i disagree with the author here

a bit. she's saying this group of men is all well and good, but in the end it's all bogus because 'they don't have a clear picture of what they want to build in it's place' (the in it's place refers to treating women like shite)

well court, can you tell me EXACTLY what each and every women's organization or group wants to build? and i do mean exactly. why would that be different than what this men's group wants to build?

well of course it wouldn't. man, nit picking. there's nothing to nit pick here. a group of men sees and understands gender stereotypes and violence against women are not only bad for women, but bad for men as well. they form a group and are working through how to change things. what the fuck is wrong with that court? NADA


What Should a Feminist Man Look Like?
By Courtney E. Martin, The American Prospect.

"Machismo!" shouted a young college student in the third row.

"Tough!" "Violent!" "Homophobic!" shouted three other young men, sprinkled throughout the packed lecture hall. Ethan Wong, a student at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, who was dressed in a slim business suit, nodded as he wrote each word on the chalk board.

The roomful of young men was brainstorming all the qualities associated with masculinity. Wong was one of the organizers of the National Conference for Campus-Based Men's Gender Equality and Anti-Violence Groups, a long and clunky name for an unprecedented event that took place last weekend at his school. It was the first time that young guys from around the country -- guys like Wong, who recognize that the kind of masculinity they are describing is toxic for men, too -- gathered to share strategies for getting college men involved in gender-based activism and discuss the work ahead...........

and here she says it's DANGEROUS? effing dangerous? HOW SO? she never says. well she does say i guess. it's all bullshite though so it doesn't count.

......While it's thrilling that there is also a movement of young men all who want to tear down the patriarchy right alongside women, it's dangerous that they don't have a clear picture of what they want to build in its place...........

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