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Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:59 PM Feb 2015

No, homophobia has no place in MY conception of masculinity. [View all]

I recognize that I shame the same issues and struggles with other men whatever their sexual preference may be and I think that can be seen quite clearly here in our group.

A more interesting question to me is: Why is that a topic for discussion in "History of Feminism"?

is the juxtaposition of masculinity and its cultural permutations so central to the concept of Feminism? Or is it just popcorn fodder?

Perhaps, dare I suggest, that the continued obsession with issues like that may not, in fact, be all that helpful or healthy?

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Not at all. Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #1
Another outdated script... Major Nikon Mar 2015 #9
I don't see how it could. Behind the Aegis Feb 2015 #2
Sorry. I actually wrote orientation first. Bonobo Feb 2015 #4
Excellent points. Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #5
Because their world view desperately needs the legitimacy... lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #3
... hence homophobia being "a special kind of misogyny". sibelian Mar 2015 #6
+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #7
Victim Envy. nt Bonobo Mar 2015 #8
It's *weird*. sibelian Mar 2015 #10
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