Cheerful young German men--on their way to be slaughtered in the First World war. Average age? Perhaps 19. Please scroll down for photos.

Young men: the most oppressed group of the 20th century. Yet we/they are unwilling to acknowledge this oppression: sent by their societies to be maimed and killed. 

The "big lie:" Pretending abject submission is "masculinity." The gaslighting of young men. Persuading them that they are "heroes" so they will go to their deaths without complaint.

Historians as gaslighters: keeping the heroic narrative alive. Pretending that abject submission is virility and masculinity.

Like sheep to the slaughter.

LIKE SHEEP TO THE SLAUGHTER German soldiers on their way to the Western Front. By the end of the First World War: 2,037,000 dead; 4,300,000 wounded; 974,977 missing or prisoner; total casualties 7,311,977 (Whalen, 1984).