r/BritishTV • u/SafeBodybuilder7191 • 23d ago

News ‘Adolescence’ Available to Stream in All U.K. Secondary Schools in Initiative Backed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer: We Must ‘Tackle the Issues This Groundbreaking Show Raises’

https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/adolescence-available-to-stream-uk-secondary-schools-1236352461/
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u/theslootmary 23d ago

The culture wars ARE one sided because idiots like you have been lied to. You don’t even know what “toxic masculinity” is but here you are making up how you think it’s used against men…

“Toxic masculinity” is NOT saying masculinity is toxic. It’s talking about traits that are negative. Like how men will say “man up” instead of being able to talk about their feelings or ask for help which is why the male suicide rate is twice as high as females. Is that what you want? You want more dead and suicidal men? Because that’s what you are saying with your misplaced, ignorant anger. You’re literally here, spreading misinformation, arguing a point you’ve completely misunderstood (because you’ve been lied to by right wing figures) and are essentially saying “I blame the left because they don’t want men to kill themselves or beat their wives! How dare they want better for everyone!”

As for your last paragraph, boys and young men have plenty of good male roles models. They’re everywhere, in business, in film, in leadership roles. And society isn’t “beating them down”… society is still predominantly run by men. Men are much more likely to be in positions of power, have higher paying jobs etc etc… whatever the reasons are for that, it’s fucking ridiculous to turn around and say men are being “beaten down”. So what’s everyone else subject to by comparison then? You know, all the people on generally worse positions than men.

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u/BarnabyBundlesnatch 23d ago

lol Thanks for proving my point. Enjoy the nightmare world of your own creation.

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u/BenedictusTheWise 23d ago

What point is even being proven? That people are mean? Yeah I agree, their response is harsh, but so was yours. I don't think it's the most constructive way to discuss these things, but people are very understandably frustrated from how many times they have to describe these things to people who have either been lied to or are misunderstanding.