Manu Joseph: How to reform your son after watching a TV show

Copyright © HT Digital Streams Limit all rights reserved. Mening Manu Joseph 4 min Read 06 Apr 2025, 09:48 PM IST If you want to be a modern man, you should talk about your feelings; Talk, talk, talk. (Netflix) Summary Reformers of Men asked boys to watch “adolescence” on Netflix in the hope that it will be educational. If you have an adolescent boy, here is some guidance on it. My dear son, I watch adolescence on Netflix, and I have to argue my limited understanding of human nature too much by using terminology from therapy and gender studies. If you want to be a modern man, talk about your feelings; Talk, talk, talk. Not podcast; The world does not need another podcast of a male. Talk to people who love you, and since they would be very little, also talk to friends who like gossip. You already show some toxic signs, or at least it looks toxic. For example, you spend hours alone because you like it. Your love for sports shows a clear need for aggression and ambition. You have never picked a single flower, which is disturbing. You have not read made -up drama. Also read: Netflix’s ‘adolescence’ and the cost of profits: Why children are not in order to reform you online, I must force you to watch adolescence, who is about a boy of 13 who is suspected of killing a girl at his age. You will suffer mainly because it is slow. It is a show about adolescence for adults, such as one of the films made in India for foreigners. You have a problem; It is a toxic substance called testosterone in you. It builds muscle, improves oxygen delivery in the blood, reduces inflammation, increases spatial problem solving and memory and affects fat distribution. It also causes sexual desire. Most of what some feminists think is caused by testosterone in men of their age, is probably caused by morning cortisol; Nevertheless, testosterone affects the development of the dangerous things called muscle, where the bad powers of men arise. You often have the level of this hormone as a girl at your age, and it is worrying. According to men’s reformers, there is something called a ‘manosphere’, which is a fraudulent world on the internet that belongs to men, although it is difficult to say what this world does not belong to men. Let’s say the ‘manosphere’ is much worse than the world that belongs to men. It is also filled with things that boys can be interested, such as videos of fitness instructors to make muscle. Fitness is a lure that radicalizes young boys. Also read: Mapping the Indian Manosphere Why do you build your muscles if you can do something better, such as stretching or sitting in a lotus position with eyes closed? No one knows what meditation means, but it sounds like something good. You must also read literary fiction. All men should read it. It is the life -changing advice of all expert reformers of men, which include men who are probably blessed with low testosterone levels. In a work of literary fiction, you find delicate men who notice the color of curtains. Like: “Grant saw two layers of front window curtains, both blue, one and one silky, a matching blue sofa and a terrifying light carpet …” Look, this is a new way to be. Men who read literary fiction are attractive and safe, unlike muscle men. Even women who do not read find men who read attractive. My darling son, as you can see, must be the purpose of your life to be more like women, but without their bone density. You need to start expressing your emotions more. You may argue that any fool who has watched sports will know that men express their emotions freely. But somehow it is not the same. You need to express emotions in ways that are interesting for people who do not find sports interesting. Although it was very mobile to see how Roger Federer cries. Men need to cry more. Your future girlfriend will hate you for it, because ideal is that men just have to cry if they win a big blow, or something so rare, but she may not admit it in public. What is important is what reformers of men say in public, and that is that you have to cry more. Especially you should keep talking about your mental health. A strange way of the world is that you will never hear that diabetics give sermons about physical health; But much of the articulation of mental health is by people who say they are not mentally healthy. What can go wrong? Nothing, apparently. So you have to sit and listen to them talk about themselves. You will observe in adolescence how the female characters of the show are constantly regulating the emotions of men. This means that when a muscular man gets angry with the world in deep sadness, his arms blow and express himself in a negative way (though he is never crossed with his wife and daughter, to which he continues to refer as “love”), he is calmed by the women who let him vent. This aspect of the series reminded several reformers of men that all peace in a family is a contribution from women because they “regulate the emotions of men.” Also read: Let women look at the right to look furiously, you cannot fully understand this complicated statement of a ‘science of the humanities’, which I forbid you to follow, as you should seek a more profitable career. What is important in life is not to understand all the good things, just to know the summary of all the good things. If we sit to look at adolescence, you will notice a big mistake. We don’t see the view of the dead girl. This is now because the creators of the series are men and may have conceded to something called the ‘male gaze’, which is a horrible tool through which male artists only express what they know. Of course, you should condemn it, men who call other men ‘misoginists’ are often fraud, but it is a great way to blaspheme your competition. Be smart, dear boy, be modern. The author is a journalist, novelist and the creator of the Netflix series, decoupled. Catch all the business news, market news, news reports and latest news updates on Live Mint. Download the Mint News app to get daily market updates. More topics #netflix india #gender inequality #InInTERNET CINE SPECIALS