Shout out to the young men

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a teenage girl, and I’ve been out shoveling in these streets! No hate to OP but why the pointless gendering? We’re all working hard here!

If I went to Science Olympiad, and posted a thread gushing about how impressed I was with the ingenuity, intelligence, organization and leadership of all the young ladies there at the STEM competition, I suspect not one of you would be repeatedly piling on calling the compliment misogynistic, sexist, anti male or yelling that "boys did good at Science Olympiad too" or "Why are you only complimenting girls you sexist pig?"

There are those kind of positive girl power threads all the time, and tons of negative threads that are overtly anti young men. There are constant comments and threads calling teen boys lazy, aimless, bad at school, and predators.

This forum repeatedly calls introverted boys as lazy good for nothings obsessed with video games, and involved athletic boys toxic and too immersed in the bro culture.

This past week, boys and young men everywhere happily and selflessly defied all these negative stereotypes pushed by so many women, including many moms. They helped their communities everywhere, clearing driveways and sidewalks 2-3x quicker than the adults out there shoveling, and overwhelmingly were the bulk of people clearing ice earlier in the week.

Yet there is a (perhaps small) group of women here and on neighborhood fb pages, who can't stand seeing the young men complimented for anything not even for multiple days of hard labor in biting cold that provided significant positive impacts to their neighbors and community, at a level and result far bigger than anyone else.

I guarantee that if all those thousands of teen boys decided to stay inside sitting on their butts scrolling youtube and playing video games, instead of going out and shoveling everywhere, that many, many neighbirhoods would still be covered in ice.

It is not sexist or misogynistic to for once give credit to our young men for overwhelmingly stepping up and taking care of their communities and neighbors.

It is sexist and misogynistic to get offended at the mere mention of boys receiving something so simple as a thank you from their community for a job well done.

I didn’t see this post before but very well written. I agree!

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No, it's a bad post. It's ignoring the reasons why people are trying to balance the playing field. Why is helping woman automatically hurting men?

You people have no ability to reason or think critically. This is why RWNJ propaganda works on dolts like you. All irrational hate and emotion. No critical thinking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think those of you who think this is a positive thread are the ones who don't get it. I also think you may need to get off social media. Social media is where these made-up "war against -insert group here-" are made up and pushed to rile you up. This site is the only type of social media thing I frequent and this site is the only place I see idiotic threads like this.

People are pushing back at OP not for praising boys (for FFS, what is wrong with you if you actually think that is true), but for all the other things that her post implies, that girls aren't helping, that girls aren't as good as boys as shoveling snow (honestly, who waste's energy arguing about this?), that boys are so persecuted these day. If you buy into this idea that life is so hard for men right now, you need to get off social media and spend some time in the real world.

In the real world among real people, I don't see persecution of my son. I still fear more for the safety of my daughter in the real world. Men still hold more seats in Congress, more CEO positions. Name a position of real power in the world, and there are still more men that women.

A few years ago, men got called out for the bad behavior behind the scenes of SOME men and for sometimes being good men who do nothing when it happens. This was a good thing. No one is saying all behavior by all men is bad all the time-that's just insanity. And the idea that boys need extra huge helping of praise right now and girls don't is just crazy too.

This whole thread is a whole lot of crazy.

I agree with this.

I'm all for praising people (boys, girls) for good work. And yes lots of boys out busting their butts to shovel. But let's be honest in 99 percent of the cases they are doing it for money only. Every teen boy I know was out hustling for the money. Nothing wrong with this.

Yes they do a better job than girls and can move more snow. But this wasn't the work of saints, this wasn't real community work in most cases, it was getting paid for a chore! Be honest about what's going on here.

Boys are great (I have two of them!) but it's just silly to pat them on the back for working. It's patronizing really!

People constantly praise girls and everything is about them now. The point was to say something nice. My son helped dig out us and three neighbors all for free.

This.

BS. Just stop perpetuating division and focus on lifting up all teens.

Why would anyone in 2026 try to lift up boys when they are all incels addicted through their phones to the mano-sphere?

Oh my..l.this is why.

This is an obvious trolls. Why do you fall for this? Do you speak with real people in real life or only consume message board and social media?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think those of you who think this is a positive thread are the ones who don't get it. I also think you may need to get off social media. Social media is where these made-up "war against -insert group here-" are made up and pushed to rile you up. This site is the only type of social media thing I frequent and this site is the only place I see idiotic threads like this.

People are pushing back at OP not for praising boys (for FFS, what is wrong with you if you actually think that is true), but for all the other things that her post implies, that girls aren't helping, that girls aren't as good as boys as shoveling snow (honestly, who waste's energy arguing about this?), that boys are so persecuted these day. If you buy into this idea that life is so hard for men right now, you need to get off social media and spend some time in the real world.

In the real world among real people, I don't see persecution of my son. I still fear more for the safety of my daughter in the real world. Men still hold more seats in Congress, more CEO positions. Name a position of real power in the world, and there are still more men that women.

A few years ago, men got called out for the bad behavior behind the scenes of SOME men and for sometimes being good men who do nothing when it happens. This was a good thing. No one is saying all behavior by all men is bad all the time-that's just insanity. And the idea that boys need extra huge helping of praise right now and girls don't is just crazy too.

This whole thread is a whole lot of crazy.

THIS. I am a mom of sons as well, and this!!

This was a really positive and uplifting thread that had nothing to do with girls until the man hating trolls showed up and started to attack.

If you read the first page, you will see this.

Any posts about girl came in response to people attacking the idea of complimenting boys and acknowledging their hard work for their communities, and a direct question asking if OP saw any girls shoveling (no, I did not)

What a crazy world we live in that people like several of the women on this thread (not you) get so offended at a positive kind thread recognizing and thanking young men.

It makes me wonder how those women became so toxic and sexist that they have to attack over seeing something positive written about the boys in our community.

All of you boy-moms are insufferable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, it's a bad post. It's ignoring the reasons why people are trying to balance the playing field. Why is helping woman automatically hurting men?

How does celebrating boys and men hurt women?

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Anonymous wrote:Today is National Girls & Women in Sports Day!

Can anyone tell me when National Boys & Men in Sports Day is?

The don't need one because for thousands of years, every day was boy's & men's everything day.

But you know this.

Some of you insist on being insufferable twats and pretending life is somehow especially hard for boys. Just stop. It's still a man's world.

So you want to punish today's young men for the sins of people who existed decades before they were even born?

This is what I don't get about people on this board. Young men and boys who don't know anything about the broader world yet are being raised hearing "Girl power!" all around them, and being told we can't celebrate boys, because that's sexist. How is that fair?

Maybe they should learn about the broader world. Just an idea.

When my now 17-year-old was in elementary school, he came home upset one day because a girl had a shirt on that said, “The future is female.” This was during the 2016 election/Hillary Clinton. I explained the meaning of the shirt to him and why it wasn’t anti-boy. He got it. He still gets it at 17. Teach your boys about “the broader world”!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think those of you who think this is a positive thread are the ones who don't get it. I also think you may need to get off social media. Social media is where these made-up "war against -insert group here-" are made up and pushed to rile you up. This site is the only type of social media thing I frequent and this site is the only place I see idiotic threads like this.

People are pushing back at OP not for praising boys (for FFS, what is wrong with you if you actually think that is true), but for all the other things that her post implies, that girls aren't helping, that girls aren't as good as boys as shoveling snow (honestly, who waste's energy arguing about this?), that boys are so persecuted these day. If you buy into this idea that life is so hard for men right now, you need to get off social media and spend some time in the real world.

In the real world among real people, I don't see persecution of my son. I still fear more for the safety of my daughter in the real world. Men still hold more seats in Congress, more CEO positions. Name a position of real power in the world, and there are still more men that women.

A few years ago, men got called out for the bad behavior behind the scenes of SOME men and for sometimes being good men who do nothing when it happens. This was a good thing. No one is saying all behavior by all men is bad all the time-that's just insanity. And the idea that boys need extra huge helping of praise right now and girls don't is just crazy too.

This whole thread is a whole lot of crazy.

THIS. I am a mom of sons as well, and this!!

This was a really positive and uplifting thread that had nothing to do with girls until the man hating trolls showed up and started to attack.

If you read the first page, you will see this.

Any posts about girl came in response to people attacking the idea of complimenting boys and acknowledging their hard work for their communities, and a direct question asking if OP saw any girls shoveling (no, I did not)

What a crazy world we live in that people like several of the women on this thread (not you) get so offended at a positive kind thread recognizing and thanking young men.

It makes me wonder how those women became so toxic and sexist that they have to attack over seeing something positive written about the boys in our community.

All of you boy-moms are insufferable.

Girl parents are insufferable as they put down our boys, blame them for everything, have to control everything and put girls on a pedestal. The boy hate and lack of opportunities harms our boys.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think those of you who think this is a positive thread are the ones who don't get it. I also think you may need to get off social media. Social media is where these made-up "war against -insert group here-" are made up and pushed to rile you up. This site is the only type of social media thing I frequent and this site is the only place I see idiotic threads like this.

People are pushing back at OP not for praising boys (for FFS, what is wrong with you if you actually think that is true), but for all the other things that her post implies, that girls aren't helping, that girls aren't as good as boys as shoveling snow (honestly, who waste's energy arguing about this?), that boys are so persecuted these day. If you buy into this idea that life is so hard for men right now, you need to get off social media and spend some time in the real world.

In the real world among real people, I don't see persecution of my son. I still fear more for the safety of my daughter in the real world. Men still hold more seats in Congress, more CEO positions. Name a position of real power in the world, and there are still more men that women.

A few years ago, men got called out for the bad behavior behind the scenes of SOME men and for sometimes being good men who do nothing when it happens. This was a good thing. No one is saying all behavior by all men is bad all the time-that's just insanity. And the idea that boys need extra huge helping of praise right now and girls don't is just crazy too.

This whole thread is a whole lot of crazy.

THIS. I am a mom of sons as well, and this!!

This was a really positive and uplifting thread that had nothing to do with girls until the man hating trolls showed up and started to attack.

If you read the first page, you will see this.

Any posts about girl came in response to people attacking the idea of complimenting boys and acknowledging their hard work for their communities, and a direct question asking if OP saw any girls shoveling (no, I did not)

What a crazy world we live in that people like several of the women on this thread (not you) get so offended at a positive kind thread recognizing and thanking young men.

It makes me wonder how those women became so toxic and sexist that they have to attack over seeing something positive written about the boys in our community.

All of you boy-moms are insufferable.

Girl parents are insufferable as they put down our boys, blame them for everything, have to control everything and put girls on a pedestal. The boy hate and lack of opportunities harms our boys.

I have two boys and they don’t feel any hate toward boys or that they lack opportunities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think those of you who think this is a positive thread are the ones who don't get it. I also think you may need to get off social media. Social media is where these made-up "war against -insert group here-" are made up and pushed to rile you up. This site is the only type of social media thing I frequent and this site is the only place I see idiotic threads like this.

People are pushing back at OP not for praising boys (for FFS, what is wrong with you if you actually think that is true), but for all the other things that her post implies, that girls aren't helping, that girls aren't as good as boys as shoveling snow (honestly, who waste's energy arguing about this?), that boys are so persecuted these day. If you buy into this idea that life is so hard for men right now, you need to get off social media and spend some time in the real world.

In the real world among real people, I don't see persecution of my son. I still fear more for the safety of my daughter in the real world. Men still hold more seats in Congress, more CEO positions. Name a position of real power in the world, and there are still more men that women.

A few years ago, men got called out for the bad behavior behind the scenes of SOME men and for sometimes being good men who do nothing when it happens. This was a good thing. No one is saying all behavior by all men is bad all the time-that's just insanity. And the idea that boys need extra huge helping of praise right now and girls don't is just crazy too.

This whole thread is a whole lot of crazy.

THIS. I am a mom of sons as well, and this!!

This was a really positive and uplifting thread that had nothing to do with girls until the man hating trolls showed up and started to attack.

If you read the first page, you will see this.

Any posts about girl came in response to people attacking the idea of complimenting boys and acknowledging their hard work for their communities, and a direct question asking if OP saw any girls shoveling (no, I did not)

What a crazy world we live in that people like several of the women on this thread (not you) get so offended at a positive kind thread recognizing and thanking young men.

It makes me wonder how those women became so toxic and sexist that they have to attack over seeing something positive written about the boys in our community.

All of you boy-moms are insufferable.

Girl parents are insufferable as they put down our boys, blame them for everything, have to control everything and put girls on a pedestal. The boy hate and lack of opportunities harms our boys.

Except that on this thread (except for that obvious troll) it is those of you complaining about girls that are spewing the hate. The rest of us are bothered by your disconnect from reality. It's still a man's world. Praise your own sons (and daughters for that matter) all you want; that's great. Stop making threads that push this false narrative that boys are the ones who suffer in this world and discriminated against.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, it's a bad post. It's ignoring the reasons why people are trying to balance the playing field. Why is helping woman automatically hurting men?

How does celebrating boys and men hurt women?

It is how you are doing it. The idea that boys are actually better than girls. It's all over this thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think those of you who think this is a positive thread are the ones who don't get it. I also think you may need to get off social media. Social media is where these made-up "war against -insert group here-" are made up and pushed to rile you up. This site is the only type of social media thing I frequent and this site is the only place I see idiotic threads like this.

People are pushing back at OP not for praising boys (for FFS, what is wrong with you if you actually think that is true), but for all the other things that her post implies, that girls aren't helping, that girls aren't as good as boys as shoveling snow (honestly, who waste's energy arguing about this?), that boys are so persecuted these day. If you buy into this idea that life is so hard for men right now, you need to get off social media and spend some time in the real world.

In the real world among real people, I don't see persecution of my son. I still fear more for the safety of my daughter in the real world. Men still hold more seats in Congress, more CEO positions. Name a position of real power in the world, and there are still more men that women.

A few years ago, men got called out for the bad behavior behind the scenes of SOME men and for sometimes being good men who do nothing when it happens. This was a good thing. No one is saying all behavior by all men is bad all the time-that's just insanity. And the idea that boys need extra huge helping of praise right now and girls don't is just crazy too.

This whole thread is a whole lot of crazy.

THIS. I am a mom of sons as well, and this!!

This was a really positive and uplifting thread that had nothing to do with girls until the man hating trolls showed up and started to attack.

If you read the first page, you will see this.

Any posts about girl came in response to people attacking the idea of complimenting boys and acknowledging their hard work for their communities, and a direct question asking if OP saw any girls shoveling (no, I did not)

What a crazy world we live in that people like several of the women on this thread (not you) get so offended at a positive kind thread recognizing and thanking young men.

It makes me wonder how those women became so toxic and sexist that they have to attack over seeing something positive written about the boys in our community.

All of you boy-moms are insufferable.

Girl parents are insufferable as they put down our boys, blame them for everything, have to control everything and put girls on a pedestal. The boy hate and lack of opportunities harms our boys.

Let's not forget that DCUM thinks every male is a predator, or at least should be viewed as such until proven otherwise. I've never encountered such deep seated misandry anywhere else, fortunately.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, it's a bad post. It's ignoring the reasons why people are trying to balance the playing field. Why is helping woman automatically hurting men?

How does celebrating boys and men hurt women?

It is how you are doing it. The idea that boys are actually better than girls. It's all over this thread.

Saying that hacking through the ice is backbreaking labor best suited for young male bodies, not old people, middle aged people or young women, due to basic physics and anatomy it not saying the "boys are better than girls"

It is just stating the obvious that anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of human anatomy and development knows.

[Anonymous]

I have a son and a daughter and I am rolling my eyes SO hard at this entire thread. OP is clearly someone who must feel victimized at all times and was so excited to be able to create a narrative that she could use. Not one girl shoveled in all the land! All the girls houses had snowy sidewalks, ALL of them! And if they were shoveled she just knows it was by a boy.

Barf. My kids both helped shovel, as did both my husband and myself. It was challenging work and I’m glad we all pitched in. The kids both wanted to go help an elderly neighbor but before we finished our house a guy with a heavy duty snowplow came and did it in under an hour. Our listserve was inundated with offers from people to shovel for money, which is fine. I did not take a survey of who was shoveling and who was getting paid because I didn’t have an agenda I was trying to bolster. In reality, there’s no overarching story here. Some people were kind and some people weren’t especially, like every other day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:No, it's a bad post. It's ignoring the reasons why people are trying to balance the playing field. Why is helping woman automatically hurting men?

How does celebrating boys and men hurt women?

It is how you are doing it. The idea that boys are actually better than girls. It's all over this thread.

Saying that hacking through the ice is backbreaking labor best suited for young male bodies, not old people, middle aged people or young women, due to basic physics and anatomy it not saying the "boys are better than girls"

It is just stating the obvious that anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of human anatomy and development knows.

Nope. Don't be deliberately obtuse. There was more than that, though those parts of the thread were so ridiculous in their own way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think those of you who think this is a positive thread are the ones who don't get it. I also think you may need to get off social media. Social media is where these made-up "war against -insert group here-" are made up and pushed to rile you up. This site is the only type of social media thing I frequent and this site is the only place I see idiotic threads like this.

People are pushing back at OP not for praising boys (for FFS, what is wrong with you if you actually think that is true), but for all the other things that her post implies, that girls aren't helping, that girls aren't as good as boys as shoveling snow (honestly, who waste's energy arguing about this?), that boys are so persecuted these day. If you buy into this idea that life is so hard for men right now, you need to get off social media and spend some time in the real world.

In the real world among real people, I don't see persecution of my son. I still fear more for the safety of my daughter in the real world. Men still hold more seats in Congress, more CEO positions. Name a position of real power in the world, and there are still more men that women.

A few years ago, men got called out for the bad behavior behind the scenes of SOME men and for sometimes being good men who do nothing when it happens. This was a good thing. No one is saying all behavior by all men is bad all the time-that's just insanity. And the idea that boys need extra huge helping of praise right now and girls don't is just crazy too.

This whole thread is a whole lot of crazy.

THIS. I am a mom of sons as well, and this!!

This was a really positive and uplifting thread that had nothing to do with girls until the man hating trolls showed up and started to attack.

If you read the first page, you will see this.

Any posts about girl came in response to people attacking the idea of complimenting boys and acknowledging their hard work for their communities, and a direct question asking if OP saw any girls shoveling (no, I did not)

What a crazy world we live in that people like several of the women on this thread (not you) get so offended at a positive kind thread recognizing and thanking young men.

It makes me wonder how those women became so toxic and sexist that they have to attack over seeing something positive written about the boys in our community.

All of you boy-moms are insufferable.

Girl parents are insufferable as they put down our boys, blame them for everything, have to control everything and put girls on a pedestal. The boy hate and lack of opportunities harms our boys.

Let's not forget that DCUM thinks every male is a predator, or at least should be viewed as such until proven otherwise. I've never encountered such deep seated misandry anywhere else, fortunately.

Go away obvious troll. Take your nonsense generalizations meant to incite with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think those of you who think this is a positive thread are the ones who don't get it. I also think you may need to get off social media. Social media is where these made-up "war against -insert group here-" are made up and pushed to rile you up. This site is the only type of social media thing I frequent and this site is the only place I see idiotic threads like this.

People are pushing back at OP not for praising boys (for FFS, what is wrong with you if you actually think that is true), but for all the other things that her post implies, that girls aren't helping, that girls aren't as good as boys as shoveling snow (honestly, who waste's energy arguing about this?), that boys are so persecuted these day. If you buy into this idea that life is so hard for men right now, you need to get off social media and spend some time in the real world.

In the real world among real people, I don't see persecution of my son. I still fear more for the safety of my daughter in the real world. Men still hold more seats in Congress, more CEO positions. Name a position of real power in the world, and there are still more men that women.

A few years ago, men got called out for the bad behavior behind the scenes of SOME men and for sometimes being good men who do nothing when it happens. This was a good thing. No one is saying all behavior by all men is bad all the time-that's just insanity. And the idea that boys need extra huge helping of praise right now and girls don't is just crazy too.

This whole thread is a whole lot of crazy.

THIS. I am a mom of sons as well, and this!!

This was a really positive and uplifting thread that had nothing to do with girls until the man hating trolls showed up and started to attack.

If you read the first page, you will see this.

Any posts about girl came in response to people attacking the idea of complimenting boys and acknowledging their hard work for their communities, and a direct question asking if OP saw any girls shoveling (no, I did not)

What a crazy world we live in that people like several of the women on this thread (not you) get so offended at a positive kind thread recognizing and thanking young men.

It makes me wonder how those women became so toxic and sexist that they have to attack over seeing something positive written about the boys in our community.

All of you boy-moms are insufferable.

Girl parents are insufferable as they put down our boys, blame them for everything, have to control everything and put girls on a pedestal. The boy hate and lack of opportunities harms our boys.

Let's not forget that DCUM thinks every male is a predator, or at least should be viewed as such until proven otherwise. I've never encountered such deep seated misandry anywhere else, fortunately.

Go away obvious troll. Take your nonsense generalizations meant to incite with you.

DP

The DCUM drumbeat is that boys, and males, are terrible.