u/diabolical_beingg

heyy, this is my day 3 of reading research papers.
today i read that the contries who believe in this idea of manhood and real man tends to have lower happiness index, lower GDP, lower life expectancy, and higher corruption.

it happens because manhood in these cultures is very fragile, it needs to be constantly proven, and this title of being a real man can be easily lost if u fail at being masculine.
cultural norms associate masculanity with strength, independence and dominance,
and when men feel that they aren't meeting these expectations they experience anxiety, shame and social insecurity,
some studies even shows that, threats to masculanity can lead some men to react with aggresion and more competetiveness.

this is a part of this article -

"rigid gender norms harm national economies by steering men away from essential “feminine” fields, like caregiving and education, and restricting women’s workforce participation. Furthermore, the pressure to appear tough drives risky health behaviors (like smoking and heavy drinking) and discourages emotional vulnerability, ultimately lowering life expectancy and eroding community trust. The researchers also noted that precarious masculinity ideals are often exploited by authoritarian “strongman” political leaders, which can deepen societal polarization and fragmentation."

i m too tired to write more lol, that's why copy-pasting the above paragraph.
lemme know your thoughtss!!

I went to get a haircut today, I strictly told my barber ki jyada chhote mat karna and cut only around 1inches, at first I was like okayy he is doing a good job & I was lowkey happy but when he reached flow state 😭😭😭 he kept going and kept cutting my hair.

now I literally look like an egg not even kidding, itne ache curls aa rakhe the sab chod diye, curly hair ko straight kar diya. 😭😭😭

and I have an event in my clg in around 2 days, what should I do now gng

so this is my day-2 of reading research papers,
and today i read that, nowadays a lot of people talk to AI chatbots to reduce loneliness and share their problems, so there was a research done by UBC on their first sem students to find out if chatbots actually helps or not.

in the research, they found that chatbots actually don't help much with loneliness.
they do uplift your mood for sure, and they are empathatic towards you too but they do not reduce the feelings of loneliness, while the people who talk to humans were less lonely, even if that human is stranger,
it happens because human connection is done back and forth, we recieve and give support too, that makes us feel that we matter,
while when we talk to chatbots there is nothing we give them back.

lemme know your thoughts 🥰