As to contempt for traditional masculinity, I have none. I don’t even know that anyone can tell me what it means (though many try). I’ll save my contempt for stupidity and chosen blindness. Let the “patriarch’s” of the word have their folly. It matters not to me. I will be busy surviving as they march themselves and their unfortunate progeny into the grinding halls of family justice. We’ll call it intellectual culling, and the world will be better for it.
It is clear, beyond any conceivable notion of error, that this incident is a result of a culture of government sanctioned, no, promoted, violence against men in India. I will summarily dismiss, in advance, any notion that this was just an isolated incident and not sparked by the pervasive mentality of government authorities that men are legitimate targets for unjustified abuse on the supposed behalf of women.
[box type=”note” icon=”none” style=”rounded” border=”full”] First allow me to thank those of you who took time to post responses to the debate, here and over at The Good Men Project Magazine regarding societal violence. I had the pleasure of writing the articles that were featured in that debate, but as usual the comments carried the …
The Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (SPSMM) editor for the Good Men Project Magazine (unnamed in the article) has responded to my rebuttal of Chris Kilmartin’s blanket condemnation of masculinity in the piece entitled, “Violence is a Men’s Issue.” The purported gist of the response, as I understand it, is that …
I think this presents a unique opportunity. First, it is good to see the people of SPSMM reach outside their insulated academic enclave and take their ideology into forums where disparate views are allowed and encouraged. I also note that while I do not agree with some of the material presented in The Good Men Project Magazine, I am encouraged that its management is clearly not interested in an editorial orthodoxy and is willing to showcase a badly needed discussion directly in view of the public.
Note: I recently posted a video involving men being assaulted by women at a Delhi train station. The video used here is a different, more expansive one. -PE December 10th is officially recognized as Human Rights Day by the United Nations. Nations from all over the world are encouraged to measure themselves in respect to …
Thanks to all who contributed their words and works to create this spot for the poets at AVfM. Keep ’em coming. -PE Gender War By Uma Challa Ding Dong Bell Frog in the well She pulled his hair You think it is fair? He screamed his lungs out As he was being thrown out Who …
The latest offering from 1menaregood1 over on YouTube. It is pointless to add anything to yet another great video.
If we want to reengineer men to be less violent, then perhaps their role as congenitally selected bodyguards is the first thing that needs to come into question. Perhaps we should confront men about their universally common knee jerk reaction to protect others in distress, even if violence is required. And perhaps we should confront women for selecting men with such capabilities.
Abortion is highly polemicist, with the mainstay of its opponents squarely on the neoconservative religions right. Socons, as we call them.
