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To: Rummyfan
“Traditional masculinity — marked by stoicism, competitiveness, dominance, and aggression — is, on the whole, harmful.”

First of all, that's a very shallow and incomplete definition of masculinity. True masculinity includes being fair-minded, hard-working, principled, and willing to put yourself at risk to protect those who need protection. That's just a few of the things that are missing. The men who came ashore in Normandy weren't all stoic unemotional guys who ate nails for breakfast. They were sons, and brothers, and husbands, and fathers, and they felt fear but pushed through their justified fear and rose to the call of duty they felt strongly enough to give their lives for.

Simplifying all of that to label men as shallow, aggressive, and uncaring is like spitting on the graves of all those who faced their fears to provide for us the freedoms we are blessed with, and that some seem intent on giving away.

Second, when women display the traits listed in the definition of ‘traditional masculinity’, they are celebrated for it. So, which is it?

19 posted on 01/20/2019 12:47:09 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup

No, you cannot say women are aggressive. They are “assertive”.


25 posted on 01/20/2019 12:52:59 PM PST by steve8714
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To: neverevergiveup

Came back to this article to read it and to thank you for your post.


78 posted on 01/20/2019 8:07:05 PM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine, education and the forests.)
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