Men's Liberation
This community is first and foremost a feminist community for men and masc people, but it is also a place to talk about men’s issues with a particular focus on intersectionality.
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Everybody is welcome, but this is primarily a space for men and masc people
Non-masculine perspectives are incredibly important in making sure that the lived experiences of others are present in discussions on masculinity, but please remember that this is a space to discuss issues pertaining to men and masc individuals. Be kind, open-minded, and take care that you aren't talking over men expressing their own lived experiences.
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Recommended Reading
- The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity, And Love by bell hooks
- Politics of Masculinities: Men in Movements by Michael Messner
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It's an interesting spin, I think. I believe it is supposed to represent masculinity minus its associated « oppressive qualities ». Male existence is often construed as an abject repulsion of what menaces its dominion as a class (the reason why male homosexuality is a particular object of hate). The problem with those depictions, of course, is its reification of sexual orientations and gender expressions.
Yeah, but that's not what the phrase literally means. And what it literally means doesn't make any sense. It's like those idiots who say they're a lesbian trapped in a mans body. That's not how it works.
Not on a sexual orientation level sure I take it as more a cultural thing, an example would be the stereotype that men are all about penetrative sex, when some men are all about the emotional connection, cuddling, teasing, things that are more associated with women in general and openly with leftist lesbian/bi culture, men can feel they identify with that more than the stereotype of "am penis go in hole yet?"
Absolutely.