Posted on 01/15/2019 8:40:21 AM PST by rickmichaels
Its been a very bad week for men.
Yesterday, the American Psychological Association released a set of guidelines that condemned traditional masculinity as harmful.
Specifically, it stated that male traits like stoicism, competitiveness, achievement, eschewal of the appearance of weakness, adventure, and risk are bad and should be expunged.
I literally choked on my bacon-and-sausage sandwich (my contribution to Veganuary) when I read this absurd load of PC-crazed bilge.
Its basically saying that its wrong, and harmful, to be masculine, to be a man.
As David French, a writer for the National Review, put it in his withering response to the report: The assault on traditional masculinity while liberating to men who dont fit traditional norms is itself harmful to the millions of young men who seek to be physically and mentally tough, to rise to challenges, and demonstrate leadership under pressure. The assault on traditional masculinity is an assault on their very natures. Are boys disproportionately adventurous? Are they risk-takers? Do they feel a need to be strong? Do they often by default reject stereotypically feminine characteristics? Yes, yes, yes and yes.
Exactly.
Ive got three sons and a daughter.
My siblings have eight girls and a boy between them.
So Ive had plenty of experience watching all 13 of these children (their ages range from two to 25) grow up.
And heres a cast-iron fact for you: girls are very different to boys.
They think differently, behave differently, dress differently, emote differently, and have markedly different characteristics.
Anyone whos actually had kids knows this.
Yet somehow, its become offensive to say it out loud.
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Never. They will double down.
Concur. The only thing a Leftist ever apologizes for is for not being Left enough. And even that is a lie.
Exactly right ... privately held bureaucracies, whose cultures are much like government agencies. Their executives seem to know little about how free markets function.
P&G stock is up today. I'd say the board is sipping champagne, fist-bumping, and politely chortling "mission accomplished" to each other. Lost sales be damned. Who cares about that when they've guaranteed that the SJWs running investments think they are cool.
I started buying and using both gillette and nike products in the mid 1970s. both are now on my no-buy list for our entire family. it appears nike can get away with it due to their customer demographic. i’m not so sure gillette will also get a pass.
And i just ordered a Feather safety razor from Japan.
Lemme guess. All the misbehaving men are white.
What happens in the next big war? Who will fight? Will we hire 3rd World Mercenaries? Use Robots? Women? That’s what the Carthaginians did and they were destroyed by Rome. Want to read the future? Read what life is like in Red China? Its an iron Tyranny—If we don’t watch out we will soon have Chinese (Han) overlords—I feel many of our elected leaders are in the pay of China.
BINGO!!! I KNEW IT
Actually, I wonder how soon they will be trying to sell me their razors for five cents a piece, because I don't expect to be buy any more. I don't do business with people who hate me. This includes the NFL and now Gillette. (Was a 65 year NFL fan, and probably a 40 year Gillette regular.)
ML/NJ
I have three safety razors. Any quality safety razor will work fine, but I own Merkurs and a Muhle. The Muhle is for when you really want the closest shave possible. It is the most aggressive safety razor I know of and downright dangerous. The thrill is the challenge to not cut my throat.
I have a very tough beard and before I went to the safety razor I could only get about 3 shaves from a cartridge type razor. Cartridge blades were costing me around $40 a month not including soap etc. Now I use Feather double edge blades for only three shaves, but at a cost of less than $3 a month plus soap. I save over $350 a year on blades and get a shave as clean as a baby's ass!
One other benefit. When you shave so close with a safety razor you are actually removing some of the old skin and wrinkles over time. You will look younger. LOL!
Oops! That’s less than $30 a month plus soap.
Darn it $3.00 a month less soap. Fat fingers LOL!
I think Harrys supported some homo-oriented cause. Just buy a safety razor and a box of blades. And get shaving soap from any number of sources that just sell toiletries without virtue signaling. I like Stirling Soap co.
Maybe P&G wanted a tax write-off...
Maybe we need a pool on when the "ARE YOU GAY ENOUGH FOR GILLETTE?" ad campaign will start.
Gillette should change its name to Effete.
Thanks, I am just devastated by that information!
I checked and found that they are one of ten Pride products that donate to important LGBTQ causes!
I really like Harry’s stuff, and I really detest financially supporting LGBTQ causes!
Just Dammit!
Will quit using their products and find another shaving razor, blades, cream, etc. etc. provider.
For the record, here are the 10 companies listed at https://culturess.com/2018/06/23/10-pride-products-that-donate-to-lgbtq-causes/:
1. Converse
2. American Eagle
3. Human Rights Campaign
4. Harrys
5. Levis
6. Abercrombie & Fitch
7. Milk Makeup
8. DSWs Rainbow Laces
9. Under Armour
10. Everlane
Thanks for pointing this out to me; I had no idea!
“I feel many of our elected leaders are in the pay of China.”
Chinese collusion.. probably ought to start another congressional investigation, DOJ investigation and FBI investigation because we know how well those work.
Sorry to have to break it to you, I read that on another one of the Gillette threads.
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