#toxic-masculinity — Public Fediverse posts
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Buddhistdoor View: What Makes a Good Man? - Buddhistdoor Global
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/buddhistdoor-view-what-makes-a-good-man/#gender #men #masculinity #genderstudies #buddhist #buddhism #philosophy #sociology #manosphere #toxicmasculinity
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Buddhistdoor View: What Makes a Good Man? - Buddhistdoor Global
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/buddhistdoor-view-what-makes-a-good-man/#gender #men #masculinity #genderstudies #buddhist #buddhism #philosophy #sociology #manosphere #toxicmasculinity
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"Boys will be boys"
Well now some of them are dead.
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2026-08-17/garda-told-not-to-pursue-wrong-way-driver-before-fatal-crash
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"Boys will be boys"
Well now some of them are dead.
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2026-08-17/garda-told-not-to-pursue-wrong-way-driver-before-fatal-crash
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"Boys will be boys"
Well now some of them are dead.
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2026-08-17/garda-told-not-to-pursue-wrong-way-driver-before-fatal-crash
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"Boys will be boys"
Well now some of them are dead.
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2026-08-17/garda-told-not-to-pursue-wrong-way-driver-before-fatal-crash
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"Boys will be boys"
Well now some of them are dead.
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2026-08-17/garda-told-not-to-pursue-wrong-way-driver-before-fatal-crash
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I'm revisiting films from 1999 and before
New Jack City released in 1991
I gave away all my vinyl to Oxfam. The volunteer who received them lay them flat which damages them; but kept
(1/3)
#blackfilm #greatfilm #blackmusic #misogynoir #toxicmasculinity #incel #blackmastodon
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I'm revisiting films from 1999 and before
New Jack City released in 1991
I gave away all my vinyl to Oxfam. The volunteer who received them lay them flat which damages them; but kept
(1/3)
#blackfilm #greatfilm #blackmusic #misogynoir #toxicmasculinity #incel #blackmastodon
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I'm revisiting films from 1999 and before
New Jack City released in 1991
I gave away all my vinyl to Oxfam. The volunteer who received them lay them flat which damages them; but kept
(1/3)
#blackfilm #greatfilm #blackmusic #misogynoir #toxicmasculinity #incel #blackmastodon
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I'm revisiting films from 1999 and before
New Jack City released in 1991
I gave away all my vinyl to Oxfam. The volunteer who received them lay them flat which damages them; but kept
(1/3)
#blackfilm #greatfilm #blackmusic #misogynoir #toxicmasculinity #incel #blackmastodon
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I'm revisiting films from 1999 and before
New Jack City released in 1991
I gave away all my vinyl to Oxfam. The volunteer who received them lay them flat which damages them; but kept
(1/3)
#blackfilm #greatfilm #blackmusic #misogynoir #toxicmasculinity #incel #blackmastodon
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It's common but not fair to reduce complex geopolitical situations to street beef logic
But with #Russia it's fair
Russia is the guy with a constant desperate need to do #bravado
But it's all hapless insecurity
Real "tough guys" rarely speak, and when they do it's few words. If it comes to it, they're ready. And good at it
It dovetails with the concept of #toxicMasculinity: that to "be a man" somehow means you have to be a loud aggressive incompetent loser
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It's common but not fair to reduce complex geopolitical situations to street beef logic
But with #Russia it's fair
Russia is the guy with a constant desperate need to do #bravado
But it's all hapless insecurity
Real "tough guys" rarely speak, and when they do it's few words. If it comes to it, they're ready. And good at it
It dovetails with the concept of #toxicMasculinity: that to "be a man" somehow means you have to be a loud aggressive incompetent loser
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It's common but not fair to reduce complex geopolitical situations to street beef logic
But with #Russia it's fair
Russia is the guy with a constant desperate need to do #bravado
But it's all hapless insecurity
Real "tough guys" rarely speak, and when they do it's few words. If it comes to it, they're ready. And good at it
It dovetails with the concept of #toxicMasculinity: that to "be a man" somehow means you have to be a loud aggressive incompetent loser
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It's common but not fair to reduce complex geopolitical situations to street beef logic
But with #Russia it's fair
Russia is the guy with a constant desperate need to do #bravado
But it's all hapless insecurity
Real "tough guys" rarely speak, and when they do it's few words. If it comes to it, they're ready. And good at it
It dovetails with the concept of #toxicMasculinity: that to "be a man" somehow means you have to be a loud aggressive incompetent loser
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Middle aged loser thugs strike again!
"A 102-year-old man has died of his injuries after allegedly being assaulted at a pub in south Wales
A 56-year-old man from Llanelli was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm in connection with the case. He has been released but remains under investigation."
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Middle aged loser thugs strike again!
"A 102-year-old man has died of his injuries after allegedly being assaulted at a pub in south Wales
A 56-year-old man from Llanelli was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm in connection with the case. He has been released but remains under investigation."
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Middle aged loser thugs strike again!
"A 102-year-old man has died of his injuries after allegedly being assaulted at a pub in south Wales
A 56-year-old man from Llanelli was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm in connection with the case. He has been released but remains under investigation."
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Middle aged loser thugs strike again!
"A 102-year-old man has died of his injuries after allegedly being assaulted at a pub in south Wales
A 56-year-old man from Llanelli was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm in connection with the case. He has been released but remains under investigation."
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Middle aged loser thugs strike again!
"A 102-year-old man has died of his injuries after allegedly being assaulted at a pub in south Wales
A 56-year-old man from Llanelli was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm in connection with the case. He has been released but remains under investigation."
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I guess Whiskey Pete's reaction to all of this will be "just shut up and deal with it like Warriors" believing himself to be in the Warhammer 40k Universe....
#PeteHegseth #MentalHealth #USNavy #WhiskeyPete #ToxicMasculinity #WH40k
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I guess Whiskey Pete's reaction to all of this will be "just shut up and deal with it like Warriors" believing himself to be in the Warhammer 40k Universe....
#PeteHegseth #MentalHealth #USNavy #WhiskeyPete #ToxicMasculinity #WH40k
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I guess Whiskey Pete's reaction to all of this will be "just shut up and deal with it like Warriors" believing himself to be in the Warhammer 40k Universe....
#PeteHegseth #MentalHealth #USNavy #WhiskeyPete #ToxicMasculinity #WH40k
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I guess Whiskey Pete's reaction to all of this will be "just shut up and deal with it like Warriors" believing himself to be in the Warhammer 40k Universe....
#PeteHegseth #MentalHealth #USNavy #WhiskeyPete #ToxicMasculinity #WH40k
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I guess Whiskey Pete's reaction to all of this will be "just shut up and deal with it like Warriors" believing himself to be in the Warhammer 40k Universe....
#PeteHegseth #MentalHealth #USNavy #WhiskeyPete #ToxicMasculinity #WH40k
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Manospheres behind me on plane: “Dude I was on Joe Rogan yesterday & he was looking at my instagram.” Other dudebro: “Gotta capitalize on that in a follow-up video.” “Yeah, bro” “Nice! Yeah.” Then they go on to talk about unfaithful women. Oh gods just jerk each other off already. 🍆💦
#toxicmasculinity #shallowpeople -
Manospheres behind me on plane: “Dude I was on Joe Rogan yesterday & he was looking at my instagram.” Other dudebro: “Gotta capitalize on that in a follow-up video.” “Yeah, bro” “Nice! Yeah.” Then they go on to talk about unfaithful women. Oh gods just jerk each other off already. 🍆💦
#toxicmasculinity #shallowpeople -
Manospheres behind me on plane: “Dude I was on Joe Rogan yesterday & he was looking at my instagram.” Other dudebro: “Gotta capitalize on that in a follow-up video.” “Yeah, bro” “Nice! Yeah.” Then they go on to talk about unfaithful women. Oh gods just jerk each other off already. 🍆💦
#toxicmasculinity #shallowpeople -
Manospheres behind me on plane: “Dude I was on Joe Rogan yesterday & he was looking at my instagram.” Other dudebro: “Gotta capitalize on that in a follow-up video.” “Yeah, bro” “Nice! Yeah.” Then they go on to talk about unfaithful women. Oh gods just jerk each other off already. 🍆💦
#toxicmasculinity #shallowpeople -
Manospheres behind me on plane: “Dude I was on Joe Rogan yesterday & he was looking at my instagram.” Other dudebro: “Gotta capitalize on that in a follow-up video.” “Yeah, bro” “Nice! Yeah.” Then they go on to talk about unfaithful women. Oh gods just jerk each other off already. 🍆💦
#toxicmasculinity #shallowpeople -
Worrying aspect of this #crime is offender clearly knows he will get #prison for stabbing someone, and appears to have already researched sentence he would get and still is prepared to commit the offence for just £20 -whilst he's mistakenly picked the highest minimum tarriff for an adult offender committing #murder in public rather than a juvenile (its about 16 years these days), even that wasn't a deterrent.
If he had the #knife since Year 9 that means he has been routinely carrying it and preparing to use if for 2-3 years..
If #ToxicMasculinity isn't addressed in #British society (which needs to start before primary school age!) we are never going to solve the problems with overcrowded #prisons as they will keep filling up with lads like this..
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Worrying aspect of this #crime is offender clearly knows he will get #prison for stabbing someone, and appears to have already researched sentence he would get and still is prepared to commit the offence for just £20 -whilst he's mistakenly picked the highest minimum tarriff for an adult offender committing #murder in public rather than a juvenile (its about 16 years these days), even that wasn't a deterrent.
If he had the #knife since Year 9 that means he has been routinely carrying it and preparing to use if for 2-3 years..
If #ToxicMasculinity isn't addressed in #British society (which needs to start before primary school age!) we are never going to solve the problems with overcrowded #prisons as they will keep filling up with lads like this..
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Worrying aspect of this #crime is offender clearly knows he will get #prison for stabbing someone, and appears to have already researched sentence he would get and still is prepared to commit the offence for just £20 -whilst he's mistakenly picked the highest minimum tarriff for an adult offender committing #murder in public rather than a juvenile (its about 16 years these days), even that wasn't a deterrent.
If he had the #knife since Year 9 that means he has been routinely carrying it and preparing to use if for 2-3 years..
If #ToxicMasculinity isn't addressed in #British society (which needs to start before primary school age!) we are never going to solve the problems with overcrowded #prisons as they will keep filling up with lads like this..
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Worrying aspect of this #crime is offender clearly knows he will get #prison for stabbing someone, and appears to have already researched sentence he would get and still is prepared to commit the offence for just £20 -whilst he's mistakenly picked the highest minimum tarriff for an adult offender committing #murder in public rather than a juvenile (its about 16 years these days), even that wasn't a deterrent.
If he had the #knife since Year 9 that means he has been routinely carrying it and preparing to use if for 2-3 years..
If #ToxicMasculinity isn't addressed in #British society (which needs to start before primary school age!) we are never going to solve the problems with overcrowded #prisons as they will keep filling up with lads like this..
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Worrying aspect of this #crime is offender clearly knows he will get #prison for stabbing someone, and appears to have already researched sentence he would get and still is prepared to commit the offence for just £20 -whilst he's mistakenly picked the highest minimum tarriff for an adult offender committing #murder in public rather than a juvenile (its about 16 years these days), even that wasn't a deterrent.
If he had the #knife since Year 9 that means he has been routinely carrying it and preparing to use if for 2-3 years..
If #ToxicMasculinity isn't addressed in #British society (which needs to start before primary school age!) we are never going to solve the problems with overcrowded #prisons as they will keep filling up with lads like this..
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Review: Duet of Beautiful Goddesses
Duet of Beautiful Goddesses (Megami-tachi no Nijuusou, 女神たちの二重奏), 2010-2012, Hanakouji, Yumi, Manga Sunday STORY: 6 Meet Akane Kida. Broke and alone with her shut-in brother, she is at the end of the rope. But, on a fateful day, she meets Reika Tojo, a rich married lady who looks just like her twin! Is it one of these stories where people exchange their lives? Yes! Is it going to be full of outrageous romantic misunderstandings because people don't communicate enough? Yes! […]https://mangaispolitical.noblogs.org/post/2026/08/02/review-duet-of-beautiful-goddesses/
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Review: Duet of Beautiful Goddesses
Duet of Beautiful Goddesses (Megami-tachi no Nijuusou, 女神たちの二重奏), 2010-2012, Hanakouji, Yumi, Manga Sunday STORY: 6 Meet Akane Kida. Broke and alone with her shut-in brother, she is at the end of the rope. But, on a fateful day, she meets Reika Tojo, a rich married lady who looks just like her twin! Is it one of these stories where people exchange their lives? Yes! Is it going to be full of outrageous romantic misunderstandings because people don't communicate enough? Yes! […]https://mangaispolitical.noblogs.org/post/2026/08/02/review-duet-of-beautiful-goddesses/
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Were they getting off on them too? People will ask...
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Were they getting off on them too? People will ask...
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Were they getting off on them too? People will ask...
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Were they getting off on them too? People will ask...
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Were they getting off on them too? People will ask...
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@EricLawton @Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
The #BroCode, How Contemporary Culture Creates #Sexist Men with Dr. Thomas Keith
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@EricLawton @Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
The #BroCode, How Contemporary Culture Creates #Sexist Men with Dr. Thomas Keith
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@EricLawton @Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
The #BroCode, How Contemporary Culture Creates #Sexist Men with Dr. Thomas Keith
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@EricLawton @Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
The #BroCode, How Contemporary Culture Creates #Sexist Men with Dr. Thomas Keith
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@EricLawton @Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
The #BroCode, How Contemporary Culture Creates #Sexist Men with Dr. Thomas Keith
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So, I think it wasn't an essay, but two movies I saw in class -- "The Bro Code" and "The Strength to Resist". I'll see if I can find a link to those. In the meantime, here is my student response to the movies that I wrote back in 2017.
"The movie, “The Strength to Resist,” Dr. Gail Dines talks media’s impact on boys and men, and how “men are affected by society’s encoded messages of what it means to be a man” (Strength). However, in the movie, “The Bro Code,” Dr. Thomas Keith describes “Maxim model of manhood” (Bro Code). If a man doesn’t “measure up to Alpha Male, he will put you in your place,” (Bro Code). If one doesn’t measure up to “a tough guy badass” (Bro Code) hypermasculine model, then you’re were either feminized or a “a McLovin” (Bro Code) nerd-type.
The #hypermasculine model puts pressure on boys and men to hide their feelings or be considered weak or feminized, and to act and look a certain way – with an emphasis of being buff and tough. But it is painfully obvious – especially after watching “The Strength to Resist” and the Ms. magazine article – that there is a lot of pressure on girls and women to look a certain way – with boys and men can be brainwashed into judging women by their looks and thinking of them as just “sex objects” (Bro Code).
Gloria Steinem summed it up nicely when she described how that “even ‘real’ non-model women photographed for a woman’s magazine are usually made up, dressed in credited clothes, and retouched out of all reality” (Steinem, 181). Unrealistic expectations hurt everyone, and only by rejecting these standards can we be ourselves, and not media-constructed hyperboles."
Media-constructed hyperbole describes #Hegseth perfectly!
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So, I think it wasn't an essay, but two movies I saw in class -- "The Bro Code" and "The Strength to Resist". I'll see if I can find a link to those. In the meantime, here is my student response to the movies that I wrote back in 2017.
"The movie, “The Strength to Resist,” Dr. Gail Dines talks media’s impact on boys and men, and how “men are affected by society’s encoded messages of what it means to be a man” (Strength). However, in the movie, “The Bro Code,” Dr. Thomas Keith describes “Maxim model of manhood” (Bro Code). If a man doesn’t “measure up to Alpha Male, he will put you in your place,” (Bro Code). If one doesn’t measure up to “a tough guy badass” (Bro Code) hypermasculine model, then you’re were either feminized or a “a McLovin” (Bro Code) nerd-type.
The #hypermasculine model puts pressure on boys and men to hide their feelings or be considered weak or feminized, and to act and look a certain way – with an emphasis of being buff and tough. But it is painfully obvious – especially after watching “The Strength to Resist” and the Ms. magazine article – that there is a lot of pressure on girls and women to look a certain way – with boys and men can be brainwashed into judging women by their looks and thinking of them as just “sex objects” (Bro Code).
Gloria Steinem summed it up nicely when she described how that “even ‘real’ non-model women photographed for a woman’s magazine are usually made up, dressed in credited clothes, and retouched out of all reality” (Steinem, 181). Unrealistic expectations hurt everyone, and only by rejecting these standards can we be ourselves, and not media-constructed hyperboles."
Media-constructed hyperbole describes #Hegseth perfectly!
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So, I think it wasn't an essay, but two movies I saw in class -- "The Bro Code" and "The Strength to Resist". I'll see if I can find a link to those. In the meantime, here is my student response to the movies that I wrote back in 2017.
"The movie, “The Strength to Resist,” Dr. Gail Dines talks media’s impact on boys and men, and how “men are affected by society’s encoded messages of what it means to be a man” (Strength). However, in the movie, “The Bro Code,” Dr. Thomas Keith describes “Maxim model of manhood” (Bro Code). If a man doesn’t “measure up to Alpha Male, he will put you in your place,” (Bro Code). If one doesn’t measure up to “a tough guy badass” (Bro Code) hypermasculine model, then you’re were either feminized or a “a McLovin” (Bro Code) nerd-type.
The #hypermasculine model puts pressure on boys and men to hide their feelings or be considered weak or feminized, and to act and look a certain way – with an emphasis of being buff and tough. But it is painfully obvious – especially after watching “The Strength to Resist” and the Ms. magazine article – that there is a lot of pressure on girls and women to look a certain way – with boys and men can be brainwashed into judging women by their looks and thinking of them as just “sex objects” (Bro Code).
Gloria Steinem summed it up nicely when she described how that “even ‘real’ non-model women photographed for a woman’s magazine are usually made up, dressed in credited clothes, and retouched out of all reality” (Steinem, 181). Unrealistic expectations hurt everyone, and only by rejecting these standards can we be ourselves, and not media-constructed hyperboles."
Media-constructed hyperbole describes #Hegseth perfectly!
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So, I think it wasn't an essay, but two movies I saw in class -- "The Bro Code" and "The Strength to Resist". I'll see if I can find a link to those. In the meantime, here is my student response to the movies that I wrote back in 2017.
"The movie, “The Strength to Resist,” Dr. Gail Dines talks media’s impact on boys and men, and how “men are affected by society’s encoded messages of what it means to be a man” (Strength). However, in the movie, “The Bro Code,” Dr. Thomas Keith describes “Maxim model of manhood” (Bro Code). If a man doesn’t “measure up to Alpha Male, he will put you in your place,” (Bro Code). If one doesn’t measure up to “a tough guy badass” (Bro Code) hypermasculine model, then you’re were either feminized or a “a McLovin” (Bro Code) nerd-type.
The #hypermasculine model puts pressure on boys and men to hide their feelings or be considered weak or feminized, and to act and look a certain way – with an emphasis of being buff and tough. But it is painfully obvious – especially after watching “The Strength to Resist” and the Ms. magazine article – that there is a lot of pressure on girls and women to look a certain way – with boys and men can be brainwashed into judging women by their looks and thinking of them as just “sex objects” (Bro Code).
Gloria Steinem summed it up nicely when she described how that “even ‘real’ non-model women photographed for a woman’s magazine are usually made up, dressed in credited clothes, and retouched out of all reality” (Steinem, 181). Unrealistic expectations hurt everyone, and only by rejecting these standards can we be ourselves, and not media-constructed hyperboles."
Media-constructed hyperbole describes #Hegseth perfectly!
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So, I think it wasn't an essay, but two movies I saw in class -- "The Bro Code" and "The Strength to Resist". I'll see if I can find a link to those. In the meantime, here is my student response to the movies that I wrote back in 2017.
"The movie, “The Strength to Resist,” Dr. Gail Dines talks media’s impact on boys and men, and how “men are affected by society’s encoded messages of what it means to be a man” (Strength). However, in the movie, “The Bro Code,” Dr. Thomas Keith describes “Maxim model of manhood” (Bro Code). If a man doesn’t “measure up to Alpha Male, he will put you in your place,” (Bro Code). If one doesn’t measure up to “a tough guy badass” (Bro Code) hypermasculine model, then you’re were either feminized or a “a McLovin” (Bro Code) nerd-type.
The #hypermasculine model puts pressure on boys and men to hide their feelings or be considered weak or feminized, and to act and look a certain way – with an emphasis of being buff and tough. But it is painfully obvious – especially after watching “The Strength to Resist” and the Ms. magazine article – that there is a lot of pressure on girls and women to look a certain way – with boys and men can be brainwashed into judging women by their looks and thinking of them as just “sex objects” (Bro Code).
Gloria Steinem summed it up nicely when she described how that “even ‘real’ non-model women photographed for a woman’s magazine are usually made up, dressed in credited clothes, and retouched out of all reality” (Steinem, 181). Unrealistic expectations hurt everyone, and only by rejecting these standards can we be ourselves, and not media-constructed hyperboles."
Media-constructed hyperbole describes #Hegseth perfectly!
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I just came across this in my feed....
"It is not easy to find a direct economic explanation of the behaviour of the people who now rule the world. The desire for pure power seems to be much more dominant than the desire for wealth. This has often been pointed out, but curiously enough the desire for power seems to be taken for granted as a natural instinct, equally prevalent in all ages, like the desire for food. Actually it is no more natural, in the sense of being biologically necessary, than drunkenness or gambling. And if it has reached new levels of lunacy in our own age, as I think it has, then the question becomes: What is the special quality in modern life that makes a major human motive out of the impulse to bully others? If we could answer that question — seldom asked, never followed up — there might occasionally be a bit of good news on the front page of your morning paper."
#GeorgeOrwell, 1946.
https://wist.info/orwell-george/85229/
@Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
#ToxicMasculinity #Colonialism #Capitalism #Bullying #DesireForPower #Orwell #OrwellQuotes
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I just came across this in my feed....
"It is not easy to find a direct economic explanation of the behaviour of the people who now rule the world. The desire for pure power seems to be much more dominant than the desire for wealth. This has often been pointed out, but curiously enough the desire for power seems to be taken for granted as a natural instinct, equally prevalent in all ages, like the desire for food. Actually it is no more natural, in the sense of being biologically necessary, than drunkenness or gambling. And if it has reached new levels of lunacy in our own age, as I think it has, then the question becomes: What is the special quality in modern life that makes a major human motive out of the impulse to bully others? If we could answer that question — seldom asked, never followed up — there might occasionally be a bit of good news on the front page of your morning paper."
#GeorgeOrwell, 1946.
https://wist.info/orwell-george/85229/
@Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
#ToxicMasculinity #Colonialism #Capitalism #Bullying #DesireForPower #Orwell #OrwellQuotes
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I just came across this in my feed....
"It is not easy to find a direct economic explanation of the behaviour of the people who now rule the world. The desire for pure power seems to be much more dominant than the desire for wealth. This has often been pointed out, but curiously enough the desire for power seems to be taken for granted as a natural instinct, equally prevalent in all ages, like the desire for food. Actually it is no more natural, in the sense of being biologically necessary, than drunkenness or gambling. And if it has reached new levels of lunacy in our own age, as I think it has, then the question becomes: What is the special quality in modern life that makes a major human motive out of the impulse to bully others? If we could answer that question — seldom asked, never followed up — there might occasionally be a bit of good news on the front page of your morning paper."
#GeorgeOrwell, 1946.
https://wist.info/orwell-george/85229/
@Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
#ToxicMasculinity #Colonialism #Capitalism #Bullying #DesireForPower #Orwell #OrwellQuotes
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I just came across this in my feed....
"It is not easy to find a direct economic explanation of the behaviour of the people who now rule the world. The desire for pure power seems to be much more dominant than the desire for wealth. This has often been pointed out, but curiously enough the desire for power seems to be taken for granted as a natural instinct, equally prevalent in all ages, like the desire for food. Actually it is no more natural, in the sense of being biologically necessary, than drunkenness or gambling. And if it has reached new levels of lunacy in our own age, as I think it has, then the question becomes: What is the special quality in modern life that makes a major human motive out of the impulse to bully others? If we could answer that question — seldom asked, never followed up — there might occasionally be a bit of good news on the front page of your morning paper."
#GeorgeOrwell, 1946.
https://wist.info/orwell-george/85229/
@Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
#ToxicMasculinity #Colonialism #Capitalism #Bullying #DesireForPower #Orwell #OrwellQuotes
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I just came across this in my feed....
"It is not easy to find a direct economic explanation of the behaviour of the people who now rule the world. The desire for pure power seems to be much more dominant than the desire for wealth. This has often been pointed out, but curiously enough the desire for power seems to be taken for granted as a natural instinct, equally prevalent in all ages, like the desire for food. Actually it is no more natural, in the sense of being biologically necessary, than drunkenness or gambling. And if it has reached new levels of lunacy in our own age, as I think it has, then the question becomes: What is the special quality in modern life that makes a major human motive out of the impulse to bully others? If we could answer that question — seldom asked, never followed up — there might occasionally be a bit of good news on the front page of your morning paper."
#GeorgeOrwell, 1946.
https://wist.info/orwell-george/85229/
@Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
#ToxicMasculinity #Colonialism #Capitalism #Bullying #DesireForPower #Orwell #OrwellQuotes
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So, this isn't the article I read for class (I'll dig around for that), but this is one that I bookmarked from 2019...
@Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden
#ToxicMasculinity—and the persistent idea that feelings are a "female thing"—has left a generation of straight men stranded on emotionally-stunted island, unable to forge intimate relationships with other men. It's women who are paying the price.
By Melanie HamlettPublished: May 2, 2019
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So, this isn't the article I read for class (I'll dig around for that), but this is one that I bookmarked from 2019...
@Remittancegirl @Crystal_Fish_Caves
Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden
#ToxicMasculinity—and the persistent idea that feelings are a "female thing"—has left a generation of straight men stranded on emotionally-stunted island, unable to forge intimate relationships with other men. It's women who are paying the price.
By Melanie HamlettPublished: May 2, 2019