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They say if you live long enough you'll see everything...the reeducation camps begin...:munchin
The Men Taking Classes to Unlearn Toxic Masculinity
The Cut
OCTOBER 23, 2017
12:16 PM
For some time, Stephen Hicks had felt like something was off. “My relationship ended, then a lot of things started collapsing in front of me,” Hicks says. He began attending therapy, which made him realize that he needed to make a bigger change: “I wasn’t doing really terrible things, but I also wasn’t being the most ideal Stephen I could be,” he says. “The bar is really lowered for cisgender guys.”
So earlier this year, Hicks signed up for the pilot Rethink Masculinity class, a partnership between the Washington, D.C., Rape Crisis Center, Collective Action for Safe Spaces, and ReThink, an organization that works to prevent sexual assault.
The program bills itself as a class where men “learn how social constructs of masculinity harm them and the people around them, and work to construct healthier masculinities.” Or, as Hicks puts it, “It was eight weeks of guys discussing how they can address their actions with better self-awareness and less toxicity.”
“We spoke of emotional labor, consent, violence, communication, empathy, and vulnerability,” he adds, noting that the last subject, in particular, was a struggle for him: “[I was] trained and conditioned to be tough growing up.”
https://www.thecut.com/2017/10/the-men-taking-classes-to-unlearn-toxic-masculinity.html
ddoering
10-23-2017, 15:30
Leave your nuts at the door. You won't be needing them anymore.
Yup. It's really amazing that folks voluntarily attend this sort of shit.
The comments section of the article are pretty good.
Ret10Echo
10-23-2017, 15:43
Can't....... Even.....Process.....This
bblhead672
10-23-2017, 15:44
Do they offer free neutering as part of killing masculinity? Or perhaps a home do it yourself kit?
As Red on That 70's Show would say, "Dumbasses."
Right now a billion+ Chinese are looking at us like we're crazy and that we don't know how to read and learn from their recent history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution
Isn't this toxic masculinity course, white privilege course, et al type of social movements just an anglicised version of "voluntary" self-flagelation struggle sessions?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struggle_session
Agree. If one wanted to subvert or tear down many of the fundamental symbols of this nation...flags, anthems, statues, taxpayers, producers, etc., etc., this sure fits right in with the self-destructive left's mantra. Strip away all that built this nation and rebuild in the perfect "State" image.
The self-loathing illustrated in this article just might infect enough - to make the task of "rebuilding" a bit easier.
rsdengler
10-23-2017, 16:51
Maybe they should rename the class "How to Become a Eunuch " in three easy sessions ...and then hand them keys to their new Prius's as they walk out the door.....:munchin
Maybe they should rename the class "How to Become a Eunuch " in three easy sessions ...and then hand them keys to their new Prius's as they walk out the door.....:munchin
Cities are already full of them, their wives call and complain their husbands don't know the working end a screw driver and they reminisce how their fathers could fix anything.
That commercial of kids not knowing how to change a tire comes to mind...and the attitude that 'someone' should be on call to do that for you....
Lol, the confusion of not knowing how to identify a simple lug wrench...extends to not knowing which bathroom to use...to not recognizing why kneeling during the national anthem could reasonably be interpreted by many as disrespecting many core values which America espouses. That's a lot of confusion. Confusion is handy when manipulating skulls full of mush.
That commercial of kids not knowing how to change a tire comes to mind...and the attitude that 'someone' should be on call to do that for you....I'm stunned by the sheer number of grown ass men not knowing how to change a car tire....:eek::confused:
I’ll bet this country will be begging for men to save it at some point over the next couple of decades.
I'm stunned by the sheer number of grown ass men not knowing how to change a car tire....:eek::confused:
The worst part of that is the fact that they aren't even embarrassed by that fact. I stopped on the Interstate one time when I saw a female on the shoulder changing her tire. I walked up to her and saw her boyfriend sitting in the passenger side seat playing on his phone while she changed the flat. I had some choice words for his non-hacking pathetic butt and he advised me that he didn't know how to change the flat and "it was her car." He learned how to change it from that moment on....
Cities are already full of them, their wives call and complain their husbands don't know the working end a screw driver and they reminisce how their fathers could fix anything.
I have found that we have a lot of males but very few men. They are a dying breed and that's the way the world wants it. It won't get better because I think we are on a downward spiral to "wussieness". Boys start being mentally neutered once they enter school. They are put into time out for defending themselves while in elementary and zero-toleranced out of middle and high school for defending themselves. They are taught that it's wrong to defend yourself or others and if you do...you pay the price. You are taught to rely on others to defend you...as in the government or its proxy members (teachers). Yep...as a nation, we are in trouble.
The worst part of that is the fact that they aren't even embarrassed by that fact. I stopped on the Interstate one time when I saw a female on the shoulder changing her tire. I walked up to her and saw her boyfriend sitting in the passenger side seat playing on his phone while she changed the flat. I had some choice words for his non-hacking pathetic butt and he advised me that he didn't know how to change the flat and "it was her car." He learned how to change it from that moment on....
:(
I have found that we have a lot of males but very few men. They are a dying breed and that's the way the world wants it. It won't get better because I think we are on a downward spiral to "wussieness". Boys start being mentally neutered once they enter school. They are put into time out for defending themselves while in elementary and zero-toleranced out of middle and high school for defending themselves. They are taught that it's wrong to defend yourself or others and if you do...you pay the price. You are taught to rely on others to defend you...as in the government or its proxy members (teachers). Yep...as a nation, we are in trouble.
Leftest Democrat Camille Paglia agrees:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hXnSJuPio (11 minutes)
BLUF: "We're in the last days of Rome."
I have found that we have a lot of males but very few men. They are a dying breed and that's the way the world wants it. It won't get better because I think we are on a downward spiral to "wussieness". Boys start being mentally neutered once they enter school. They are put into time out for defending themselves while in elementary and zero-toleranced out of middle and high school for defending themselves. They are taught that it's wrong to defend yourself or others and if you do...you pay the price. You are taught to rely on others to defend you...as in the government or its proxy members (teachers). Yep...as a nation, we are in trouble.
I will add another log on the fire, if boys be boys they are diagnosed with Anger Management problems, ADD, or ADHD and neutered with chemicals.
I will add another log on the fire, if boys be boys they are diagnosed with Anger Management problems, ADD, or ADHD and neutered with chemicals.
While we are adding fuel to the fire...there are a lot of males who have never seen, much less handled a firearm of any kind. They are actually "afraid" of them. I mentor every one of them that I get the opportunity to help. I try to get the point across that even if someone doesn't want to to own one, they don't have to be afraid of them or try to have them banned. I try to change them one male at a time -- making lions out of lambs. :lifter ;)
GratefulCitizen
10-23-2017, 19:10
Ahhh, the good ol' days of toxic masculinity.
https://youtu.be/oo0d1zTAFKA
Make sure to watch it all the way to the end.
:D
WarriorDiplomat
10-23-2017, 19:52
I am a man maybe toxic maybe dominant maybe not but my wife loves the safety of having a real man who can protect my family
The Reaper
10-23-2017, 19:58
You ladies don't ask where the real men have gone and why men don't have manners anymore.
You (along with a whole bunch of libtard men) are succeeding in neutering them.
Not sure how this society without men will work, but hell, I should be dead by then, so it won't be my problem anymore.
TR
Team Sergeant
10-23-2017, 22:26
Some probably said the same thing throughout history……..
1700’s I'm bewildered by the sheer number of new frontier men not knowing how to shoot a musket ….
1800’s I'm dumbfounded by the sheer number of wild west men not knowing how to butcher a deer…….
1900’s I'm astonished by the sheer number of her majesty’s men not knowing how to defend their family……
2000’s I'm stunned by the sheer number of grown ass men not knowing how to change a tire………..
I’ll be happy to go down in history as being one of the last “Masculine Toxic Men” of the twentieth century.
(I think this is what China is waiting for, no one left to fight or defend America.)
And on a happy thought, name me one sissy-man that is “legendary”.
History pays no heed to the sissies.
rsdengler
10-24-2017, 04:45
Ahhh, the good ol' days of toxic masculinity.
https://youtu.be/oo0d1zTAFKA
Make sure to watch it all the way to the end.
:D
LOL...Sean Connery.....Now that is a "real" man (he looked good in that video).....go ahead, slap me....Ha....liked the big slap on Baba Wawa:D
You ladies don't ask where the real men have gone and why men don't have manners anymore.
You (along with a whole bunch of libtard men) are succeeding in neutering them.
Not sure how this society without men will work, but hell, I should be dead by then, so it won't be my problem anymore.
TR
TR: You are so correct, I ask that all the time, "Why is this Country full of Wussy Men nowadays driving Mini Vans, and trying to get in touch with their Feminine side". Damn it, be a man and drive a big, diesel pickup truck with a gun rack in the back window and show your "brawny" side, and stand up like a real Man.....:o But this country has drilled "don't offend anyone" into today's mainstream society.
Sorry, but I rather have a bunch of manly-men beside me than some sissy Prius driving smuck any day. Put it this way, I would rather have a Neanderthal Man than some skinny jean wearing pretty boy with designer shoes. :munchin
You ladies don't ask where the real men have gone and why men don't have manners anymore.
You (along with a whole bunch of libtard men) are succeeding in neutering them.
Not sure how this society without men will work, but hell, I should be dead by then, so it won't be my problem anymore.
TR
Lol TR sir, agree with Rita on this one! For me, it will be a cold day in hell before I would even go near one of these "new" forms of male wanna be, could not win at sports, oh wow is me, I better learn yoga and match my new pink tie and pants, type men! Oh, hell no.
Was raised to appreciate the old fashioned ways of great men like my grandpa, uncle, and dad. A man should serve his country in uniform, learn how to build a car, shoot a rifle, plow the fields, and stand for Our Flag.
Honoring Our Brave Soldiers was a learned lesson for me and me from their example.
And besides, what real woman does not appreciate big gun toting, four wheel drive drivin cowboys?:cool:
JMHO:o
Holly
Streck-Fu
10-24-2017, 07:21
That commercial of kids not knowing how to change a tire comes to mind...and the attitude that 'someone' should be on call to do that for you....
I hate the commercial for auto service where the the guy moves to get out of the car to change the tire but the woman shushes and stops him so she can save the day with the power of the phone app.
Dude wants to just change the tire and drive but the woman says, "Nope" . Set your ass down while I summon someone else.
rsdengler
10-24-2017, 08:14
As a women, I do not want a man to pretend to step into my shoes and try to understand the “feminine” side of being a woman. That’s my job, it is not about placing yourself in the mindset of feminine thinking, actions, or womanly sensibilities. It is not supposed to be in a man’s nature to be castrated, forced, or to take freaking classes about “Unlearning Toxic Masculinity”…that’s such BS. My gosh, this country has become the land of “let’s make boys into sissies, and men into pussified subservient “yes dear, whatever you say dear, go ahead and change the tire dear” unmasculine girly-men….:D
Gee, I want you to change the damn tire, work on my car, have the appropriate qualities of the male sex, virile, forceful, powerful, strong, brave, passionate, be my protector and sorry if this sounds wicked; but show your manly prowess in that damn bedroom. Sorry, but Women’s Lib/Libtards, Political Correct idiots have tried to suck dry and suffocate the word “Manliness” right out of our society today. But, sorry, there are those of us that don’t agree, and will not stand for vagina suit wearing, womanly sensitive morons who try to strip, sterilize, or neuter the word “Manly” or “Masculine” in this country. Tell them to take a nice long hike over that steep cliff……..:munchin...just my .2 cents
bblhead672
10-24-2017, 08:33
As a women, I do not want a man to pretend to step into my shoes and try to understand the “feminine” side of being a woman. That’s my job, it is not about placing yourself in the mindset of feminine thinking, actions, or womanly sensibilities. It is not supposed to be in a man’s nature to be castrated, forced, or to take freaking classes about “Unlearning Toxic Masculinity”…that’s such BS. My gosh, this country has become the land of “let’s make boys into sissies, and men into pussified subservient “yes dear, whatever you say dear, go ahead and change the tire dear” unmasculine girly-men….:D
Gee, I want you to change the damn tire, work on my car, have the appropriate qualities of the male sex, virile, forceful, powerful, strong, brave, passionate, be my protector and sorry if this sounds wicked; but show your manly prowess in that damn bedroom. Sorry, but Women’s Lib/Libtards, Political Correct idiots have tried to suck dry and suffocate the word “Manliness” right out of our society today. But, sorry, there are those of us that don’t agree, and will not stand for vagina suit wearing, womanly sensitive morons who try to strip, sterilize, or neuter the word “Manly” or “Masculine” in this country. Tell them to take a nice long hike over that steep cliff……..:munchin...just my .2 cents
These United States needs a couple hundred million more women who think like you! (And a couple hundred million less of the other thinking type)
I think the hardest part about taking a class to 'unlearn' your masculinity must be when you tell your parents that you are gay.
...on a related topic: women often "say" they want a real man, but just tell one to go make you a sandwich and watch the expression on her face change !!!
Over the years I have worked in fine dining restaurants with multiple gay guys. The funny thing is, even the most flamboyant of them would probably laugh at these guys.
x/S
If you are going to take that class did you have any masculinity to unlearn in the first place?
If you are going to take that class did you have any masculinity to unlearn in the first place?
I would take it while wearing all of my most offensive "manly" Marine Corps Grunt shirts while offending their sensitive sensibilities. I am disgusted by effeminate men and don't hide my disdain for them. They don't like me and I simply don't like or care for them in the least.
And, I agree, those classes will more than likely be attended by those who are in agreement with its intended purpose. It will only serve to reinforce their beliefs.
If you are going to take that class did you have any masculinity to unlearn in the first place?
If one, even for a nanosecond, thinks about taking that class with sincere intent...safe bet they are half-way to Chelsea Manning territory...
If you are going to take that class did you have any masculinity to unlearn in the first place?
I think the price of admission is two balls and a man-card.
No refunds.
GratefulCitizen
10-24-2017, 12:44
This nonsense going on in society is just women shit-testing men writ large.
The men, on average, are failing this test.
Men test ideas, women test men.
Doubt that it's a conscious behavior, but they're testing the resolve and strength of the men.
In Europe, eventually the women will lose complete confidence in their men, and they will submit to the pimp hand of Islam.
The process, due to the temporary institution of democracy, will be sped by the different breeding rates of Muslims and non-Muslims.
Canada is next, then they'll move south.
Peregrino
10-24-2017, 12:51
This nonsense going on in society is just women shit-testing men writ large.
The men, on average, are failing this test.
Men test ideas, women test men.
Doubt that it's a conscious behavior, but they're testing the resolve and strength of the men.
In Europe, eventually the women will lose complete confidence in their men, and they will submit to the pimp hand of Islam.
The process, due to the temporary institution of democracy, will be sped by the different breeding rates of Muslims and non-Muslims.
Canada is next, then they'll move south.
I think you're onto something here. :munchin
I really don't believe that conservative women want this shit.
Radical feminism suggests that it is only concerned with equality - but that is a smokescreen for its purely political objectives. In reality, feminism as practiced generates unnecessary mistrust, tension and hatred between the sexes. But, it garners votes...and it came very close to getting the biggest phony, criminal shitbag woman candidate into the highest elected office in the land.
Radical feminists (closet commie/globalist/socialist/progressive types and thier army of useful idiots) and the LGBTQ movement are pushing this insane anti-male agenda for political ends.
Anyway, I agree that Europe drank the Koolaid and they will soon be wearing pink pussy hats or hijabs...or some gawd awful combination sold in street bazaars in London. Now there's a visual for you.
GratefulCitizen
10-24-2017, 13:45
I think you're onto something here. :munchin
Consider your signature quote.
Then consider the fact that all of us have an abundance of female ancestors who submitted to, and bred with, the conquerors who killed off every one of their male relatives.
Survival strategies are what they are.
What propensities lurk in DNA?
:munchin
Team Sergeant
10-25-2017, 21:30
Canada is next, then they'll move south.
The Canadian's gave up their balls decades ago, they went with Canadian free speech.