I’ll let somebody else complain that such...

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

“I’ll let somebody else complain that such statements are offensive. My complaint is that such statements have no place in a community celebrating everything masculine. Who thinks this sort of garbage is manly? Did somebody decide that masculinity is defined as the opposite of feminism? Did people get the patriarchal and the masculine crossed somehow? The heart of manliness is about men competing with other men. If you have to assert your masculinity by beating up (physically or verbally) on women, you’re masculinity is in a sorry, sorry state. At the heart of “go iron my shirt” is “I have a bigger penis than a woman!” Congratulations! You’ve passed a basic biological threshold. It took the doctors a while to figure it out—but sure enough, it’s a boy!” squashed: Misogyny: Not Manly