Less masculine men who are uncomfortable with their absence of manly qualities are on average more likely to commit physical assault, inflict injuries on others, and drink driving (I was wondering what some radfems think of this).

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This might get more traction/generate good responses on s/gendercriticalguys.

What stood out to me was the second part of the title: "More likely to commit violent assaults with weapons and to cause injury if they feel others see them in this light too". Inability to regulate one's own self-esteem makes a person totally vulnerable to the evaluations of others. Oftentimes it makes them obsessed with markers of status (such as masculinity for a man) because high status = positive evaluation (from external sources) = safe self-image. This sounds like Narcissistic Personality Disorder, more specifically narcissistic rage.

We should get rid of gendered expectations, but narcissistic violence will always find a scapegoat. I'm not interpreting this from a radfem lens but from from a psychological one.