Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2025-02-06 21:10
Article here. Excerpt:
'America has always been hijacked by the violent fragility of a few terrified, mediocre, white men.
They need sanitized safe spaces to protect themselves from a changing, vibrant world that sees them as equals and not superiors. They must ban books that shatter their ego and replace them with fairy tales to prove to themselves and to the world that they are “the master race.” Tragically, their superiority cannot be proven based on merit alone so they must rig the system to keep out women, Black people, and communities of color.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2025-02-06 21:08
Article here. Excerpt:
'You see, the mediocre white man is a figure that we, as Black women, have had to contend with all of our lives. No matter how qualified I am for a job, white men have told me to my face that I only got the role because I’m Black and a woman.
“You're just a DEI hire” are words I have often heard.
They’ve refused to acknowledge or accept that I am the best-qualified person for the job. Many Black women will tell you they’ve had a similar experience.
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They conveniently associate DEI with incompetence, corruption, and unethical behaviors. Non-DEI, aka white men, no matter how unqualified they are, are associated with competence, non-corrupt and ethical behaviors. Excuse me; we must not be talking about Trump himself, Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, and a host of other white men who have been elevated into positions of power within this administration.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2025-02-06 21:07
Article here. Excerpt:
'A white Wake County school board member is gaining attention for a speech defending diversity, equity and inclusion and accusing DEI critics of being losers who want to support “mediocre white men.”'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2025-02-06 21:05
Article here. Excerpt:
'However, the nexus between masculinity and violent aggression struck me as unfortunate messaging, given the global violence against women. Plus, genderising the qualities that employees need to succeed seems reductive.
Overall, the feminine against the masculine binary idea reduces us all to unhelpful archetypes. Some men display what has been tagged as traditionally feminine traits, and women display so-called male characteristics.
Despite the latest cruel announcement in the States that there are only two genders supposedly to protect women in some cynical version of benevolent sexism, we are all as human beings plotted along a continuum of behaviour, a nuanced gradient on which every person functions and acts at different levels be that professionally, personally or sexually.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2025-02-06 21:02
Article here. Excerpt:
'If you’re looking to do the opposite of Zuckerberg and eschew tired notions of masculinity in the workplace, a great place to start is with what you wear. Small, intentional wardrobe choices can subtly shift the image you project, setting the tone for a more thoughtful and inclusive working environment.
You could do as many Gen Z men do already, and embrace pearls. But if you’re working in a typical British office, statement jewellery might not be the right fit. Instead, focus on subtle shifts in your everyday staples, pairing tailored pieces with softer items — chinos with an unstructured blazer, or suit trousers with loafers, a shirt and a quarter-zip sweater. Minor changes in cut, fabric and tone can inject softness and avoid macho clichés, without the need for a sartorial overhaul.'
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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2025-02-04 03:04
Article here. It's not often that MSM articles openly acknowledge women's financial motivation in seeking a marriage partner, but this one does. Excerpt:
'People’s lives are diverse, and so are their wants and desires and circumstances. It’s hard, and perhaps impossible, to identify a tiny number of factors that explain hundreds of millions of people’s decisions to couple up, split apart, or remain single. But according to Lyman Stone, a researcher at the Institute for Family Studies, the most important reason marriage and coupling are declining in the U.S. is actually quite straightforward: Many young men are falling behind economically.
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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2025-02-02 23:21
This vid (registration on Rumble required) is from March 2024 but is still very timely. In it a man (a leader in the MRM, Ed Bartlett) is interviewed to discuss what are some men's issues and what are he and others doing to raise awareness. Worth registering to see it.
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2025-01-29 20:00
Article here. Excerpt:
'An influential Silicon Valley publication runs a cover story lamenting the “pussification” of tech. A major tech CEO lambasts a Black civil rights leader’s calls for diversifying the tech workforce. Technologists rage against the “PC police”.
No, this isn’t Silicon Valley in the age of Maga. It’s the tech industry of the 1990s, when observers first raised concerns about the rightwing bend of Silicon Valley and the potential for “technofascism”. Despite the industry’s (often undeserved) reputation for liberalism, its reactionary foundations were baked in almost from the beginning. As Silicon Valley enters a second Trump administration, the gendered roots of its original reactionary movement offer insight into today’s rightward turn.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2025-01-29 06:09
Article here. Excerpt:
'In one of Shyminsky’s TikTok videos he says if you’re a man who believes it’s your duty to protect women then you require dangerous men to exist; as such, you’re not actually working toward a world in which such people do not exist.
In other words, such a man’s “self actualization is opposed to women’s liberation” — that “being a good man also requires you to be a bad one.”
Shyminsky further claims men who believe it their duty to protect women are the real danger: “You are one of the bad ones for some other woman’s good man,” he says.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Sun, 2025-01-26 19:18
Article here. Excerpt:
'Feminism is facing a backlash, with women’s rights being rolled back in many countries and a significant number of people saying feminism has gone far enough or even too far. Yet women still face basic obstacles to education in some countries and are generally paid less than men. They still suffer from male violence and, in some places, face increasing restrictions to reproductive rights. There are even some places where families force midwives to kill their newborn girls.
Many women are also fed up with doing both a full-time job and the lion’s share of domestic duties and unpaid caring jobs. It’s easy to wonder whether gender equality is simply impossible, especially as many men inaccurately perceive that gains for women equate losses for men.
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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2025-01-25 18:47
Article here. What duties are left, I wonder, if any? Excerpt:
'A French woman has won a ruling from Europe’s top human rights court, with a panel of seven judges unanimously saying she should not have been blamed in her divorce for not having sex with her husband.
The European Court of Human Rights judgment ruled that the woman — known as Ms. H.W. in court documents in keeping with European protocol — suffered a violation of Article 8 under the European Convention on Human Rights, the right to respect for family and private life.
The case centered on the divorce between the woman, a French national born in 1955 who lives in Le Chesnay, near Versailles, and her husband, known in court records as Mr. J.C.'
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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2025-01-24 23:29
Article here. Whole thing is an exercise in nymphotropism. The first hostages to be released should be all civilians regardless of sex, then all soldiers regardless of sex. Instead they prioritize females above all else. Predictable. "Women and children first!" The children I understand. Not the women. Excerpt:
'Israel is preparing to receive on Saturday four female soldiers held hostage by Hamas.
The militant group said Friday that it intends to release Karina Ariev, 20, Daniella Gilboa, 20, Naama Levy, 20, and Liri Albag, 19.
Israeli officials have told the families of the four women that they intend to move forward with the release – despite the fact that Israel had previously expected Arbel Yehud, a female civilian hostage still held in Gaza, to be included in Saturday’s release.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2025-01-24 21:00
Article here. Excerpt:
'Justin Baldoni would seem to be a bogeyman for America’s right wing. He broke out as a heartthrob on the satirical telenovela Jane the Virgin, known for its progressive themes, and then branded himself as one of the country’s foremost male feminists on his Man Enough podcast, the tagline for which was “undefining masculinity.”
But after Blake Lively, who starred opposite him in his directorial hit It Ends with Us, alleged workplace mistreatment including sexual harassment, he’s been unyoked from “woke.” In fact, he’s become an unexpected new conservative cause celebre as a growing contingent of commentators take his side.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2025-01-24 20:00
Article here. Excerpt:
'As we can see, in the post-Vietnam years, women flooded into the service and took up roles that were traditionally filled by men. They did a pretty good job of it — so much that the military realized non-combat jobs could and should be performed by women.
There were two lessons we learned from Iraq. The first was that when you put women in combat roles, they rose to the task. The second was, why beg straight white men to serve when gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans are so willing to?'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2025-01-24 15:31
Article here. Excerpt:
'A recent study published in Sex Roles reveals that “strategic masculine disinvestment,” a process where men intentionally distance themselves from traditional masculine ideals, is linked to poorer psychosocial functioning, including higher levels of distress and anger.
Jessica Pfaffendorf and Terrence Hill examined how changes in masculinity, including the shift away from hegemonic masculinity, marked by traits like stoicism and assertiveness, intersect with broader social changes. As structural support for traditional masculinity erodes, men are increasingly adopting alternative identity strategies.
The researchers analyzed data from the 2021 Crime, Health, and Politics Survey (CHAPS), which included a nationally representative sample of 803 men (ages 18-91) from the United States. To assess strategic masculine disinvestment, participants indicated whether they sometimes acted “less manly” because it helped them get ahead in the world.
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