Posted on 03/25/2023 4:51:24 AM PDT by MtnClimber
In our culture’s present moment of confusion about many basic things, you may well have been wondering what “masculinity” means. Well, have no fear, NPR is here to give you the lowdown on how to properly think of this topic in 2023 in a podcast from their series LifeKit, which magnanimously offers the benighted populace invaluable “tools to help you get it together.”
Here are just a few of the scintillating bits of wisdom dispensed by the (self-proclaimed) cultural experts at LifeKit:
- “Everyone’s [i.e., men are] afraid to be themselves.” Alas, there is no discussion of just how many men were consulted to demonstrate how generalizable this belief is, but such information too often gets in the way of brusque overgeneralizations. Anecdotally, I don’t know a single man who would agree that he is afraid to be himself, but given that to a man they believe… well, that they are men and that, contrary to the insinuation in the NPR podcast, there isn’t anything particularly problematic or complicated about that making that realization, perhaps their fear of being themselves is so deep they don’t even know they have it?
- “Masculinity is about men policing each other about how they’re failing at being real.” I admit I don’t know precisely what this means, but my incomprehension is perhaps an indication that I’m one of those doing the policing, or being policed, or both.
- “Masculinity is… a performance.” Of course it is! Everything is a performance! An important basic rule of Brave New World!
- “Maybe somebody calls you out for ‘mansplaining’ in the office… try to check yourself… apologize and keep it movin’.” Yes, it’s always best just to apologize immediately when you’ve been mansplaining, and, even better, to also promptly anti-mansplain...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Just get transgender surgery. That will fix your toxic masculinity.
Masculinity — traditional, John Wayne masculinity — is the solution to our problems. The feminization of society is one of the root causes, proceeded only by our rejection of God.
Haha..saw an article on Twitter the other day that NPR apparently has to cut a ton of jobs because of funding shortfalls (or, more likely, because they’re a bloated bureaucracy spending time on nonsense like this).
Gosh, that’s a shame. /s
My experience in the workplace over many years is that if everyone quit mansplaining, commerce, science and industry would slow down and crawl to a halt.
Here’s the article on their layoffs..
The entire problem wrapped up in our rejection of God.
mansplaining apparently means to have an opinion or perspective different than a looney, neurotic, upper class, liberal woman. Unfortunately, I don’t get to mansplain too often
Well... it all boils down to NPR not venturing outside of the metropolis very much. Unless it’s a trendy spot.
The Left is filled to the brim with beta males.
I have not listened to NPR since the Clinton Administration - it is communist drivel.
Who needs NPR to tell how to be a man? Beltway wimps.
There’s three eras of NPR. Early 1970s...it was basic news for maybe 10-percent of the day, lot of classical music/jazz, and literature/poetry for remaining day.
1980s...they cut massive amount of classical music/jazz out...added some entertaining shows.
1990s and on...it was about 70-percent news/propaganda, zero classical/jazz, and mostly intellectual shows.
You are absolutely correct.
I blame coffee creamer and automatic transmissions for the rise of the sissies.
And don’t get me started on soccer.
My thoughts exactly.
“Masculinity is about men policing each other about how they’re failing at being real.”
That seems a bit circular.
When my ears hear the NPR show’s name “All Things Considered” my brain translates that to “All Dykes Embittered”. Good to learn my noggin’s just muddled by fears so deep they can’t be discerned. Who knew toxic masculinity was so...masculinating?
But the harpies in HR would make sure you used correct pronouns, knew all your DEI tenets, and how to lodge complaints against people who offend you. That surely would produce product, no?
That's NPR's core audience. No, that's not a dig by me. Look at the demographics. That's who listens. Not many others do. That's why they're having to slash all kinds of things despite getting taxpayer money every year.
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