"Violence is an overwhelmingly male endeavor. Is there any way to fix that? ...

As we talk about the 'boy crisis' and crises of masculinity and the rise of the reactionary male right – not to mention the politics and meaning of gender itself – it behooves us to understand why violence is such a male endeavor, and what we might be able to do to lessen it."

~ Jill Filipovic

#men #masculinity #guns #violence #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
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The Angry Young Man Problem

^{Jill Filipovic}

"They’re not killed by women in the workforce, or by not cleaning their rooms, or by people pointing out that toxic masculinity exists, or by trans people, or by Democrats who dare to point out that Gavin Newsom sucks. They’re killed by guns."

#men #masculinity #guns #violence #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
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After several heinous and highly publicized mass shootings predictably done by — you guessed it: men — Noah Berlatsky responds to the never-ending "boys are at risk" and "masculinity is under siege" folderol by noting:

"Men aren't lonely. they just have guns.

Men are not killed by feminism. They’re not killed by femininity."

#men #masculinity #guns #violence #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
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Men Aren't Lonely. They Just Have Guns.

The real crisis of masculinity

^{Noah Berlatsky (Everything Is Horrible)}