Preventing Prison Recidivism By Unlearning Toxic Masculinity

Through the Guiding Rage Into Power program, these California inmates are taking accountability for their crimes. Their training includes understanding the violence they’ve committed in the context of trauma and traditional notions of manhood - and it might be the answer to the state’s recidivism problem.
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[@samandros3451]

This is a wonderful program. It would be great if we could provide programs like this to young men before they take the wrong path in life.

[@lisbethyoung3047]

This should be taught in school to EVERYONE

[@aimee9878]

More men need to watch this.

[@mikeroagreschen5350]

No. School is not the place to push your ideology.

[@Em-rr2sh]

The comments on this video are not it. Sad that these commentators are stuck in the patriarchy. Praying they see the bigger picture.

[@samiabatchelor3744]

Agreed. Im commenting to support YOUR comment

[@samiabatchelor3744]

What people don’t realize is that most people in prison aren’t there for life. Eventually they will come out, and financially it makes more sense to invest in their rehabilitation than to wait for them to just return back to prison. This is powerful.

[@Cyberphunkisms]

lmao neoliberal-intersectional feminism FUELS carceral feminism and they make these kinds of inverted videos.

[@jamesmacinnes8397]

there is no such thing as toxic masculinity. i will pray you find god

[@catalinacurio]

In Finland they have more open prisons, at least one of them is on an island where visitors don't usually know there are inmates among them. The entire Judicial process is very humane and considers the family unit as well as the prisoner. It has one of the lowest rates of recidivism in the world.....

[@johngriff914]

And 3 million fewer people than New York City alone. Just because something works there, doesn’t mean it will work everywhere

[@michellemcmanus2729]

​@@johngriff914 from small seeds forests grow!! Dismantling toxic masculinity can help all human beings to accept and love themselves and change their thought patterns to healthier ones and in turn inspire others to do the same

[@lesliep7727]

Love this so much. I am so glad there are people out there who can work with their compassion. Heroes I look up to and want to follow some day.

[@nightshiftregulator1836]

I guess we can’t take this to a women's prison….

[@michellemcmanus2729]

This would benefit a lot of female inmates aswell... the program is about trauma and it's links to violence and how to accept yourself and love yourself as a human being so anyone can benefit from that

[@chinaiscommittinggenocidei4924]

This should be taught in school to everyone as a preventative measure.

[@77tubuck]

Do the female inmates have to take a toxic masculinity course?

[@joygomillion7367]

I can’t imagine why they would... but they may need too

[@shaygoldberg1735]

Most female inmates are there because they attached themselves to the wrong men...they should teach female separatism in women's prisons

[@77tubuck]

@@shaygoldberg1735 That's right just blame the men in your life for everything. Fail a math test just blame men. The concept of toxic masculinity is one of the dumbest things I have heard in my life.

[@abum4595]

@@rachel3504 Not everyone shares your religion

[@AsyncVoid]

Only the black ones, for some reason

[@shellza5303]

Hypnotism by an oblong box in the corner of the room

[@sundevil2295]

How about unlearning violence completely. I don't see a segment about Antifa members in prison talking about how they regret their actions.

[@realmaletearsaspatriarchys1351]

yes they do and they show regret!

[@blattimus]

Unlearning violence works fine until the next war or home invasion. There have been numerous pacifist societies throughout history who focussed on science and the arts, and weaving dandelions into each other's hair instead of military arts. They were promptly invaded and destroyed by more sensible societies who understood that man-bun-sporting arts students who are unable to change a tire or shoot a rifle are a terrible defence against a violent attack. Definitely within stable societies, between criminal attacks and insurrections, violence isn't required for everyday life, and can be a big problem when mis-directed -- unless you're the police officer or soldier who must sometimes use violence to protect civilians from violence or defend their country from foreign invasion. But hundreds of thousands of years of evolution and struggles for survival left the remaining genetic lines violent and aggressive -- as well as nurturing, ambitious and enterprising -- because these traits allowed their communities to survive and prosper. In my opinion, there is no turning off traits which modern radicals consider 'toxic,' because of current social trends. And if the civil war which corporate media is encouraging with this divisive identity politics nonsense, or a foreign invasion occurs -- which over a long enough time span it definitely will -- we'll all be glad to have men and women able and willing to defend our society with violence.

[@samandros3451]

"Antifa" is a right-wing fantasy used to justify white supremacist violence.

[@michellemcmanus2729]

​@@blattimus you could be hurt tomorrow and end up in a wheelchair! Where will masculinity serve you then?? Having violence as the only way you can prove yourself as a man is soul destroying and makes you harmful to be around, which i can only imagine is incredibly lonely and an awful cycle to be trapped in.

[@blattimus]

@@michellemcmanus2729 it seems that you didn’t understand my comment at all. Maybe try re-reading it carefully without your ideological bias? How did you come up with this silly idea that violence is the only way I can “prove myself” as a man, since I didn’t mention myself at all? In fact I avoid violence as much as possible. And I’m harmful to be around and am trapped in a lonely and awful cycle? Really? How would you know? Seriously? You don’t know me, so have no basis for any of these goofy assumptions. Did you think that wild and paranoid ad hominem speculation was the same thing as a rational conversation?

[@AsyncVoid]

Creepy as hell

[@michellemcmanus2729]

Truth can feel like that ❤

[@helenzhao5471]

Powerful stuff!

[@caesarprice3252]

They just used it the wrong way. There is no such thing as toxic masculinity. Masculinity is a tool with discipline that can be used for greatness.

[@dyinginsidelol]

toxic masculinity is a cultural currency used to trap men into dangerous and negative habits sold in the name of ‘masculinity’, being a ‘real man’, etc. it’s selling the good associations with masculinity and mortifying it by teaching it in a condescending way with values that aren’t really what the concept of masculinity is about at its quintessence

[@onlyslightlyemo2345]

Sure ‘masculinity’ can be a positive trait, but ‘toxic masculinity’ obviously is referring to when adhering to typically masculine values can become damaging. So perhaps it is a masculine thing to be stoic, and try to not be ruled by emotions. However if men try to suppress their emotions to a great extent, this has damaging consequences for themselves and everyone around them. Suppressing emotion is not possible, and will then often show up as anger, a lack of emotional intelligence/empathy, and generally a whole lot of other relationship and mental health problems. The point is that when masculinity can be expressed in both positive ways, and in toxic ways. It’s the same with everything in this world, religion can be positive but some people are extremists.

[@ajtj3386]

I want to learn more about toxic masculinity

[@mikeroagreschen5350]

There's no such thing.

[@michellemcmanus2729]

Don't call it that if it makes you uncomfortable but it's basically when a child or young adult learns to suppres most emotions but anger is acceptable so all emotion gets pushed into anger or hate and they lash out because emotional pain gets released as anger or hate ....women do it too but they were allowed to cry or confide in friends so they have healthier ways to release emotion before it turns to anger and hate.... if we treated little boys the same as we treat little girls with regards to dealing with emotions then we would have a less violent, emotionally stronger society with deeper, healthier relationships.

[@77tubuck]

"Be kind of cool and be kind of a dick. Don't let anyone disrespect you" = Toxic masculinity Then Toxic masculinity is what got us the Republic of Ireland. I am the descendant of IRA warriors and I am proud of my toxic masculinity.

[@aimee9878]

Well don't come to my home and now you know why.

[@77tubuck]

@@aimee9878 I don't know where your home is and I don't want to know. If you believe this toxic masculinity nonsense I don't want to go to your house. Some of the mass shooters have been raised by feminists. Shoving this toxic masculinity crap down young boys throats and making them feel ashamed is not a good idea.

[@michellemcmanus2729]

The IRA has nothing to do with masculinity ! You don't need to link yourself to war to feel like a man! I was young during the troubles but it impacted me deeply...anyone who visits this place will know that war is nothing to be proud of!! The IRA brutally killed a lot of innocent people and the UVF killed a lot of innocent people and the UK killed a lot of innocent people.....and there's not an Irishman in the whole of Ireland who is proud of that.

[@roberthurtado9784]

she is so pretty.

[@samandros3451]

You don't get it.

[@blattimus]

Toxic masculinity is not a real thing. Please remove sexist tropes from your channel if you want to be taken seriously by anybody able to think for themselves.

[@realmaletearsaspatriarchys1351]

LIAR!!

[@blattimus]

@@realmaletearsaspatriarchys1351 Your comment was not a coherent response to my statement, or a complete sentence. If a hysterical child wrote this comment: get your mommy, because this forum is for adults. If this response was just written by a slow adult: despite what you may have learned on this terrible identity politics-obsessed channel, you don't get to make sexist or racist comments about people and evade accusations of ignorance and bigotry simply by picking certain groups.

[@realmaletearsaspatriarchys1351]

@@blattimus you keep projecting your traits onto other people yet there you are trying to gaslight and manipulate other people when your actually very damn stupid and tossing your crap around like garbage here on youtube because your a bitter crybaby who can't make it with the ladies!

[@samuelrichard8849]

Toxic masculinity is extraordinarily sexist and is actually plain bullshit. Just another ploy to increase women's power and to silence and dumb down men

[@DGEPB]

Nobody complains about it when it wins wars or saves lives. Just saying.