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A call to men

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Linthras, Nov 24, 2013.

  1. Linthras

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    Great Ted talk about the ''man box'' masculine stereotypes:

    [YOUTUBE]td1PbsV6B80[/YOUTUBE]
     
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    You should at least include a summary of the video. Kind of boring how people just link to videos without putting an explanation of what they're about.
     
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    I thought I already did.
    Anyway it's a talk about how men force eachother into restrictive macho-masculine behaviour and culture.

    To illustrate a quote:
     
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    from youtube
    EDIT: I like how the comments on youtube points out the speaker's fallacy and how both sides of the gender equality equation have problems, which is certainly true.
     
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    I fell for all the masculine stereotyping in the very beginning of my transition, and I still struggle with it. I get upset with myself because I'm not super-manly and when people tell me that different things I do are feminine, but it's a one-day-at-a-time kind of thing. I've been told recently that I have a mind like a man, which makes me feel good. You win some, you lose some, I guess, but I've learned that I can only be what I am and can't make myself be anything else. That is, after all, why I'm even making this transition.