ok so, i have unshared the "warped view of masculinity" article because i don't want to amplify the voices of TERFs.
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what i found interesting about it: (1) the idea that mass shooters are not twisting masculinity, but rather enacting it exactly as taught
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(2) the question of whether one can really define a "healthy" masculinity, or if masculinity itself is inextricably rooted in power & anger
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my though: masculinity (or *a* masculinity because we need to get away from thinking that there's just one sooner than later)…
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…is the social context we provide for traits correlated with the general area in the sex phenotype phase graph we call "male".
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anger and force projection might be among those traits. if a masculinity provides a framework for *restraining* those…
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…tendencies and rechanneling them, it's still a masculinity. and one that guy's arguments hardly apply to.
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maybe. that gets into the territory of essentialism, whereas IMO nurture > nature.
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plus as you said, it's a continuum not a binary, and in fact a continuum over many axes...
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*nodnod* a really functional masculinity would provide a strong framework for masculinity in those who are primarily feminine
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