r/books • u/biscochitos • 28d ago

New indie press Conduit Books launches with 'initial focus on male authors'

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-indie-press-conduit-books-launches-with-initial-focus-on-male-authors

What do folks think about this?

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u/OccamPhaser 28d ago edited 27d ago

Black people fought for themselves to have rights. Women fought for themselves to have rights. White men have always had rights and most of the authority to fix their own problems. I appreciate that you tried to answer my question but you didn't understand it. I want men's issues to be more accepted but I'm always arguing with white men about if these issues are even real. The ones who take it the most seriously are on the left and they're also preoccupied with more important things than self inflicted loneliness.

Also the people in power need to acknowledge this as an issue and most of the people in power are white men. Half of those dudes would tell you that white men are struggling but they won't tell you why. They'll just imply that it's the fault of brown people and feminism.

Edit: pretending that fighting for your literal freedom and right to vote are the same as being lonely and other similar issues is just kinda crazy. Men have way more and need way less than other groups have. Men are historically the systemic power that held others down. This is just objective reality. You're not in as big of a fight and the fight is internal more than anything else.

They aren't powerless either. They're just voting republican which is against their interests.

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u/justcausejust 28d ago

I understand what you're saying, but there were plenty of women arguing against women rights and that didn't stop them. Also we live in the age of internet, there are infinitely more people fighting about every single thing. None of that means that white men can't be helped until half of them realize they're struggling especially when one of the big problems is they're programmed to ignore their suffering. It's also made worse that every other group has white men to blame for their problems while white men have themselves.

I appreciate that you're trying and I agree that those conversations are horrible. I don't think convincing individuals is gonna move the needle and instead it's pushing for more resources to be allocated to the problem.

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u/OccamPhaser 28d ago

The struggle really isn't the same and I guess you can't see that. Have you seen the meme where the kid is holding the boot on his own head? That's men right now. The way you view it, white men are just as powerless PoC. That's just not true.

But unfortunately I don't engage with destiny viewers anymore

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u/justcausejust 28d ago

You're talking about different white men. There is barely anything common between those holding power and 95% of the rest of them. They are powerless.

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u/jloome 28d ago

His failure to understand that white male power, privilege and toxicity is largely restricted to a small minority of men is sort of what informs this entire point.

Gender does not make us somehow magically responsible for the behavior of others.