Comment on Why is living with your parents considered a bad thing?
ISometimesAdmin@the.coolest.zone 9 months ago
Scrolled through the thread long enough and I still only see people blaming stigma and capitalism but... Those just just the end effects.
It's plain toxic masculinity:
- A man must be strong
- Independence is a sign of strength
- Living with your parents is dependence (for good or for bad is irrelevant)
- ipso facto, according to toxic masculinity, guys who live with their parents are weak and not "real men"
Red_October@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Except it doesn’t just apply to men.
ISometimesAdmin@the.coolest.zone 9 months ago
I totally agree, though I wrote this in the context of OPs post specifically saying (emphasis mine):