Smoke, Mirrors, and Earthquakes: On Being a Male Survivor

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Can the same sympathy exist for male survivors of female abuse , Tim Pylypiuk writes, as it exists for female survivors of male abuse?

Niagara Falls High School Student Ordered To Remove Heels

(Hat tip to Womanist Musings.) Maye showed up one day at his Niagara Falls high school in red stilettos. Not even one period into the school day, the teachers ordered him to take his high heels off. Maye refused, saying that there were many girls in heels who didn’t have to take them off, until he was threatened [...]

Roles Don’t Always Have to Be Gender Roles

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Megan Rosker gives an honest take on the idea of gender roles and masculine qualities.

The Magnificent Appeal of Masculinity

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If you can’t appreciate the gender traits of your partner, Nicole Johnson writes, you may not be with the right person.

The Astoundingly Simple Truth About Masculinity and Goodness

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Pretty much everything is good about masculinity, writes Michael Kaufman.

Strictly Moderated: #MenCallMeThings

Mod Note: If your comment takes the form “this is the Internet, everyone experiences harassment”, “these women should just suck it up when people send them rape threats”, ”everything Sady Doyle has ever done is now invalid because she said some unwise, inflammatory things on NSWATM” or “#mencallmethings is misandric because not all men harass women on the Internet”, don’t leave [...]

From Rome to WWII: The Shift From Masculine to Feminine Power

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Feminine and masculine power aren’t exclusive to men or women, Brandon Ferdig writes, and each one needs the other.

Feminine Power: The Recognition

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While he was in China, Brandon Ferdig found a totally different type of femininity than what he was used to.

The End of Gender

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A new package from The Good Men Project and friends.

Holding on to the good: in praise of masculinity, femininity, and everything “normal”

As people interested in gender equality, we (justifiably!) spend a lot of time criticizing The Way Things Are. Which is great! Part of the way things are undeniably sucks, and could be better. However, in doing all this, we can end up giving the impression that it all sucks, that there’s nothing redeemable about it, [...]

Laura Ingraham Is A Fuckwit

I now present, for your WTFing pleasure, the works of one Ms. Laura Ingraham on the subject of whether men ought to have purses.   In their mission to erase all vestiges of masculinity once and for all, the fashion mavens have done away with the backpack, the briefcase, and the gym bag. The only accessory [...]