Universities work to purge male students of their ‘toxic’ masculinity

Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2016-11-02 13:08

Article here. Excerpt:

'Universities across the nation are taking steps to actively purge male students of what’s been labeled “toxic masculinity.”

Examples abound of campuses hosting training sessions, group meetings, lectures and other programs to effectively cleanse what many campus leaders and left-leaning scholars contend is an unhealthy masculinity in young men today.

On campus, toxic masculinity is often blamed for sexual violence, body shaming, a “hyper-masculinized sporting culture,” acts of domestic terrorism and much more.
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Various promotional videos promoting health masculinity advocate challenging “the traditional norms of what we envision masculinity to be” by recognizing “male privilege.” Goals touted through the education include undoing a legacy of “harm, oppression and dominance.”

This trend did not emerge over night. Last year, Vanderbilt University hosted “Healthy Masculinities Week,” led in part by Jackson Katz, the first man to minor in women studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.'

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This is another effort to cement the view that men are the villains of society into public consciousness. If men are the villains, then it's fair to treat them unfairly. If women are the victims, it's fair to give them special treatment.

Men are guilty just for being men.

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Submitted by el cid on Wed, 2016-11-02 14:11

Some of the observations about some men may be somewhat correct, but need to be looked at through a more fair and realistic perspective than Cultural Marxism and radical feminism. It could be said that men tend to judge themselves and other men by the degree to which they live up to an unattainable standard (though even this is a generalization and varies widely from culture to culture). There seems to be more variation among men from the top to the bottom in many areas (such as socioeconomic status), but the reasons for this are debatable. However, at least in Western cultures, "harm, oppression and dominance" is a rather bigoted and simplistic view of male culture.

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Submitted by mens_issues on Thu, 2016-11-03 03:14

Both of you made excellent points.

I especially agree with this line:
". . . at least in Western cultures, "harm, oppression and dominance" is a rather bigoted and simplistic view of male culture."

Indeed. To say that this applies to all male culture is to ignore percentiles 1-99 of the entire bell curve that is men.

It's funny because when I read the article's line about undoing a legacy of harm, oppression and dominance, I couldn't help but think: I don't harm, oppress or dominate anyone, so step off.

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Submitted by xtrnl on Thu, 2016-11-03 04:55