# Men and Women: Your reaction to this Nextdoor posting?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-your-reaction-to-this-nextdoor-posting/816192>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 16, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-your-reaction-to-this-nextdoor-posting/816192 "2018-06-16T04:36:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-your-reaction-to-this-nextdoor-posting/816192/41 "2018-06-17T00:23:16Z")

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Certainly not my thing but what are men supposed to do if they want to talk about their feelings or share experiences with other men? Is it icky and creepy for so many people simply because men are involved?

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-your-reaction-to-this-nextdoor-posting/816192/42 "2018-06-17T04:02:24Z")

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> [@Urbanredneck](#):
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> Probably not the worse $15 or $20 you ever spent.

Goddamn, I can’t argue with that.

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**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-your-reaction-to-this-nextdoor-posting/816192/43 "2018-06-17T05:00:25Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> “They said the same of Jesus Christ, Freud, and Galileo.”  
> “They said it of a lot of nutcases too.”

Freud definitely _was_ a fucking nutcase. The world would be far, far better off without him. As far as I am concerned he was just L. Ron Hubbard with a classier exterior.

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-women-your-reaction-to-this-nextdoor-posting/816192/44 "2018-06-17T05:24:59Z")

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> [@shiftless](#):
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> Certainly not my thing but what are men supposed to do if they want to talk about their feelings or share experiences with other men? Is it icky and creepy for so many people simply because men are involved?

It concerns me when the first sentence has so much emphasis on improving their dating skills and their sex lives. It concerns me that the self-described “event host” touts a list of extremely dubious “qualifications” to conduct or facilitate (he isn’t really clear what he intends to do, also troubling) the discussion. It concerns me that it talks about short-term solutions (i.e. tricks) to make these areas better. It even concerns me that it is being held in someone’s private home, although I can’t quite put my finger on why. Anyway, it may only be a scam or a waste of money, but I have come to doubt it.

Lots of churches and licensed psychologists run men’s groups to help them really understand their feelings, and to help them do the hard work necessary to resolve their issues. Nobody has any objection to those.

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