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I think there’s an unwillingness on the part of feminists to acknowledge that women as a group play a huge role in defining masculinity, even though they critiq
by bradleyjg 5y ago
I think there’s an unwillingness on the part of feminists to acknowledge that women as a group play a huge role in defining masculinity, even though they critique men’s role in defining femininity.
I’m not saying it’s entirely on women but it shouldn’t be controversial to say that women have a role to play, including as expressed by who they choose to be with romantically.
- zozbot234 5y agoThe choice of who to be with romantically is often dependent on some sort of sexual attraction, which is notoriously hard to change. This goes for both men and women obviously.
- bradleyjg 5y agoSupposing for the sake of argument that’s true, at the very least it should be acknowledged that women’s sexual preferences play an important role in shaping masculinity instead of repeatedly claiming lack of change is entirely on men stubbornly refusing to adopt new norms out of pique.
- MikeUt 5y agoThat does not seem to get in the way of complaining about "unrealistic beauty standards", or that "culture" dictates what we find attractive: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/when-food-is-family/201404/culture-dictates-the-standard-beauty https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/when-food-is-family/...