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“So these young men live with surgical changes that they can’t reverse, including the removal of their testicles, the inversion of their penises…” This testimony should haunt every California legislator who votes yes on Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 934. Dr. Joseph Burgo, a gay clinical psychologist, works with detransitioned... males who now understand they were gay young men fleeing shame around their homosexuality. SB 934 will make it dangerous for therapists to help gender-confused young people accept their bodies and avoid hormones and surgeries that can destroy sexual function. In April, Jonni S🦎, a young gay man, testified against this same bill. In his devastating testimony, he said that after puberty blockers and years of estrogen, he has never experienced an orgasm. Lawmakers passed it out of committee anyway. How much testimony will California Democrats ignore before they admit what their cowardice is doing to vulnerable youth?show more

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Incredible testimony from Dr. Joseph Burgo : “These young men live with surgical changes that they can't reverse, including the removal of their testicles, the inversion of their penises into a neo vagina, and often the loss of sexual function or pleasure, and that's for life. They're also trapped in a body that requires ongoing medical care due to surgical complications, again for life.”

Incredible testimony from Dr. Joseph Burgo : “These young men live with surgical changes that they can't reverse, including the removal of their testicles, the inversion of their penises into a neo vagina, and often the loss of sexual function or pleasure, and that's for life. They're also trapped in a body that requires ongoing medical care due to surgical complications, again for life.”

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California State Senator Senator Scott Wiener stood there fidgeting, playing with his mouth, while a 23-year-old gay man testified he was pushed into a medical transition as a child and is now living with permanent damage, including that he has never had an orgasm and may never experience one. Then Wiener voted YES on SB 934, going after therapists, including Christians, who help kids with gender dysphoria accept their biological reality.

California State Senator Senator Scott Wiener stood there fidgeting, playing with his mouth, while a 23-year-old gay man testified he was pushed into a medical transition as a child and is now living with permanent damage, including that he has never had an orgasm and may never experience one. Then Wiener voted YES on SB 934, going after therapists, including Christians, who help kids with gender dysphoria accept their biological reality.

Amy Reichert

299,218 views • 2 months ago

NEW: David Hogg gets a huge reaction from Bill Maher after saying Democrats need to reconnect with young men who just want to “get laid and have fun” without walking on eggshells. He said the parties have flipped. Democrats are now the snobs that judge your every move. “What I think happened last election is younger men—they would rather vote for somebody who they don’t completely agree with, they don’t feel judged by, than somebody who they do agree with, that they feel like they have to walk on eggshells around constantly because they’re going to be judged or ostracized or excommunicated.” And because of that, young men are walking away. “Nobody is perfect. But ultimately, what we have to do here is figure out how to bring people back in and work towards the bigger goal of advancing the future of this country and helping young people especially get by, so that they’re able to focus on their lives and getting with a young woman or something like that, instead of how are they going to pay their rent, for example, or how are they working their two jobs. “Young people should be able to focus on what young people should be focused on, which is how to get laid and how to go and have fun.” Maher clapped, stood up, and shook Hogg’s hand after that comment.

NEW: David Hogg gets a huge reaction from Bill Maher after saying Democrats need to reconnect with young men who just want to “get laid and have fun” without walking on eggshells. He said the parties have flipped. Democrats are now the snobs that judge your every move. “What I think happened last election is younger men—they would rather vote for somebody who they don’t completely agree with, they don’t feel judged by, than somebody who they do agree with, that they feel like they have to walk on eggshells around constantly because they’re going to be judged or ostracized or excommunicated.” And because of that, young men are walking away. “Nobody is perfect. But ultimately, what we have to do here is figure out how to bring people back in and work towards the bigger goal of advancing the future of this country and helping young people especially get by, so that they’re able to focus on their lives and getting with a young woman or something like that, instead of how are they going to pay their rent, for example, or how are they working their two jobs. “Young people should be able to focus on what young people should be focused on, which is how to get laid and how to go and have fun.” Maher clapped, stood up, and shook Hogg’s hand after that comment.

The Vigilant Fox 🦊

1,995,660 views • 1 year ago

“I was put on estrogen and blockers at the age of 13. My body fell apart.” Jonni S🦎’s 💔 testimony to the CA Assembly Health Committee (3/17/26) 🧵 Listen to the devastating testimony of Jonni & Layla, former child victims of chemical castration and sex-rejecting interventions. Watch callous legislators’ faces and then hear them ignore their pain and twist their words.

“I was put on estrogen and blockers at the age of 13. My body fell apart.” Jonni S🦎’s 💔 testimony to the CA Assembly Health Committee (3/17/26) 🧵 Listen to the devastating testimony of Jonni & Layla, former child victims of chemical castration and sex-rejecting interventions. Watch callous legislators’ faces and then hear them ignore their pain and twist their words.

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“Pride was never just a celebration. It was people with everything to lose, refusing to be silent.” Jamie Reed Whistleblower’s barn burner of a speech to the California Assembly Judiciary Committee. In 2023, Jamie spoke out, knowing what it would cost, because children were being harmed. Now SB 934 would silence the next clinician who wants to help a child accept their body, or ask about trauma, autism, or sexual orientation. Pride was born from courage. SB 934 is born from fear: fear of questions, fear of dissent, fear of admitting that gay and autistic kids are being medicalized instead of understood.

“Pride was never just a celebration. It was people with everything to lose, refusing to be silent.” Jamie Reed Whistleblower’s barn burner of a speech to the California Assembly Judiciary Committee. In 2023, Jamie spoke out, knowing what it would cost, because children were being harmed. Now SB 934 would silence the next clinician who wants to help a child accept their body, or ask about trauma, autism, or sexual orientation. Pride was born from courage. SB 934 is born from fear: fear of questions, fear of dissent, fear of admitting that gay and autistic kids are being medicalized instead of understood.

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38,697 views • 11 days ago

PLEASE RETWEET This is to acknowledge that the Zimbabwean youth have paid attention to the Auditor-General’s report, which has once again shown the alarming levels of corruption and looting in this country. These brave young people of Zimbabwe are dedicating their hearts and minds to understanding and exposing the outrageous corruption in their country to their peers, as revealed by the Auditor-General’s report. Our job as elders is simply to RETWEET so that many more young people understand the importance of this report. What they do with it is their decision. RETWEETING it for them costs you nothing but will bring the necessary visibility to more young people! You can and should follow these focused youths on their Twitter handle @Youth_ZW

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Hopewell Chin’ono

81,168 views • 1 year ago

"The result is I'm a 23-year old gay man who's never had an orgasm and may never experience one. Let that sink in." Gay detransitioner Jonni Skinner testified against CA bill AB 1876, which forces insurance to cover gender treatments with no age limits. He started blockers and estrogen at 13 and suffered bladder ulcers, fatigue, and permanent loss of sexual function. Senator Scott Wiener, a leading advocate for transing youth, fidgeted with his mouth and looked visibly uncomfortable hearing Jonni speak. (video in comments)

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"The result is I'm a 23-year old gay man who's never had an orgasm and may never experience one. Let that sink in." Gay detransitioner Jonni Skinner testified against CA bill AB 1876, which forces insurance to cover gender treatments with no age limits. He started blockers and estrogen at 13 and suffered bladder ulcers, fatigue, and permanent loss of sexual function. Senator Scott Wiener, a leading advocate for transing youth, fidgeted with his mouth and looked visibly uncomfortable hearing Jonni speak. (video in comments)

Gays Against Groomers

34,154 views • 2 months ago

This young man has returned and reiterated his warning to the people of Katsina State about selling their votes. He made it clear that anyone who accepts ₦5,000 or a bag of noodles and votes for the APC should be held accountable, regardless of who they are. Share and repost this message massively 📌

This young man has returned and reiterated his warning to the people of Katsina State about selling their votes. He made it clear that anyone who accepts ₦5,000 or a bag of noodles and votes for the APC should be held accountable, regardless of who they are. Share and repost this message massively 📌

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Last night, Democrats imposed their will on Oregonians. It was one of the most brazen and purest forms of political power I have ever experienced in this building. They advanced their election-rigging bill, SB 1599, out of committee, in complete contradiction of the will of the people. I was proud to stand with Oregonians to vote against it. I will continue to oppose their power grab every step of the way.

Last night, Democrats imposed their will on Oregonians. It was one of the most brazen and purest forms of political power I have ever experienced in this building. They advanced their election-rigging bill, SB 1599, out of committee, in complete contradiction of the will of the people. I was proud to stand with Oregonians to vote against it. I will continue to oppose their power grab every step of the way.

Shelly Boshart Davis

21,995 views • 4 months ago

"The result is I'm a 23-year old gay man who's never had an orgasm and may never experience one. Let that sink in." Jonni Skinner tells the California legislature's judiciary committee how he was puberty blocked, dosed with estrogen and rendered anorgasmic as a minor by gender clinicians that never inquired into the source of his gender confusion as a child and instead put him on a pipeline to a lifetime of medicalization. Full text of his comments below: "When I was young, I was a feminine child, and I discovered trans influencers online. They said: 'Change your body and your life gets better. Don't and it gets worse.' Or, as my doctors told my mom, I would commit suicide. The medical and mental health providers didn't bother to ask why I felt the way I did. They poisoned my body with blockers and hormones, arresting my puberty and messing with my development. The result is I'm a 23 year old gay man who's never had an orgasm and may never experience one. Let that sink in. I was rendered anorgasmic because once you say you could be trans, that's a full stop -- no exploration as to why is allowed, even if you are struggling. The former president of WPATH, Dr Marcy Bowers, the California surgeon who had performed the surgery for Jazz Jennings at 17, admitted on video that puberty blockers, followed by cross sex hormones, results in no orgasms and stunted genitals. SB, 934 guarantees that more people will end up like me, the walking but wounded. I could have been spared all of this, if any of my therapists would have explored why I felt dysphoric. But they never did. They only led me to hate my body more. The Supreme Court just ruled in a rare bipartisan decision that laws like this are unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. This bill is an attempted workaround that will be used to silence therapists who could have helped me avoid the irreversible harms to my body and the loss of my sexual function as is the same for many others. So today, I ask you to extend some empathy to survivors like me and vote no for this bill."

"The result is I'm a 23-year old gay man who's never had an orgasm and may never experience one. Let that sink in." Jonni Skinner tells the California legislature's judiciary committee how he was puberty blocked, dosed with estrogen and rendered anorgasmic as a minor by gender clinicians that never inquired into the source of his gender confusion as a child and instead put him on a pipeline to a lifetime of medicalization. Full text of his comments below: "When I was young, I was a feminine child, and I discovered trans influencers online. They said: 'Change your body and your life gets better. Don't and it gets worse.' Or, as my doctors told my mom, I would commit suicide. The medical and mental health providers didn't bother to ask why I felt the way I did. They poisoned my body with blockers and hormones, arresting my puberty and messing with my development. The result is I'm a 23 year old gay man who's never had an orgasm and may never experience one. Let that sink in. I was rendered anorgasmic because once you say you could be trans, that's a full stop -- no exploration as to why is allowed, even if you are struggling. The former president of WPATH, Dr Marcy Bowers, the California surgeon who had performed the surgery for Jazz Jennings at 17, admitted on video that puberty blockers, followed by cross sex hormones, results in no orgasms and stunted genitals. SB, 934 guarantees that more people will end up like me, the walking but wounded. I could have been spared all of this, if any of my therapists would have explored why I felt dysphoric. But they never did. They only led me to hate my body more. The Supreme Court just ruled in a rare bipartisan decision that laws like this are unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. This bill is an attempted workaround that will be used to silence therapists who could have helped me avoid the irreversible harms to my body and the loss of my sexual function as is the same for many others. So today, I ask you to extend some empathy to survivors like me and vote no for this bill."

Wesley Yang

1,220,830 views • 2 months ago

Jonni S🦎 is a brave young man. Here are the two videos side-by-side and his full text below. “When I was young, I was a feminine child, and I discovered trans influencers online. They said: 'Change your body and your life gets better. Don't and it gets worse.' Or, as my doctors told my mom, I would commit suicide. The medical and mental health providers didn't bother to ask why I felt the way I did. They poisoned my body with blockers and hormones, arresting my puberty and messing with my development. The result is I'm a 23 year old gay man who's never had an orgasm and may never experience one. Let that sink in. I was rendered anorgasmic because once you say you could be trans, that's a full stop -- no exploration as to why is allowed, even if you are struggling. The former president of WPATH, Dr Marcy Bowers, the California surgeon who had performed the surgery for Jazz Jennings at 17, admitted on video that puberty blockers, followed by cross sex hormones, results in no orgasms and stunted genitals. SB, 934 guarantees that more people will end up like me, the walking but wounded. I could have been spared all of this, if any of my therapists would have explored why I felt dysphoric. But they never did. They only led me to hate my body more. The Supreme Court just ruled in a rare bipartisan decision that laws like this are unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. This bill is an attempted workaround that will be used to silence therapists who could have helped me avoid the irreversible harms to my body and the loss of my sexual function as is the same for many others. So today, I ask you to extend some empathy to survivors like me and vote no for this bill."

Jonni S🦎 is a brave young man. Here are the two videos side-by-side and his full text below. “When I was young, I was a feminine child, and I discovered trans influencers online. They said: 'Change your body and your life gets better. Don't and it gets worse.' Or, as my doctors told my mom, I would commit suicide. The medical and mental health providers didn't bother to ask why I felt the way I did. They poisoned my body with blockers and hormones, arresting my puberty and messing with my development. The result is I'm a 23 year old gay man who's never had an orgasm and may never experience one. Let that sink in. I was rendered anorgasmic because once you say you could be trans, that's a full stop -- no exploration as to why is allowed, even if you are struggling. The former president of WPATH, Dr Marcy Bowers, the California surgeon who had performed the surgery for Jazz Jennings at 17, admitted on video that puberty blockers, followed by cross sex hormones, results in no orgasms and stunted genitals. SB, 934 guarantees that more people will end up like me, the walking but wounded. I could have been spared all of this, if any of my therapists would have explored why I felt dysphoric. But they never did. They only led me to hate my body more. The Supreme Court just ruled in a rare bipartisan decision that laws like this are unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. This bill is an attempted workaround that will be used to silence therapists who could have helped me avoid the irreversible harms to my body and the loss of my sexual function as is the same for many others. So today, I ask you to extend some empathy to survivors like me and vote no for this bill."

Beth Bourne

11,177 views • 2 months ago

Tim Walz says of Trump’s appeal to young men, “If you don’t give kids a place to belong, they’ll go find one.” Walz thinks he’s talking about the importance of music classes in public school or something stupid like that, but is more right than he realizes. The left made young men, especially young white men, into complete punching bags. They said their fathers and grandfathers were evil, they discriminated against them and said they deserved it, and more. The left told men every day that society didn’t need them and didn’t want them. So, they turned to somebody who was ready to fight for them. Now, the left is in a shambles, and it was all of their own making.

Tim Walz says of Trump’s appeal to young men, “If you don’t give kids a place to belong, they’ll go find one.” Walz thinks he’s talking about the importance of music classes in public school or something stupid like that, but is more right than he realizes. The left made young men, especially young white men, into complete punching bags. They said their fathers and grandfathers were evil, they discriminated against them and said they deserved it, and more. The left told men every day that society didn’t need them and didn’t want them. So, they turned to somebody who was ready to fight for them. Now, the left is in a shambles, and it was all of their own making.

Charlie Kirk

385,384 views • 1 year ago

Charlie Munger: "The young people who want to shout out their resentment at this or that, what they're doing is pounding it in. Nobody is listening to them when they shout out. They are just pounding a lot of nonsense in [to their heads]."

Charlie Munger: "The young people who want to shout out their resentment at this or that, what they're doing is pounding it in. Nobody is listening to them when they shout out. They are just pounding a lot of nonsense in [to their heads]."

Kevin Carpenter

17,649 views • 4 months ago

Why did Amazeorg remove this 5-year-old video from their YouTube channel today when Bill Ackman brought attention to it on X? Is it be because, as Bill said, it acts as a "transgender recruitment cartoon" for kids feeling awkward about their bodies during puberty? Or is it because the scientific claims made about the effects of puberty blockers being "temporary" and reversible were never evidence based? I think we all deserve an explanation. TRANSCRIPT: A person who is transgender is someone whose internal sense of their gender—being a boy, girl, or something else—doesn't match their physical body. People who feel this way sometimes feel anxious when they begin to reach puberty and their body starts to change in ways that don't match their internal sense of their gender. These feelings are totally normal. If you feel you want more time to explore how you feel about your gender before your body starts to change, it's important to talk with a parent, counselor, therapist, or doctor about the feelings you have regarding your gender. After some discussion and counseling, you may be referred to an endocrinologist. Endocrinologists specialize in hormones, and they're the most likely to prescribe puberty blockers for someone who wants them. Puberty blockers are medications that will stop your body from changing. They're usually given as an injection or an implant. They block the production of hormones to stop or delay the physical changes of puberty. The effects of the medication are only temporary, so if a person stops using puberty blockers, the physical changes of puberty will begin again. Whether you identify as male, female, genderqueer, or something else, you're perfectly normal. And there are lots of ways to manage puberty so that it can be a fun, exciting time rather than a scary or stressful one.

Why did Amazeorg remove this 5-year-old video from their YouTube channel today when Bill Ackman brought attention to it on X? Is it be because, as Bill said, it acts as a "transgender recruitment cartoon" for kids feeling awkward about their bodies during puberty? Or is it because the scientific claims made about the effects of puberty blockers being "temporary" and reversible were never evidence based? I think we all deserve an explanation. TRANSCRIPT: A person who is transgender is someone whose internal sense of their gender—being a boy, girl, or something else—doesn't match their physical body. People who feel this way sometimes feel anxious when they begin to reach puberty and their body starts to change in ways that don't match their internal sense of their gender. These feelings are totally normal. If you feel you want more time to explore how you feel about your gender before your body starts to change, it's important to talk with a parent, counselor, therapist, or doctor about the feelings you have regarding your gender. After some discussion and counseling, you may be referred to an endocrinologist. Endocrinologists specialize in hormones, and they're the most likely to prescribe puberty blockers for someone who wants them. Puberty blockers are medications that will stop your body from changing. They're usually given as an injection or an implant. They block the production of hormones to stop or delay the physical changes of puberty. The effects of the medication are only temporary, so if a person stops using puberty blockers, the physical changes of puberty will begin again. Whether you identify as male, female, genderqueer, or something else, you're perfectly normal. And there are lots of ways to manage puberty so that it can be a fun, exciting time rather than a scary or stressful one.

Colin Wright

109,087 views • 1 year ago

Another remarkable clip from Wiener’s SB 934 hearing. Hearing Wiener imagine being a parent is bizarre, but I want to focus on the committee’s inability to understand the bill they are voting on. Few realize California lawmakers have been inserting “gender” nonsense into state law for decades. It starts in 1998, when “gender” is added to the hate crime code. Then it appears in the Education Code, opening the door to boys in girls’ bathrooms. By 2003, “gender identity” enters the Government Code. In 2005, female-only public accommodations are gone. In 2007, the biological definition of sex is stripped from the Education Code. By 2013, girls’ sports are no longer protected as female-only. In 2017, self-ID comes to driver’s licenses. By 2021, it reaches women’s prisons. I’ve watched many of the hearings & the pattern is always the same. Every bill is “minor.” Just “codifying.” Just “clarifying.” Just “aligning statutes.” Opponents are dismissed as confused or hysterical. “This won’t let boys into girls’ bathrooms. You’re overreacting.” Then the bill passes and that is exactly what it does. Nothing is different with SB 934. All the committee members (even the R’s) seem sold on the idea the SB 934 merely changes the statute of limitations, nothing more. But anyone with a working brain can read the text of SB 934 (it’s not long) and compare it to the existing CA law on conversion therapy. Under existing law, SB 1172, enforcement of conversion therapy is limited to licensing boards and deals only with “sexual orientation.” However, SB 934 explicitly allows a plaintiff to bring a civil action (lawsuit) for “gender identity change efforts” and recover damages. That is a massive expansion of liability. And even if this were “just” a statute of limitations bill, that should raise a different question: why are we continuing to expand a legal regime in a highly controversial and contested space? But never mind all that. The committee is convinced this is a simple, small bill that increases the statute of limitations. We’ve seen this play out for 25 years. And each time, lawmakers say: this changes nothing or very little. And each time, the law expands far beyond what was promised. SB 934 follows the same script.

Another remarkable clip from Wiener’s SB 934 hearing. Hearing Wiener imagine being a parent is bizarre, but I want to focus on the committee’s inability to understand the bill they are voting on. Few realize California lawmakers have been inserting “gender” nonsense into state law for decades. It starts in 1998, when “gender” is added to the hate crime code. Then it appears in the Education Code, opening the door to boys in girls’ bathrooms. By 2003, “gender identity” enters the Government Code. In 2005, female-only public accommodations are gone. In 2007, the biological definition of sex is stripped from the Education Code. By 2013, girls’ sports are no longer protected as female-only. In 2017, self-ID comes to driver’s licenses. By 2021, it reaches women’s prisons. I’ve watched many of the hearings & the pattern is always the same. Every bill is “minor.” Just “codifying.” Just “clarifying.” Just “aligning statutes.” Opponents are dismissed as confused or hysterical. “This won’t let boys into girls’ bathrooms. You’re overreacting.” Then the bill passes and that is exactly what it does. Nothing is different with SB 934. All the committee members (even the R’s) seem sold on the idea the SB 934 merely changes the statute of limitations, nothing more. But anyone with a working brain can read the text of SB 934 (it’s not long) and compare it to the existing CA law on conversion therapy. Under existing law, SB 1172, enforcement of conversion therapy is limited to licensing boards and deals only with “sexual orientation.” However, SB 934 explicitly allows a plaintiff to bring a civil action (lawsuit) for “gender identity change efforts” and recover damages. That is a massive expansion of liability. And even if this were “just” a statute of limitations bill, that should raise a different question: why are we continuing to expand a legal regime in a highly controversial and contested space? But never mind all that. The committee is convinced this is a simple, small bill that increases the statute of limitations. We’ve seen this play out for 25 years. And each time, lawmakers say: this changes nothing or very little. And each time, the law expands far beyond what was promised. SB 934 follows the same script.

WomenAreReal

25,235 views • 2 months ago

JUST IN: California State Assembly has just passed a bill allowing parents to lose custody of their children if they refuse to accept their child's gender transition. They want your kids. “California lawmakers send Gov. Gavin Newsom a proposed law that would require judges to consider a parents affirmation of their child’s identity in custody cases,” reported Ashley Zavala on X. State senator Scott Wiener, who has no kids, co-authored the legislation. Creep.

JUST IN: California State Assembly has just passed a bill allowing parents to lose custody of their children if they refuse to accept their child's gender transition. They want your kids. “California lawmakers send Gov. Gavin Newsom a proposed law that would require judges to consider a parents affirmation of their child’s identity in custody cases,” reported Ashley Zavala on X. State senator Scott Wiener, who has no kids, co-authored the legislation. Creep.

Collin Rugg

8,870,853 views • 2 years ago

. Jeremy Boreing asked me how we can help young men find meaning and purpose. Not philosophically…practically. First, I addressed what we are doing wrong. We are not meeting them where they are, on their terms, and until we do that, they won’t be receptive. Gen-Z is not proactively seeking advice, so we have to bring it to them. Second, we need to acknowledge that certain things in their life ARE hard. Too many in the “older” generations are not acknowledging this and simply telling them to “suck it up.” But…we then need to demonstrate to them that life has always been hard and we need to give them that perspective. How do we do this? Make “rites of passage” great again. Getting your driver’s license (I meet so many young people who simply Uber everywhere and thus never got a license). Making the varsity football team (so many young people gave up on sports during Covid). Asking a girl on a date: face-to-face. You become a “legal” adult on your 18th birthday. But you become an actual adult when you acquire enough life experiences that deem you mature enough to BE an adult and these come through rites of passage. Right now we have a generation of young males trying to “learn” manhood from the manosphere which is the definition of immaturity. A “rite of passage” is about triumphing through and beyond something. The manosphere’s business model is to keep young men stuck. It creates followers, not leaders. Perhaps the most important rite of passage we can provide these young men right now is to leave this nonsense and go on with building their lives on their own terms. Young men need the dirt under their fingernails that comes from REAL life experiences, not the calluses on their fingers that come from constant screen swipes.

. Jeremy Boreing asked me how we can help young men find meaning and purpose. Not philosophically…practically. First, I addressed what we are doing wrong. We are not meeting them where they are, on their terms, and until we do that, they won’t be receptive. Gen-Z is not proactively seeking advice, so we have to bring it to them. Second, we need to acknowledge that certain things in their life ARE hard. Too many in the “older” generations are not acknowledging this and simply telling them to “suck it up.” But…we then need to demonstrate to them that life has always been hard and we need to give them that perspective. How do we do this? Make “rites of passage” great again. Getting your driver’s license (I meet so many young people who simply Uber everywhere and thus never got a license). Making the varsity football team (so many young people gave up on sports during Covid). Asking a girl on a date: face-to-face. You become a “legal” adult on your 18th birthday. But you become an actual adult when you acquire enough life experiences that deem you mature enough to BE an adult and these come through rites of passage. Right now we have a generation of young males trying to “learn” manhood from the manosphere which is the definition of immaturity. A “rite of passage” is about triumphing through and beyond something. The manosphere’s business model is to keep young men stuck. It creates followers, not leaders. Perhaps the most important rite of passage we can provide these young men right now is to leave this nonsense and go on with building their lives on their own terms. Young men need the dirt under their fingernails that comes from REAL life experiences, not the calluses on their fingers that come from constant screen swipes.

Gates Garcia

16,703 views • 1 month ago

TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY Yesterday the mayor of Elk Grove, Bobbie Singh-Allen, was very unhappy with me protesting her TDOV celebration. After I spoke, a sweet, quirky young man who identifies as a "transwoman" said it was white, cis-gender males in this country who are dangerous. It was heartbreaking. They’ve groomed and programmed young people to hate their natural bodies.

TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY Yesterday the mayor of Elk Grove, Bobbie Singh-Allen, was very unhappy with me protesting her TDOV celebration. After I spoke, a sweet, quirky young man who identifies as a "transwoman" said it was white, cis-gender males in this country who are dangerous. It was heartbreaking. They’ve groomed and programmed young people to hate their natural bodies.

Beth Bourne

41,087 views • 2 months ago