I came here from another post.

The comments made me think, what is the purpose of this space?

I personally think the best thing we could do is start to invent a new masculinity that actually works for us and the world.

What is everyone else here for?

  • spaduf
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    1 year ago

    I think one of the most important things is discussion on existing gender theory. I feel like because men feel generally disenfranchised from academic gender spaces they have a tendency to reinvent the wheel. I think it is very important to compile resources to prevent this and long term may be useful to put together a wiki. Another thing that I would love to see here is acknowledgement that Men’s Liberation as a movement is actually a lot older than modern MRA type movements. That’s not to say that the sentiments encompassed by either are necessarily new but I don’t think Men’s Liberation needs to do so much bending over backwards to say that they are like MRA but not toxic.

    Some resources if anyone is interested:
    On Male Liberation
    Vice Deep Dive on some History
    Collected Resources

    • bleph@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Great response! I’m excited to read the resources that you provided, thank you!