this is something i talk about often.
i hate when people call dudes weak for not being like a certain stereotype.
take them OF dudes. people clowned them dudes all day for paying for images....but no one says shit about how hard it is to get at some chicks and not all dudes are built like that.....and now we adding more pressure on someone to be "normal" because its obviously something wrong with "them" dudes.
we as men need support and guidance and some of us need re-educatiing. we often dont have many people to turn too and must push on thru everything. and if we fail at something we clowned and if we succeed at something we must keep it up or we somehow failed.
we are told to be tough but when disrespected and we respond or act tough.....wrong again.
i really dont like the toxic shit some of us must live up to. but then we try to look at dudes like tory as toxic. we kinda made dudes like him if we being honest. because he lost either way. but on the flip side....chicks can be toxic aswell be being empowered by dudes who will do anything for them even when wrong.
both should be checked for toxic behaviors. yet sometimes its not. we can make the rules then be mad when someone becomes a product of the rules or lack thereof.
I would love to figure out how we can do better jobs at raising young black men. The reason I say young black men and not women.....is because like
@Busta Carmichael said ....women have each other for support. look around your city at how many programs cater to women and young black women and girls. How many cater to raising a young black boy or young man?
we all gotta do our part. i would love to hear solutions because shit like this doesnt have to happen.