"Toxic masculinity" is shorthand for "the pressures of social expectations of traditional masculinity resulting in violence". As I talk through the matter with intelligent people who disagree, who claim that toxic femininity must also be a thing, it is this fundamental definition that appears to be the sticking point. One could rightly assert that women… Continue reading Toxic Femininity Does Not Exist
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Matt Lauer, Consent, and Power Dynamics
A lot of people have and will write about Matt Lauer's...defence?...after the Ronan Farrow book, all of them more renowned than I. Here's another take anyway, because it still feels important that men write about this so that men hear it from other men and women can take some comfort in knowing that men who… Continue reading Matt Lauer, Consent, and Power Dynamics
The Demisexual Feminist
I learned a new word recently! Hooray! Demisexual. Feel free to Google the term, the top results are safe for work. What one will find is various lists of criteria to the effect of, "You might be demisexual if". The short version is someone who does not experience sexual attraction without a strong emotional connection… Continue reading The Demisexual Feminist