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The Crisis of Masculinity
I know that if you’re a man who cringes at the idea of owning your masculinity, you will have a better time if you own your masculinity.
Sasha Chapin • 50 Things I Know
That’s the existential question for humanity in the 21st century. That’s the challenge in front of all of us. Will you shoulder the risk of pursuing real human connection, as hard and intimidating and discouraging as that can be? Or will you hide in your room forever, comforted by fast food and porn and opiates and therapy and TikTok, risking nothi
... See moreFreddie DeBoer • You Are You. We Live Here. This Is Now.
As a working paper put it, “Men in general are seen as possessing more of whatever characteristic is most culturally valued.”
Anand Giridharadas • Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
The right wing’s war on men consists of inducing insatiable demands in them–for love, respect, money, muscles–and then robbing them of any ability to even partially fill those demands, either by depriving them of the financial means or by convincing them that the only way to meet these absurd standards is by absurd means. Like Jamie, even the riche
... See moreIt is a great mistake to confuse physical strength, dominance, violence, vulgarity, or brutality with masculinity. Masculinity is emotional stability, undaunted integrity, quiet courage, humility, generosity, and capacity for enduring love, or it is nothing.