I couldn't be less enthused to be honest. A colleague at worked asked if I was seeing it and I responded this way.
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This is all very healthy isn't it
"they have literally killed masculinity in our homes" is anti-queer rhetoric, come on nowWhy is he getting backlash for this?![]()
I didn’t get that from it at all."they have literally killed masculinity in our homes" is anti-queer rhetoric, come on now
Unless there’s any future indication that any of his sons are queer, he likely has no experience of having to think about that. If he’s got a 15 year old straight son, he sees his job as teaching him to be respectful to women and staying off of any toxic traits he’d likely pick up online. I don’t think it’s that deep.So what do you think it means?
I'm specifically asking about the statement I quoted. Who are "they" and how have they "killed masculinity"?Unless there’s any future indication that any of his sons are queer, he likely has no experience of having to think about that. If he’s got a 15 year old straight son, he sees his job as teaching him to be respectful to women and staying off of any toxic traits he’d likely pick up online. I don’t think it’s that deep.
I genuinely got that “they” meant the Andrew Tates of the world.I'm specifically asking about the statement I quoted. Who are "they" and how have they "killed masculinity"?
He's quite literally saying it's a bad thing for a boy to have feminine traits. How you don't see that as anti-queer - and toxic in itself - is beyond me.
@ me next timeI actually do think we need to have better, less judgemental conversations about masculinity, and accept that most people are not as nuanced in their thinking as we might consider ourselves to be.