Human GhostwriterIt's time to retire masculinity. If it had any utility, we have outlived it. I'm gonna take my dick and my beard and do whatever I want forever.
"That's not masculine!" Who fucking cares? Leave me alone.
DJDarren@HG The older I get, the less I understand what masculinity means, or what purpose it serves.
It's such a caricature. Like, sure, Rambo hip firing two machine guns at skeleton dinosaurs while riding on a rocket-powered skateboard and sporting a comically oversized erection sounds funny for a second, but to then take that and say "this will be my entire life and the foundation for a lifelong hatred of women" is clown behavior.
Isaac Freeman@HG This is where I always barge into conversation with a wild-eyed look and bang a copy of Susan Faludi's _Stiffed_ onto the table saying “There's more than one masculinity! That's just the bullshit individualist neoliberal one! There's a better masculinity with like dignity and mentorship and solidarity and socialism! It doesn't even have to feel threatened by feminism!”
Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷@Tooden I mean… I guess literally yes, but the intent is different. The implication of NotAllMen is that you're not supposed to criticise any form of masculinity in case it offends a man who wants to be recognised for being different.
The intent here is more… fuck that preening performative hollow self-obsessed macho bullshit that they manufacture that to make men feel inadequate so it's easier to extract money from them. If you want to define yourself as a man (and you don't need to do that) start by finding some role models who are decent human beings and aren't trying to play you for a complete rube.
Those arseholes don't own masculinity. There
are plenty of ways to be masculine, even old-school traditional masculine, that aren't about performing how big a dick you can be to everyone around you. If you really want to be a man then be a good man.