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Who Takes Your Sacrifice? (Part 1)
The ‘Value’ of Self-Devaluation Author’s note: Before anything, I want to make it absolutely clear that this article is a criticism of the idea of sacrifice as postulated and celebrated in our society as a standard of living and expectation, especially upon men. It is not an admonishment of veterans who have suffered physical …
Workplace deaths and gender gaps
On February 9th, 2019, 54-year-old Michigan steel manufacturing employee Daniel Hill experienced a particularly agonizing accident on the job. While measuring the solution of a vat of sulfuric acid, he fell in. Fully submerged, Hill suffered severe acid burns, as did his coworkers who struggled to pull him from the vat. The fire department was …
Include me out!
Did you hear the news? White men were not affected by the economic downturn engendered by the pandemic! Readers – at least those of you who belong to the Caucasian caucus – don’t you feel fortunate? How do I know that white men were left untouched by the pandemic? The Texas Rangers baseball team told …
Why Men’s Rights Activists Should Care About Folklore
Feminism is ubiquitous in fairy tale studies. Donald Haase edited a book about it: Fairy Tales and Feminism: New Approaches. Nancy Canepa, in Teaching Fairy Tales, called it “groundbreaking” and responsible for “stimulating” conversations within the field. Jack Zipes declared Laura Gonzenbach more important than the Brothers Grimm in his introduction to Beautiful Angiola, because …
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Gender columnists and sex discrimination
Why do the Washington Post and the New York Times both have “gender columnists”? Should anyone be surprised that they are both women, the Post’s Monica Hesse and the Times’ Jessica Bennett? Were any men considered or even eligible for the Post’s position? (I think we all know the answer to that question, don’t we?) …
