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lumberjack_jeff

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15. It's not a misunderstanding. It's a difference of opinion.

Reply to redqueen (Reply #14)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 02:05 PM

Feb 2013

Like Warren said, Bonobo's OP stands on its own.

It is presumptuous for american feminists to use a meeting in Bangkok as an justification to diagnose and treat the disease of american masculinity.

Beyond that, it isn't about you.

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If the notion of masculinity is to be reconsidered... [View all] Bonobo Jan 2013 OP

Strength and power are just tools, how they're used is a choice. Denninmi Jan 2013 #1

Frankly, I think the lecturing and hectoring gets old. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #2

I don't think feminists should be telling men what "masculinity" should look like. MadrasT Jan 2013 #3

I agree with everything you've written in this post. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #7

From the article which kicked this... response... off: redqueen Feb 2013 #9

Ever hear the phrase "it's not about you"? Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #11

A thread about an article titled "Changing the Notion of Masculinity" is posted in a feminist group redqueen Feb 2013 #12

Like I said, please don't bring external drama into this group. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #13

All my previous post did was explain the reason for the misunderstanding. redqueen Feb 2013 #14

It's not a misunderstanding. It's a difference of opinion. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #15

Feminists aren't doing that. American men are. redqueen Feb 2013 #16

According to you. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #18

I didn't kick a thread. I shared a link to a video of American men talking about what they call redqueen Feb 2013 #19

Oh, a man said it, that must mean it's true about men. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #20

Re-read the posts. redqueen Feb 2013 #21

If that's the case, my opinion as a man that there is nothing intrinsically wrong with men as a Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #22

You're mixing up words. No one said anything was "wrong with *men*"... redqueen Feb 2013 #23

That's awfully generous of you, to allow that someone might disagree with a broad "critique" of Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #24

Exactly right. Exactly, exactly right. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #4

Except in a few state legislatures. n/t Gore1FL Feb 2013 #5

Good point. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #6

Even this. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #17

Heck, it's even funnier considering.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #8

You don't get to define me, but I am *entitled* to define you! Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #10