• nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 hours ago

    I have as many female friends as male friends, I’ve never found it to be culturally discouraged but im autistic so peer pressure doesn’t really work on me so maybe I just didn’t notice.

    • Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      17 hours ago

      It maybe depends on the particular culture/context around you. When I was growing up I was usually in explicitly Christian contexts, so it was probably more repressive than what some people experience. I think that toxic masculinity is pretty widespread, though.