Apparently, I can't be a humanist unless I accept that men are psychopaths rather than emotionally healthy humans.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Hey, would that then make you a toxic humanist?! (Been having my own struggle on this topic today, too, sigh...)
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Replying to @cabinloon @HPluckrose
CabinLoon Retweeted CabinLoon
Oh, now I see, I stepped into it replying to same guy! https://twitter.com/cabinloon/status/876850766283239427 … (Tho he didn't engage with me much thereafter; others did.)
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Replying to @cabinloon @HPluckrose
I'm on the fence abt it. I think there are some attitudes associated w manliness when taken 2 excess are toxic 2 their holders or others.
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Helen has convinced me 'toxic masculinity' is not a gd way 2 describe this phenomenon. But now I'm not sure what to call it.
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Replying to @IonaItalia @cabinloon
Which is a problem. I don't know either but do think it better to address the behaviour than gender it. eg, Boorishness when it is.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @cabinloon
But sometimes it's internalised societal expectations or views abt manliness (I honestly believe this contributed 2 a male friend's suicide)
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among other things, he believed real men don't ask for help, they are self-reliant...
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Religion was more common then. Suicide is an attempt to end your existence so people who don't think it does that do it less.
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HELEN! GO TO BED!
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Soon!
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