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"“If we can’t convince young men of the honor involved and the unique
contributions inherent in expressing what makes them male, we’ll lose them to
niche, rabid online communities,” writes marketing guru and podcaster Scott
Galloway in his new guide to manliness,
Notes On Being a Man. Galloway’s is
the latest best-selling statement of the “crisis of masculinity” — the fear
that boys no longer fully inhabit and embrace their cultural and biological
heritage of manhood. Men, Galloway argues, should be protectors, procreators,
providers; they need to be strong successful heterosexuals, competent and
powerful. That is what masculinity is, and the crisis is that the culture no
longer values it as it should. Men, Galloway insists, must not be shamed for
being men!
As the father of a trans daughter who didn’t come out until she was 17, I am
skeptical. Is our culture really telling boys that they shouldn’t be “boys”?
Are boys more likely to be punished — by friends, by teachers, by parents — for
being interested in sports rather than cosmetics? I think the answer there is
pretty obvious — which means that doubling down on the idea that masculinity is
good and right and proper may well hurt, rather than help, people of all
genders."
Via Lisa Stranger and Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
