Les Cook
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Les Cook
@umpref13.bsky.social
Researcher, writer
Yes, I know. Romney, the guy who believed corporations are people.
December 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Can’t wait to read it. Eugenics? I’m looking for a PhD program to which I can apply that won’t clutch their pearls when I mention the subject with regard to parents involved in child protective services.
December 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
And that right there is the anger that enrages so many of us.
September 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
There are some crimes that are so egregious the only justice is death.
July 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Ah! Yes. The moment it isn’t what you want hear…LOL
July 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
OK. You’re entitled to your opinion. Just remember it’s like part of your anatomy, everyone has one.
July 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Well, to get there, then men need to step up . None of this damn sitting around the house playing video games and believing women are just vessels for their pleasures. They need to cook, they need to clean. And women shouldn’t have to beg them. It’s their house as well.
July 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My parents were quite dysfunctional. Same two people got married, got divorced. Got back together , got married again and then got divorced, again. They had an open marriage.
July 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Well, it’s interesting. My Dad was a firefighter and Captain, my Mom worked as a paralegal. Remember, I was socialized female. I remember being devastated as a kid especially when I kept constantly being told,”You’re a girl.”
July 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
No, we aren’t. We are quite cantankerous. The issue becomes how much we are fawned over as children. Which means it about that legacy nonsense and carrying it forward. I think women actually do a better job because they have stories and traditions.
July 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I probably do. I am a Boomer ya’ know. LOL
July 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
You’re right. I do think though in the case of my parents for example, my Dad’s job paid the bills. My Mom’s job allowed us to live a decent life and afford the nice things. Your generation doesn’t have that opportunity and you’re resentful and rightfully resentful.
July 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
No, it isn’t . Quite frankly, if she earns more than he, let him stay home and take care of house and home. And all the domestic responsibilities that go with it.
July 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I think it goes beyond just securing income. We define men by the type of provider they are. That’s an issue. Look, cooking, cleaning the house, doing laundry is WORK and it isn’t gender specific. Although, we have made it that way.
July 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Right, I’m speaking to the issue of affordability, being a provider. I think if you solve that first in addition to getting men to actually feel their emotions and holding space to do it we get healthier men. I think we victimize women when we tell them all they can be is emotional.
July 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I can agree there. I also think it is about the fear of not being viewed as enough. You need a living wage, something no job is offering anymore. Can’t go to work for one company 30 years and then retire and live well.
July 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In your opinion. If you say that you want 1950’s social values then you must allow for the living wage to allow for those values. A woman with a law degree will date the guy who doesn’t provided he treats her correctly. Because if he’s horse trainer, farrier he’s making bank.
July 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Especially, when not everyone has the talent or opportunity to be a doctor, lawyer, teacher. I despise people who say to these young men,”I’ve got my degree which means I’m smarter.” No it means you had opportunities they didn’t .
July 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I think the issue for men especially young men is that they see their lives being destroyed which creates the perfect environment for the manosphere and toxic masculinity.
July 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
No dumb, dumb. You never got up at 3AM to turn horses out. Grain down barns, much stalls, gather eggs. Go gather fresh vegetables. Your generation thinks meat automatically comes in cellophane.
July 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I never said I did. That was your assumption. But my generation always heeded the call. Unlike yours that needs safe spaces because oh! Words! LOL. Little children that you are. Get over yourself.
July 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I can only go based on your interactions with me. And for me not if you were the last individual on earth would ever entertain dating a wild feral animal. And that is exactly what your generation is. Your parents didn’t understand they were never meant to be your friends.
July 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So cute. You never had to get up at 3AM. Your life was handed to you. Your parents were your friends instead of being your parents and your generation grew up to be nothing but feral wild animals.
July 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Why are you interested? I usually don’t discuss the details. And I sure the hell don’t discuss them on an open public platform. I’m born yesterday just not last night.
July 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM