The Problem with Men: When is it International Men's Day? (and why it matters)
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The Problem with Men: When is it International Men's Day? (and why it matters)
Being a man (and being a human) means you are part of an incredible spectrum of personalities, lifestyles, sexualities and gender. There is absolutely nothing that completely unites men apart from the feeling that we are men. Some of us are hiding who we really are, for fear of being judged by the ‘proper’ men, perhaps because we’ve been taught it’
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Masculinity is in a crisis of its own making, and toxic masculinity and ludicrous overconfidence in our own ability is harming men, too.
If the people asking the question really care about International Men’s Day then they need to know that they are damaging it. If they don’t care about it and just have a problem with women having a day of celebration, then the damage is inside them and they need to address it. Women are not the reason their life is going the way it is. Their proble
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it’s a special kind of person who can get infuriated by someone raising so much cash for victims of domestic abuse. Though, believe me, those very special kinds of people do exist.
We need to adapt to a world where men are in danger of redundancy. We are being replaced by machines at work, by drones and missiles at war and by turkey basters in the family (women can get rid of us provided they keep a few men willing to be milked for gametes
The patriarchy is grabbing you by the pussy and you’re such a little bitch you actually cheerlead for it. When are you going to grow some balls and become a feminist?
In some ways, men actually need to overthrow the patriarchy more urgently than women do.