Divorce seems to radicalize american men in a way that needs to be studied
A divorced american man will join a right wing terror group because he didnt get custody of the kids he didnt take care of at all
An american man will have an affair with a colleague, get caught, get divorced, and join isis
Intelligent words from @junequeer
God, I love tumblr, its the only place where we can get a philosophical analysis of why divorcees crumble and it was in the tags. Like if not for the screenshot, 90% of people would miss this wisdom
[ Image description: screenshots of tags, broken into two images. Text reads: #its the removal of identity and rejection of their place in the world btw #american men are groomed (yes im using that word on purpose) to believe that it is ther Duty and their Right to have a nuclear famiky #and to not achieve The American Nuclear Family is to not be a man. it is to be only a career man at best and fag at worst #and once they achieve that goal they aren't taught and dont realize that they actually have to try to keep that shit #they think theyve Achieved The Goal. why would they have to maintain that? the box has been checked #so they dont parent and they neglect their wife and they cheat and they dont care bc they didnt particularly care about the family anyway #but divorce is the removal of their identity and stakes and pride in being The American Family Patriarch #suddenly the box they took for granted has been unchecked #and they no longer know who they are anymore or what their purpose is or how to proceed. bc the american dream doesnt have room for them #and thats why this mostly happens with men who havent really reckoned with the fact that the american dream doesnt actually have room #for anyone at all #so they get radicalized by groups who know that they are going through an identity death and they take advantage of the patriotism they have #and become even worse people. bc the bad people are telling them that they dont have to reckon with or process the emotions of the divorce #they tell them theyre justified in their anger and that they ARE still the American Family Patriarch. they ARE still everything they thought #they just have to beat those (insert group here) in order to get everything back. and these men fall for it bc bigotry is easier than #having to build their own identity from scratch bc the last one was borrowed from their father and refined by shame #esp since these men were never taught any kind of emotional intelligence or how to handle complex emotions and never cared to learn #anyway. End description ]
