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As I delved deeper into the offerings, skepticism settled in regarding the purported value of the courses. Hoping to unearth nuggets of wisdom, I was instead greeted with self-righteous lectures and a concerning amount of cringeworthy commentary. One of the purported courses promising “positive masculinity” quickly devolved into convoluted ramblings driven by the fear of being perceived as weak.
Each module appeared to be aimed at controlling participants rather than empowering them. The rhetoric presented felt more like cult-like indoctrination than genuine enlightenment—essentially a set of beliefs imposed by an authority figure with no tangible expertise in self-improvement.