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Caliman73

(11,730 posts)
5. Dude, in NO WAY is "manhood" the problem. Acting like an asshole is the problem.
Thu Jul 28, 2022, 06:41 PM
Jul 2022

Men and women have been socialized to behave in different ways, though there is alway overlap. Some of that difference is because of physiological differences (again, overlap). The problem is that throughout history, THE MEN in charge have both advantaged "male" or "Masculine" traits, and devalued "female" or Feminine" traits.

As women have demanded equitable treatment and respect, FRAGILE men have seen it as an attack on masculinity.

I am cis male and while I do not fit neatly into masculine/feminine traits, I like my tools, my sports, etc... but I am not a "manly man". What I DO NOT DO is treat women like sex objects, like "damsels in distress", like inferiors, or like some curiosity that I can't figure out. I treat women with respect and try to understand who they are as individual people and how their experience in the world, as women, has shaped their ideas.

People are not mad are MEN, they are made at MEN WHO ARE IDIOTS, like Josh Hawley.

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