History of Feminism

ismnotwasm

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17. This about damage

Thu Dec 26, 2013, 05:55 PM

Dec 2013

Caused by specific masculinities. It's a bigger topic than one video, it's in many cultures and it's more a sickness than anything else. It causes harm. It's part of homophobia. It's part of sexism. It encourages toxic hieratical systems in economics, in ecology, in human relationships

I should have realized this would be counterintuitive to some, and I could find wordy essays and published papers that require an a)interest in the topic and b) a mind open enough to listen

I listen to my SIL bemoan the loss of warrior culture, and I tell him it's not feminism that didn't do that; activities such as dropping anonymous bombs on anonymous human beings did that.

Allowing young men to express the full range of their emotions and stop forcing them in the man box is an act of healing. It doesn't make them less than male.

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There's Something Absolutely Wrong With What We Do To Boys Before They Grow Into Men [View all] ismnotwasm Dec 2013 OP

I have not and would NEVER tell a boy to be a man for any reason. Not his role. He is a boy. Not man seabeyond Dec 2013 #1

I know you wouldn't ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #2

i am home. i saw this a week ago. breaks my heart. tears, for these babies. babies. seabeyond Dec 2013 #8

They are afraid ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #18

I guess this just isn't a topic of interest to men. redqueen Dec 2013 #3

sad, but at this point to xpost this to GD would probably been seen as flamebait. sad. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #4

It's already posted there. redqueen Dec 2013 #5

oh dear, I can't keep up. Sorry. I will look at the thread ... Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #6

it was already in GD last week adn sunk like a stone. i think i might have been the only one to seabeyond Dec 2013 #10

even sadder, maybe. *sigh* Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #13

It's a very serious topic to men... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #7

This is about something far more fundamental than jobs. redqueen Dec 2013 #11

I don't know why that's "alarming"... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #14

It's more like being an adult of any gender.... "protecting the weaker " seabeyond Dec 2013 #12

There is some woman who has been writing about this a lot... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #15

ya. i take note of that. be a man, seems to be the agenda, not, take care of our boys. seabeyond Dec 2013 #9

I think that is exactly what to "be a man" usually means, when used in American society. iemitsu Dec 2013 #16

This about damage ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #17