their Own Way’ movement is the Taliban of the manosphere

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/politics/article/men-going-their-own-way-movement

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[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 18 points 1 month ago

I wonder if this results in more kids being raised in brainwashy conservative families.

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[-] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 month ago

White women voted for Trump so this is never going to work

[-] Quexotic@beehaw.org 10 points 1 month ago

Not all of em! According to the exit poll data, 44% of women voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, 54% voted for Harris. I think that's enough to make a difference. 🤷

https://www.nbcwashington.com/decision-2024/2024-voter-turnout-election-demographics-trump-harris/3762138/

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So what happens when we have a generation of kids almost entirely raised by the 44% of women who voted for Trump into brainwashy conservative families? I already see enough 5 year olds attending trump boat parades and the such to give me concern. A conservative I know dressed their kid up as Capt America yesterday because they were "defending America" after the election.

Seems like it'd suck if an entire generation was raised in these families.

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[-] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 month ago

Everyone in here arguing against 4b need to take a look in the mirror. The fact that so many of you are trying push against it is in itself a demonstration of why it's necessary. Respecting bodily autonomy does not have to be hard.

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 14 points 1 month ago

Bodily autonomy is the ability to choose 4b, not the reason to do so. Folks arguing against 4b have not disrespected the ability to do 4b. Therefore bodily autonomy is still respected.

[-] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 month ago
[-] Ponchy@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago

"It's over internet commenter! I have portrayed you negatively in a meme, showing you as the naive you are"

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 12 points 1 month ago

Yes, posting a message on the internet while violating nobody's personal space or rights is exactly the same as that picture. You did it! You won the internet! You can go away now.

Go away

Now

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

Ciswomen were having sex?

Then wait, why are there so many incels?

Joking aside, there actually have been times when I've been at a social event and I'm gonna fuck a guy because why not... but he starts going off on incel bullshit and how far right he is because "Women aren't women" anymore, and I'm like... "Yeah I gotta go.." while thinking "Can't believe he talked his way OUT of a sure thing."

So I fully understand why there are so many incels.

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[-] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 14 points 1 month ago

Do what you want. I don't give a fuck.

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[-] Eggyhead 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This just makes “incels”, who are known to be too intellectually inadequate to get a clue. I wouldn’t put it past them to vote away your right to say no first.

[-] Quexotic@beehaw.org 15 points 1 month ago

Once the birth rate drops enough, it won't matter how many incels there are, the economy crashes without kids.

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[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

It won't matter when abortion is illegal and rape goes unpunished.

The future is hell for everyone.

[-] toxicbubble420@beehaw.org 9 points 1 month ago
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