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I agree with you to some extent, but not 100%. Ever since I began reading Robert Jensen's Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity I've become skeptical of redefining masculinity. Jensen believes men need to transcend masculinity, instead of redefining it. Rejecting masculinity encourages people to question gender socialization and helps males define themselves as human beings. Transcending masculinity is more effective than redefining it, because it holds all men accountable for male violence against women, instead of outlining a group of "good" men and "bad" men. Jensen says the feminist/anti-pornstitution movement must continue to hold men accountable; redefining manhood isn't as effective as transcending/rejecting manhood. Transcending manhood helps males define themselves as humans... do you understand what I'm saying?elfeminista wrote:We have to change what 'men", means.
It means to me that we become very aware of what males have done and start thinking of our Sisters first.We are talking about a momentous change in human society, something revolutionary. If males are to be involved then we must work to erase patriarchal thinking,
creating a "brotherhood" modeled on Sisterhood. In my view this is positive, not harmful.
Andrew wrote:Mentoring is a problem concept to me too. But if you're going to, like a teacher, measure your success in making yourself unnecessary, not like these old hands that won't tell the new hire anything because they are worried about job security.
Maybe encourager, resource person would be a more helpful direction?? Doesn't seem so hierarchical to me.
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