December 2011
23 posts
We can't end heterosexism or cissexism without...
just-smith:
and yes, that includes misandry.
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Rapists, I Have Known →
goodmenproject:
More from The Good Men Project Series:The Presumption Of Male Guilt
Lisa Hickey believes that the “presumption of male guilt” is equally damaging to both men and women.
One day, when I was 22 years old, I was walking to the bus station from work, deep woods to the left of me, a fairly busy road to the right. I see a guy up ahead coming towards me, slightly older than me, ...
clarity + chaos: Rape Culture Awareness [TW] →
clarityandchaos:
Over at the Good Men Project, Nikki Brown is asking the important question: Why Are So Many Good Men Accepting of Rape Culture?
I already wrote about the topic yesterday. I hope I made it clear that in agreeing with Schwyzer’s point about men as potential rapists I do not mean to accept…
Rapists, I Have Known →
goodmenproject:
More from The Good Men Project Series:The Presumption Of Male Guilt
Lisa Hickey believes that the “presumption of male guilt” is equally damaging to both men and women.
One day, when I was 22 years old, I was walking to the bus station from work, deep woods to the left of me, a fairly busy road to the right. I see a guy up ahead coming towards me, slightly older than me, ...
“We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives...”
– Howard Zinn (via neonspandex)
Presumption of Male Guilt →
goodmenproject:
‘Knight in Shining Armor’ Syndrome
There’s probably no better place on earth to observe gender dynamics than in a bar on a Friday night.
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When Women Fear Men
December 14, 2011 By Lisa Hickey Leave a Comment
Statistics don’t make us safe, Lisa Hickey says. Self-empowerment and facing our fears do.
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Being a Dude Is a Good...
The Invisible Gun of Manhood →
goodmenproject:
Men have been handcuffed into suppressing their emotions and fearing the “feminine,” Jeff Perera writes. Now we just need to release our hands and open those clenched fists.
There was a huge response to a recent article in The National Post by writer Christie Blatchford regarding the men of Toronto. It was a call for Toronto to stop being a “City of Sissies.” In response,...
How to Get Dumped by a Hollywood Starlet →
goodmenproject:
Mark Radcliffe reveals how breaking off a short-lived romance can hurt just as much as a long relationship.
First, be sure to have recently gone through a tough breakup. That way you’ll have no interest in meeting anyone new, which of course women can sniff a mile away and are insanely attracted to, especially women who are rising actresses and used to having men chasing...
“Activism does not need to be some kind of organized ‘against’ protest. When my...”
– bell hooks (via radicalsexeducation)
Child Sex Trafficking in the USA: What Really Goes... →
goodmenproject:
A soldier talks about her journey into human trafficking rescue.
Erika Clark is a young, Air Force intelligence analyst whose career was ended by a knee injury and now works with trafficked children in the Washington DC area. The trafficked children are shuttled on a circuit between U.S. cities to avoid detection in the sex trade, where pimps put them on the street and...
“I like to think
he survived in order to find me, in order
to arrive here,...”
– Dorianne Laux, excerpt from Music in the Morning (via holdonmagnolia)
“While I can’t have you, I long for you. I am the kind of person who would miss a...”
– Jeanette Winterson (via anditslove)
