This is such a brilliantly comprehensive, insightful exploration of the complex cancer that is patriarchy. I loved everything and especially this: "And I find myself thinking not for the first or even for the hundredth time, the lengths that men will go to to not “be like a woman” is mind-blowing. And what does this chronic distancing from all things “feminine” reveal if not a subconscious or even explicit knowledge of the suffering and unfairness that women and all non-men face in this life... When we see a man trying to fight the existence of his own feelings, what we are actually watching is a man try to fight any real or perceived shred of femininity inside of himself." Wow, wow, wow. You nailed it. Thank you for doing this research and writing it all up so powerfully. Oh and loved the "30 Rock" reference, too. Long live the comedic wisdom of Tina Fey!
This is such a brilliantly comprehensive, insightful exploration of the complex cancer that is patriarchy. I loved everything and especially this: "And I find myself thinking not for the first or even for the hundredth time, the lengths that men will go to to not “be like a woman” is mind-blowing. And what does this chronic distancing from all things “feminine” reveal if not a subconscious or even explicit knowledge of the suffering and unfairness that women and all non-men face in this life... When we see a man trying to fight the existence of his own feelings, what we are actually watching is a man try to fight any real or perceived shred of femininity inside of himself." Wow, wow, wow. You nailed it. Thank you for doing this research and writing it all up so powerfully. Oh and loved the "30 Rock" reference, too. Long live the comedic wisdom of Tina Fey!