So the opening question: What is a man?
Not sure.
And the titular question: What is masculinity? — Moliere
So the opening question: What is a man?
And the titular question: What is masculinity? — Moliere
There are certain characteristics I have that I am confident about - that are part of how I think about myself, my identity. — T Clark
Ask a reductionist question and you get a reductionist answer. Masculinity gets defined as being the kind of matter which possess a certain collection of properties or essences. — apokrisis
As a holist, I would ask what does masculinity seek to oppose itself to? What does it dichotomously "other"...Of course, that would be the feminine. — apokrisis
Ask a reductionist question and you get a reductionist answer. Masculinity gets defined as being the kind of matter which possess a certain collection of properties or essences. — apokrisis
I'm tempted to keep the OP this simple. But given my expressions in various posts I obviously have some thoughts on the issue...
So the opening question: What is a man?
And the titular question: What is masculinity? — Moliere
As a holist, I would ask what does masculinity seek to oppose itself to? What does it dichotomously "other".
Of course, that would be the feminine. Well perhaps. We might start down this road and start to think that the masculine~feminine dichotomy isn't that massively useful after all. It kind of gets at something, but lacks strong explanatory value. — apokrisis
For me, it's not. I'm not a man in opposition to anything. A man is what I am.
I can't say I treat women exactly the way I treat men, but I apply the same standards - fairness, friendliness, respect. I admit I feel more protective of women in general than I do of men. I can sometimes be a pretty intimidating person for people who don't know me. I'm high energy and aggressive verbally. Women tend to be more intimidated by me than men do, so I have to be more careful. — T Clark
To understand what "real" is doing here we ask what it is to be contrasted with, and what other term might replace "not real". Use pattern is "it's not a real X, its a Y" - "it's not a real world, its... what? imagined? fake? counterfeit? Nothing seems to fit. So we can pass such an unfounded musing by. Language on holiday. — Banno
we can ask:What is a real man? — Moliere
How are we telling the truth of the world when we allow dialectical argument to drive us to opposing extremes that are mostly about just putting small tilts one way or the other under a giant magnifying lens? — apokrisis
The right of politics has turned its aggression and frustration outwards on migrants and liberalism because the political realm is simply stalled when it comes to addressing humanity's real problems of climate change, food insecurity, etc. And likewise the left has followed its own inbuilt dialectical tendency by turning its frustrated rage inwards on the question of identity within the social collective. — apokrisis
I am still a man. I know those patterns.
But I'm not interested in being a real man. — Moliere
I've mentioned Kate Millet a few times on these forums. — Moliere
[emphasis added]Does masculinity need a makeover for the 21st century? Should your gender matter to who you are as a person? Ray thinks masculinity is a tool of the patriarchy and should be rejected, but Blakey counters by suggesting that there may be multiple definitions of masculinity that need not all rely on narrow and stereotypical expectations. Ray is skeptical of a solution that would introduce more stereotypes into the mix, and they maintain that people should simply focus on what they have in common with all human beings.
The co-hosts are joined by Robin Dembroff, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, who argues that any idea of what someone must be or ought to be on the basis of gender is constrictive.
Ray asks how their critique differs from standard critiques of masculinity, and Robin explains that their view emphasizes the close connection between masculinity and maleness. Blakey questions the ability to separate the two concepts, which prompts Robin to define masculinity as standing in opposition to femininity. Ray then considers how men are advantaged and disadvantaged by sexism due to the intersectionality between gender, race, class, and disability. — "
A "female man" is a woman with a man's mind, her body and soul still female.[2] Joanna's metaphorical transformation refers to her decision to seek equality by rejecting women's dependence on men and mirrors the journeys made by the other three protagonists.
On Gethen, the permanently male Genly Ai is an oddity, and is seen as a "pervert" by the natives; according to reviewers, this is Le Guin's way of gently critiquing masculinity. — wiki
So the opening question: What is a man? — Moliere
However, I'm not going to formulate my views differently just because some morons believe they're living in a patriarchy. — Judaka
Ask Science Fiction. — unenlightened
Ask a woman. Ask Science Fiction — unenlightened
Many Regency romance novels include the following:
— Regency Romance - Wiki
I've known too many people who do or do not live up to the cliches across the sex line to think sex is very determinative of one's traits or abilities. — Moliere
One is that I think the lack of really caring about one's masculinity is itself a masculine trait. — Moliere
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