On Monday, I talked a little about the toxic culture surrounding masculinity and how it hurts men. Today, I want to start the conversation to help dismantle it. And one of the best places to start is to talk about sex. Specifically: male virginity and the shame in not having sex. One of the things that I've seen come up over and over again in the aftermath of the Elliot Rodger shooting is the number of men - men of literally all ages - talking about the shame and pain of being a male virg...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Hey Doc, I need your help. I am an incel, but not the kind of incel that comes to mind when you hear or read the word. I am not a hateful incel. I'm simply an incel by the words definition, nothing more, nothing less. As for my major problem, it too is implied by the question, and that question is, 'how do I stop being an incel?' I've exhausted every conceivable strategy to lose the negative mindset, but I'm all out of options and I need someone who knows what to do in a situation such as min...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Estimated reading time: 14 minutes Ello Doc I've seem to have a very toxic relationship with my own virginity especially my mid 20s. I hate it, I despise it and I distain and frankly honestly want to get rid of this burden that's crushing me like a ton of bricks. Let's be honest it's 2024 and well it's trendy, sex positive (thank you Bumble) and feminist shame, degrade and mock men for being virgins (and their penis size) and kinda understandably so because frankly lotta of male virgins (or i...| Paging Dr. NerdLove