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Sexism Against Men: A Pictoral Tour
Hat tip to This Is Hysteria and Sociological Images. Warning, lotsa pictures after the cut, people with crappy computers beware. Girls have diamond rings and purses, boys have saws and a hammer....
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“People tend to assume men do not yearn, do not carry that boundless love...
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“Why would a little girl need a pink fishing rod to like fishing? Haven’t we...
This is a comment by Ric E on the post “Our words influence the way we look at the world. For example: calling pink a ‘girly’ color.” Ric E said: “I recently went shopping at one of the big box stores...
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“You’d be accused of misogyny for suggesting that men don’t need women.”
This is a comment by wellokaythen on the Comment of the Day: “I wondered why rejection never triggers the self doubt in my female friends as it does my male friends.” wellokaythen said: “Another...
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“She asked, ‘How can you do this to this poor child?’ and pleaded frantically...
This is a comment by Bob on the post “Call Me a Good Dad and I’ll Spray You with the Hose“. Bob says: “I got this all the time when my little ones were truly little and what I couldn’t stand also was...
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“Men should act as if the woman’s consent does not matter—but only if you...
This is a comment by Jonathan G on the post “Me Jane, You Tarzan: The Politics of Sexual Polarity“. Jonathan G said: “I’d say you’re not wrong in wanting to be ravished. I find it totally...
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Do You Really Have to Split the Housework in Half?
Studies correlate traditional gender roles with greater domestic harmony. “To have and to hold from this day forth … Till death do us part.” What they forget to mention if you want to live happily...
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“Men need to modernize more and yet be more like they were before. Clear as...
These are comments by wellokaythen and Joe on the post “Breaking News from Fox columnist: Women aren’t Women Anymore“. wellokaythen said: I confess I’m totally confused by the whole “end of men”...
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Pink: One Dad’s Journey from Denial to Acceptance
Kyle Wiley considers himself a modern dad, yet he still has hang ups from the more male chauvinistic era I’ve always considered myself a pretty progressive dad, riding the wave of modernity in the...
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What Is a “Macho” Man?
The word “macho” stirs up all kinds of emotions, but what does it truly mean? Emiliano Diaz de Leon discusses cultural gender norms, their negative correlation to sexual violence and the challenges...
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Men Don’t Cry, Do They?
Tweet Teaching boys that “boys don’t cry” can cripple them as men, but under the right tutelage even this questionable lesson is valuable in the right context. — The eight-year-old son of my friend...
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About Those Expectations: 10 Questions About Gender
TweetFrom Peter, 50, Virginia, and his sense of humor. JJ Vincent asked a 50-year-old about gender, identity, self-expression, and what defines a man. I felt like I knew Peter long before I met him....
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What Women Get Wrong About Men
Tweet Orin J. Hahn has a simple message for women about men: we feel too. — Recently an ad has been going viral and buzzing through my FB news feed. It’s only a minute long, and was targeted at the...
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Fatherhood and Boys in Tights
Find out why Geoff Cochran is okay his sons blurring traditional gender lines by wearing finger nail polish and tights. Growing up, I was left alone to play and explore in my grandparents house...
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Guys, Is This Really What You Expect of Women?
If you were making the gender-swap of this video, what would you say are the impossible expectations of guys? So this video, above, from BuzzFeed made me laugh because it really is what it feels like...
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This is What It Feels Like Like to Be Transgender
In this TedTalk, Lee Mokobe gives a soul-baring description of what it feels like to be transgender in a highly gendered culture. Lee Mokobe’s mother said, “You can grow up to be anything you want.”...
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How Close Are We to Male Birth Control?
Embed from Getty Images New options on the horizon may give men more family planning options. — A birth control pill for men, that’s fair. It makes more sense to take the bullets out of the gun than...
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Don’t Worry. You Can Still Call Your Boy ‘Little Man’.
“He will have to wrestle with all of the definitions that the world uses to confine and limit our potential, but that is for later in life.” ____ I walk in and feel the energy in the room. He lights...
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I Did Not Know What I Did Not Know
Embed from Getty Images I do have a little sympathy for successful, straight, white American males. No matter how hard they try, they will never understand how much the world is tilted in their favor....
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“People tend to assume men do not yearn, do not carry that boundless love...
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