"THE TRAP OF MASCULINITY: HOW SEXISM IMPACTS BOYS AND MEN"

InBaggingArea · 2015-02-12T13:43:07+00:00

Men, stop being the way you are because it's bad for society.
Society, allow men to be whatever way they damn well please because it's good for men. (You may need to review this option for mature language)

Have your students discuss the difference between these two statements, first in groups, then reporting back to the class. Write the results on the board.

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-02-12T20:26:37+00:00

ADL, huh? Does the article mention compulsory circumcision for male babies of a certain Abrahamic religion? Heh, heh.

Ma99ie · 2015-02-12T18:46:48+00:00

The "masculinity as performance" narrative is pushed hard by feminists. I argue that the proffered argument against "hegemonic masculinity," i.e. traditional western expressions of masculinity, are simply justifications to replace traditional masculinity with behaviors more in line with what Daniel Boyarin describes as the "traditional Jewish male ideal." That ideal being a "gentle, nurturing masculinity." That is exactly what this ADL re-education feminist propaganda blather is attempting to do.

I argue that present feminism ideology was born from a Jewish circumstances, during a descrete time period, that no longer exist. The adaptive strategies of Eastern-European Jewish immigrants to the United States during the second mass immigration of Jews in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their cultural and economic struggle for survival through cultural adaptation resulted in the investment in Jewish sons ("The Jewish Prince") at the expense of Jewish daughters. Those adaptive strategies and the attendant familial dynamics, necessitated by circumstances that no longer exist, brought about gender resentments that resulted in a Jewish gender war.

“[P]art of the weakness of the Jewish family, part of the reason for intermarriage, for the loss of connection, lies in the unhappy images Jewish men and Jewish women have of each other. Disguised as jokes are very ugly thoughts that Jewish men have about Jewish women and that Jewish women have about Jewish men.”

This gender war flavored the Women’s Liberation Movement, i.e. Second Wave feminism’s hostility to men and masculinity. It also informs the war on traditional expressions of masculinity. All one must do is look at the people pushing for a new masculinity. The ADL for instance, or Michael Kimmel, Harry Brod, or even the grotesque attitude toward men described in a story posted on /r/mensrights yesterday.

BlackMRA-edtastic · 2015-02-12T17:54:10+00:00

Now the ADL is on the defining the culture through feminism bandwagon which clearly has nothing to do with fighting antisemitism. Let me see them push feminist lectures in the Yeshiva or force them on the Haridi first.

If we are going to talk about sexism impacting males you better be pointing out how feminism spent decades marginalizing male victims of sexual and domestic violence or get out my face. This fake social justice crap from the academic elites pushing half baked social theories isn't about helping us, it's about helping them gain influence. I seen enough of this if we only make elite women happy crap being peddled like the cure for all societies ills from people who clearly don't give a damn about men or boys.

They need to stick to fighting antisemitism which arguably became an excuse to systematically silence critics of Israel for decades using the same tactics we see coming out the feminists movement. The abuse of social justice as a means to suppress necessary dissent is a broad issue touching on may movements. If you're powerful enough to control the conversation you're not oppressed.

Revoran · 2015-02-12T16:54:02+00:00

I like that these ideas are at least going to be discussed. Getting people to reflect on gender roles is a good thing. And it's certainly true that in many ways men and boys can be more limited by rigid gender roles than women are.

2015-02-12T16:41:18+00:00

The ADL is now bigoted hate organization.

Title	"THE TRAP OF MASCULINITY: HOW SEXISM IMPACTS BOYS AND MEN"
Author	jamminnummeruno
Upvotes	31
Comments	8
Date	February 12, 2015 11:37 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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