The Mask You Live In is on Netflix

2016-04-13T20:33:33+00:00

The Mask You Live In: One Time Pays For Naught

Most of the time, feminists insist they care about men’s issues only when they’re accused of not caring about men’s issues, even if the #feminism tag on their blog belies their claim. ... Well, their Great White Hope has finally come; an upcoming documentary called “The Mask You Live In”, by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, apparently about men’s gender role, and how men are compelled not to talk about their problems.

I first learned about this via a tumblr post promoting it. Someone had said that some people might think it’s not feminism’s baliwick, and it totally was, guys! Tumblrfems fell all over themselves to go “look at how much we care about men’s issues!” In fact, the posts I saw had them talking more about how much they and feminism cared than actual men’s issues. Which is ironic, in light of many feminists’ insistence that male feminist allies don’t receive any reward for doing what “any decent human” should be doing in the first place.

The documentary is feminist-supported, feminist-created, and views masculinity through a feminist lens, which, as we all know, tends to be more than a little…subjective. It looks suspiciously like a serial numbers filed-off version of Toxic Masculinity, which is itself a serial numbers filed-off version of Patriarchy Theory*. The title is a clue; Mr. Kimmel and Mr. Katz have had as a recurring theme how masculinity compels men into roles they don’t want. This is true, but they focus on the what they believe the parts of men’s gender roles are which harm women. Unless they’re talking about Toxic Masculinity. But that’s another post.

Title	The Mask You Live In is on Netflix
Author	ugly_duck
Upvotes	3
Comments	1
Date	April 13, 2016 8:28 PM UTC (10 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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