Hey so I just deleted a bunch of tweets from the EndMenGate excitement earlier today
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I have a lot of beliefs and opinions about masculinity because, well, I'm a guy, and bc of experiences and reading I've done
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But I'm certainly not an expert and there are certainly many experiences I haven't had
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One of those is that while I've certainly taken a lot of crap due to the stereotypes of "Asian emasculation" I'm still cisgender
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My male identity and whether I shape up to someone else's ideal of masculinity can be - and has been - used to attack and hurt me
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But I don't live with the threat of actually having it erased or taken away
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And so the question of what manhood all means - though it's felt very urgent to me at tomes growing up - isn't the same as for a trans man
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So I spoke out of turn and overconfidently about the lack of collateral damage of "ironic misandry"
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To anyone hurt by that, I sincerely apologize
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