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This is how feminists get a reputation for being humorless: we fail to laugh at jokes or quips that serve the kyriarchy. Like the one I heard yesterday, from D, an otherwise dear friend, spouse of my sister-in-all-but-genetics-and-law. He and The Man were outside with the Boychick and his cousin, watching them run through the [...] 5 July 2009 at 1:14 pm | Category: Fathering, Gender, Parenting, Patriarchy, Privilege | Tags: domesticity, feminists don't laugh, gender roles, male privilege, men, the double standard | 20 comments
Like this? Share it: This post is dedicated to Ruth Moss, who put up two posts both of which prompted and contributed to this one. In her most recent (because, of course, I never quite managed to finish my response to the older), she poses the question: 14 June 2009 at 12:10 am | Category: Attachment Parenting, Body, Kyriarchy, Parenting, Patriarchy, Privilege | Tags: Best Friend, male privilege, societal pressures, violence against women | 8 comments
Like this? Share it: Men are a minority in the massage profession, and in massage school. In my first class of 16, there was one male student (another one joined halfway through the class), and a male TA. Last quarter, there was one male student in each of my classes of 7 and 16 students. The [...] 4 April 2009 at 1:55 pm | Category: Gender, Privilege | Tags: male privilege, massage | 7 comments
Like this? Share it: My friend Lisa asked in a comment on another post: It’s a good question, one I realized I haven’t explicitly answered anywhere yet. In thinking about it, it seems to come down to three things: He probably is (going to be) straight. Even with a queer-identified mother [...] 4 March 2009 at 12:04 am | Category: Gender, Parenting, Privilege, Sexuality | Tags: identity, male privilege, societal pressures | 9 comments
Like this? Share it: If the patriarchy is good for men, then feminism, which opposes and seeks to dismantle the patriarchy, must be bad for men, and men become feminist’s enemies, the pawns and bishop and knights of the patriarchy, if you will. We need to recruit allies, not create enemies which the “us v. them” rhetoric does [...] 21 January 2009 at 7:23 pm | Category: Gender, Kyriarchy, Patriarchy, Privilege, Race, Sexuality | Tags: isms, male privilege, men, white privilege | 5 comments
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Arwyn
In my bathroom hangs a plaque with a picture of a yin yang and the word BALANCE. I can never get it to hang straight. This probably says something deep and meaningful about my life.
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