Why do so many young males see themselves as alphas, gladiators, lions etc.?

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Anonymous wrote:Personally I wish we still had Roman Gladiator fights to the death. Maybe Trump can end some restrictions on that or something. UFC is pretty lame.

We do, they’re called gangs of DC. Someone gets killed every night.

Try again Ohio has a worse murder rate so does Alabama

Maga cult of dummies

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_intentional_homicide_rate

Ohio murder rate per 100k: 5.1
Cleveland 33.7
https://freedomforallamericans.org/highest-murders-in-us-by-city/

Alabama murder rate per 100k: 7.8
Top city Birmingham with 59
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/homicide-rates-highest-blue-cities-red-states


Dc murder rate per 100k: 22.8

NPR has more recent data and gives a higher number
25
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/19/nx-s1-5506208/dc-crime-trump-explained

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Anonymous wrote:It's a thing for my teen and their friends. They are super into Alpha Male, hypermasculinity. He keeps talking about having a masculine job, whatever that is. There is some good - he wants to learn how to change the oil in our cars, and watches many Youtube videos for DIY fixes for various things. It's almost like they view their white collar fathers as soft.

Definitely a thing. Especially if they have overbearing helicopter moms who brow beat them and everyone. Smothers, hen-pecking nags, etc.

Boys with more laid back moms and traditional dads tend to become more easy going masculine types who aren't plagued with anxiety and don't act like weak submissives.

I think it's more of a cultural shift, less about specific family dymanics, as my teens' friends come from a variety of family compositions. The current generation of Gen X and Older Millennial dads are viewed as softer and less traditionally masculine than our grandfathers' generation. Teen boys aren't about abusing women (hardly, they seem whipped by their girlfriends). It's more than they feel like they are victims of DEI policies. Even the boys with moderate or liberal parents are into the MAGA Trump movement - when Trump took a bullet, they all loved him even more. They think they are an oppressed group of privileged white boys who need to take back their power.

In some ways white boys are actually being oppressed. Why not acknowledge that reality?

We are - do you see how much we have to work out to get a decent body?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any men here or is this just a bunch of women making up random thoughts about men?

As a man I can tell you the answer. It’s other men who act in a way that forces you to act strong and aggressive just so that you do not stand out as a victim and get assaulted. Men have to be tough in front of aggressive men or else they become victims. This leads to this exponential increase in toxic masculinity.

You are not a man. Fail troll. 1/10

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any men here or is this just a bunch of women making up random thoughts about men?

As a man I can tell you the answer. It’s other men who act in a way that forces you to act strong and aggressive just so that you do not stand out as a victim and get assaulted. Men have to be tough in front of aggressive men or else they become victims. This leads to this exponential increase in toxic masculinity.

+1
Men are definitely the cause of toxic masculinity. Red pill theorem and patriarchy hurt men just as much as women.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any men here or is this just a bunch of women making up random thoughts about men?

As a man I can tell you the answer. It’s other men who act in a way that forces you to act strong and aggressive just so that you do not stand out as a victim and get assaulted. Men have to be tough in front of aggressive men or else they become victims. This leads to this exponential increase in toxic masculinity.

+1
Men are definitely the cause of toxic masculinity. Red pill theorem and patriarchy hurt men just as much as women.

Doesn't exist.
Otherwise "toxic femininity" exists as well?

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Just watch Adolescence on Netflix. It all becomes clear after you watch this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They all are jacked and have big d*cks

Yup, because when I see guys who are way onto body building, I NEVER think they’re compensating for other short-comings…..

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Anonymous wrote:It seems very common these days. They don't want to actually work hard and make a societal contribution, they just fantasize about getting wealthy by being lions, alphas, gladiators etc.

What's behind this?

With the risk of having this deleted, I’ll just say it. I think some of it has to do with smaller penile length and size when compared to what these men see online. Could simply be perception, or it could be a real issue.

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There can ONLY BE ONE!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Just watch Adolescence on Netflix. It all becomes clear after you watch this.

So, that was fiction. It actually took a true crime and mangled to make something "clear" that doesn't even exist, to fearmongers like you.

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Anonymous wrote:They all are jacked and have big d*cks

Yup, because when I see guys who are way onto body building, I NEVER think they’re compensating for other short-comings…..

The young men I know who bodybuild are sweet, smart, hard-working, love their families and just got into being fit instead of being lazy wine drinkers like their parents. Your weirdo obsession with their private parts is actually quite disturbing. These poor young men. Please refrain from staring at and talking to them please. They have done nothing to deserve your perverted scrutiny.

[Anonymous]

The first rule of being an alpha is that you don’t need to tell anyone about it. Others around you already know.

If you need a podcast to learn about being an alpha/gladiator/lion, then you de facto are not one.

lol

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Anonymous wrote:The first rule of being an alpha is that you don’t need to tell anyone about it. Others around you already know.

If you need a podcast to learn about being an alpha/gladiator/lion, then you de facto are not one.

lol

Yup

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any men here or is this just a bunch of women making up random thoughts about men?

As a man I can tell you the answer. It’s other men who act in a way that forces you to act strong and aggressive just so that you do not stand out as a victim and get assaulted. Men have to be tough in front of aggressive men or else they become victims. This leads to this exponential increase in toxic masculinity.

+1
Men are definitely the cause of toxic masculinity. Red pill theorem and patriarchy hurt men just as much as women.

Doesn't exist.
Otherwise "toxic femininity" exists as well?

Of course toxic masculinity exists. Just because you don’t like something doesn’t make it untrue lol.

[Anonymous]

Liberal women here surrounded themselves with betas so they view all non-beta males as toxic due to their distorted perceptions.