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Related: About this forumAn open letter to myself about being a man
Dear Me,
Pardon the profanity, but its time that you got your shit together.
Yeah, yeah, yeah . . . as the father of three girls, raised by a kick-ass mother and always surrounded by powerful women, you have always fancied yourself a fairly liberated male and one of the good guys.
Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Men have been raising daughters and strong women and have been raising boys since time began. That does not give you a pass. Seeing the world through their eyes may have taught you much, but if you have been watching the news and have been paying attention to your own internal reactions to conversations about rape, gender and maleness, you know that you and many men and women today still have work to do.
Again its time. [see opening sentence]
So here is what I have done for you. I have put together a list of things to remember when it comes being male today. I wish there was a Be a good man! app or that there was this magic list that, when followed, would make you the perfect dude, but alas youll have to muddle through just like the rest of us. Deal with it.
So in no particular order, here are a few challenges for you Bruce.
http://reyes-chow.com/2013/03/an-open-letter-to-myself-about-being-a-man/
Pardon the profanity, but its time that you got your shit together.
Yeah, yeah, yeah . . . as the father of three girls, raised by a kick-ass mother and always surrounded by powerful women, you have always fancied yourself a fairly liberated male and one of the good guys.
Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Men have been raising daughters and strong women and have been raising boys since time began. That does not give you a pass. Seeing the world through their eyes may have taught you much, but if you have been watching the news and have been paying attention to your own internal reactions to conversations about rape, gender and maleness, you know that you and many men and women today still have work to do.
Again its time. [see opening sentence]
So here is what I have done for you. I have put together a list of things to remember when it comes being male today. I wish there was a Be a good man! app or that there was this magic list that, when followed, would make you the perfect dude, but alas youll have to muddle through just like the rest of us. Deal with it.
So in no particular order, here are a few challenges for you Bruce.
http://reyes-chow.com/2013/03/an-open-letter-to-myself-about-being-a-man/
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An open letter to myself about being a man (Original Post)
ismnotwasm
Mar 2013
OP
Part of feminism is the inherent questioning of the "masculine" narrative.
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2013
#1
i disagee. i think it may be the challenging conditioning of how society creates....
seabeyond
Mar 2013
#4
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(8,155 posts)1. Part of feminism is the inherent questioning of the "masculine" narrative.
So #2 is kind of a flawed statement.
ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)2. He's not saying he's a feminist
He's questioning his privilege. Rare enough.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)4. i disagee. i think it may be the challenging conditioning of how society creates....
but, i absolutely do not think it is challenging the authentic masculinity. i do not think authentic masculinity is challenging to, or harmful to women and womens issues.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)3. ya. it really is not so hard. and it is not like we all do not get this. so when we see men
proclaim that they are for women, but ignore this and make it that much harder, they wonder why their voice means absolutely nothing. why we are not fooled.
i am so fuckin tired of a pretend world that only causes so much more problems. self dishonesty.