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The below article equates a stereotype of building muscle life choices with mental illness. It is full of statements such as: "‘The three most destructive words’ are ‘be a man' and “I should have hung myself or jumped out a window from my involvement in athletics and Being emotional is manly in my opinion."
It appears to be a growing phenomenon in an upside down America that pits men vs feminism (not all women are left leaning feminists) homosexuality vs straight (no I'm not afraid of gays nor hate them for their behavior) and dovetails into a 'divided we fall' game plan ON ALL OF US. Like the numbers on a clock in different corners it's liberal against conservative, rich against poor, black against white, environmentalist global warming Al Gore's against ...well you all get the point.
If you don't follow that I believe this is a political reasoning, read about this Anti-Bulging Bicep article and think - who and for what reason is this point of view being forwarded on a school campus? Would Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping President of Peoples Republic of China (where 17 cents an hour making iphones is a good thing) and Iran's Hassan Rouhani allow this VIEW as INSPIRATION to their general population?
Students warned: Bulging biceps, big guns advance unhealthy masculinity - The College Fix
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The size of G.I. Joe’s biceps and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s guns in the Terminator movies is proof that the dominant form of masculinity is out of control.
That message and similar ones were conveyed recently to students during Vanderbilt University’s “Healthy Masculinities Week,” organized by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center. Attendance for students was optional. The Vanderbilt week kicked off with a lecture by the first man to minor in women’s studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Jackson Katz. (His alma mater now offers a bachelor’s in women, gender and sexuality studies.)
The self-described “anti-sexist activist” and filmmaker said that sexual violence and domestic abuse are men’s issues and that men would “benefit tremendously from having this conversation.” Katz founded a consulting firm that “provides gender violence prevention and leadership training to institutions in the public and private sectors” and has pioneered the use of bystander training in the U.S. military, according to his website.
At the event, Katz likened racism to sexism, and told students that “people interrupt other people when they make racist comments.” Therefore they should have the same mindset in response to sexist comments, Katz said. But he backtracked during an audience question-and-answer session, admitting that sexist comments can be contextually appropriate in a humorous setting. Political correctness has value, Katz said. Supporters of presidential candidate Donald Trump say like they him for “not being politically correct,” but what they really mean is they like him “for saying racist and sexist comments,” Katz added. (?????????????)
Pop culture also has an insidious effect on masculinity, Katz continued, imploring the audience not to “check your brain and moral conscience when you go to the movies.” Athletes and fraternity members are a risk to themselves and others because of the pressure put on them to act masculine, according to other events from the week.
“The three most destructive words that every man receives when he’s a boy is when he’s told to ‘be a man,’” former NFL player Joe Ehrmann says in the film. Now a minister, Ehrmann spoke on an all-male panel in 2013 titled “Breaking the Male Code,” which was organized by Vagina Monologues writer Eve Ensler. Following the screening, a Vanderbilt professor whose research focuses on race and sports told the audience “I should have hung myself or jumped out a window from my involvement in athletics.”
Gilman Whiting, who teaches a class called “Black Masculinity: Social Imagery and Public Policy,” blamed the hypermasculinized sporting culture in the U.S. for the intense pressure he faced. Being a woman is more predictable than being a man because men constantly have to be ready to “prove it,” Whiting said.
Bill Savage, IFC vice president of recruitment, said he hates the term “man up” or a phrase he claims is closely related, “don’t be a pussy.” In contrast to stereotypes, “being emotional is manly in my opinion,” Savage said.
But this year’s masculinity series was roundly mocked in national news outlets in the week leading up to the observance, including by a panel of four women and one man on the Fox News show Outnumbered. Host Andrea Tantaros claimed the organizers were trying to “demasculinize men” and turn them into “thumb-sucking little beta males in skinny jeans.” Asked about the Fox News pundits’ criticisms, Vanderbilt’s Dicker said they “missed the fact that … there are many ways to be masculine, but American society pressures boys and men to adopt” the version that prioritizes “being competitive, stoic and aggressive, for example.”
Boys and men should also be taught that “emotional vulnerability, cooperation, and sensitivity are valuable human traits,” Dicker said.
There's an old Proverb ..."Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." It would be best that fathers and mothers were strong both physically and spiritually so that we recognize and identify indoctrination vs education.
This is not intended to diagnose or treat health issues.
The below article equates a stereotype of building muscle life choices with mental illness. It is full of statements such as: "‘The three most destructive words’ are ‘be a man' and “I should have hung myself or jumped out a window from my involvement in athletics and Being emotional is manly in my opinion."
It appears to be a growing phenomenon in an upside down America that pits men vs feminism (not all women are left leaning feminists) homosexuality vs straight (no I'm not afraid of gays nor hate them for their behavior) and dovetails into a 'divided we fall' game plan ON ALL OF US. Like the numbers on a clock in different corners it's liberal against conservative, rich against poor, black against white, environmentalist global warming Al Gore's against ...well you all get the point.
If you don't follow that I believe this is a political reasoning, read about this Anti-Bulging Bicep article and think - who and for what reason is this point of view being forwarded on a school campus? Would Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping President of Peoples Republic of China (where 17 cents an hour making iphones is a good thing) and Iran's Hassan Rouhani allow this VIEW as INSPIRATION to their general population?
Students warned: Bulging biceps, big guns advance unhealthy masculinity - The College Fix
HIGHLIGHTS:
The size of G.I. Joe’s biceps and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s guns in the Terminator movies is proof that the dominant form of masculinity is out of control.
That message and similar ones were conveyed recently to students during Vanderbilt University’s “Healthy Masculinities Week,” organized by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center. Attendance for students was optional. The Vanderbilt week kicked off with a lecture by the first man to minor in women’s studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Jackson Katz. (His alma mater now offers a bachelor’s in women, gender and sexuality studies.)
The self-described “anti-sexist activist” and filmmaker said that sexual violence and domestic abuse are men’s issues and that men would “benefit tremendously from having this conversation.” Katz founded a consulting firm that “provides gender violence prevention and leadership training to institutions in the public and private sectors” and has pioneered the use of bystander training in the U.S. military, according to his website.
At the event, Katz likened racism to sexism, and told students that “people interrupt other people when they make racist comments.” Therefore they should have the same mindset in response to sexist comments, Katz said. But he backtracked during an audience question-and-answer session, admitting that sexist comments can be contextually appropriate in a humorous setting. Political correctness has value, Katz said. Supporters of presidential candidate Donald Trump say like they him for “not being politically correct,” but what they really mean is they like him “for saying racist and sexist comments,” Katz added. (?????????????)
Pop culture also has an insidious effect on masculinity, Katz continued, imploring the audience not to “check your brain and moral conscience when you go to the movies.” Athletes and fraternity members are a risk to themselves and others because of the pressure put on them to act masculine, according to other events from the week.
“The three most destructive words that every man receives when he’s a boy is when he’s told to ‘be a man,’” former NFL player Joe Ehrmann says in the film. Now a minister, Ehrmann spoke on an all-male panel in 2013 titled “Breaking the Male Code,” which was organized by Vagina Monologues writer Eve Ensler. Following the screening, a Vanderbilt professor whose research focuses on race and sports told the audience “I should have hung myself or jumped out a window from my involvement in athletics.”
Gilman Whiting, who teaches a class called “Black Masculinity: Social Imagery and Public Policy,” blamed the hypermasculinized sporting culture in the U.S. for the intense pressure he faced. Being a woman is more predictable than being a man because men constantly have to be ready to “prove it,” Whiting said.
Bill Savage, IFC vice president of recruitment, said he hates the term “man up” or a phrase he claims is closely related, “don’t be a pussy.” In contrast to stereotypes, “being emotional is manly in my opinion,” Savage said.
But this year’s masculinity series was roundly mocked in national news outlets in the week leading up to the observance, including by a panel of four women and one man on the Fox News show Outnumbered. Host Andrea Tantaros claimed the organizers were trying to “demasculinize men” and turn them into “thumb-sucking little beta males in skinny jeans.” Asked about the Fox News pundits’ criticisms, Vanderbilt’s Dicker said they “missed the fact that … there are many ways to be masculine, but American society pressures boys and men to adopt” the version that prioritizes “being competitive, stoic and aggressive, for example.”
Boys and men should also be taught that “emotional vulnerability, cooperation, and sensitivity are valuable human traits,” Dicker said.
There's an old Proverb ..."Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." It would be best that fathers and mothers were strong both physically and spiritually so that we recognize and identify indoctrination vs education.
This is not intended to diagnose or treat health issues.
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