Category Archives: Male “Power” and “Privilege”

The masculinity debate: no wonder men stay out of it

“Men who fear ridicule from women for talking about masculinity understandably clam up. Matriarchy has a lot to answer for.” Continue reading

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Title IX: the mainstream-media suppressed view

“Schools have found that to satisfy proportionality, they must cancel men’s sports teams because of women’s lack of interest. (For example, UCLA dropped its men’s swimming and diving programs—programs responsible for 22 Olympic medals.) Can you imagine this happening to activities where women have more interest?” Continue reading

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Labor Day’s Glass Cellars and Women’s Wisdom

“Many men have learned to define power as ‘feeling obligated to earn money that someone else spends while he dies sooner.’” Continue reading

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From Drone Strike Policy to Campus Rape Awareness Campaigns: Musings on Male Culpability in the 21st Century

“At the dawn of the 21st century, we [men] live under a burden of original sin more subtle than anything the Church ever concocted.” Continue reading

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Men don’t have it all, either

“Can women have it all? That seems to be the question of the moment. And it is a rather ridiculous question if you ask me, because it implies that men have it all.” Continue reading

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Obama’s Missed Opportunity: A White House Council on Boys and Men

“Fortunately, our daughters’ and mothers’ health challenges are addressed by seven federal offices of women’s health. Our sons’ and fathers’ are not addressed by a single federal office of men’s health” — this despite the fact that men’s health in general is poorer, resulting in men on average having a shorter life span than women and dying sooner from nine of the ten leading causes of death. Continue reading

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Are we afraid of boys?

“How would you react if you had to go to a place every day where you thought you were destined to be liked less well and where you would be less successful than the other half of the population?” Continue reading

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Guns don’t kill people — our sons do

“…[O]ur daughters are able to find the same guns in the same homes, are about as likely to be mentally ill, have the same family values and are exposed to the same violence in the media. Our daughters, however, do not kill. Why the difference?” Continue reading

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The very worst Canadian feminists in action

The very worst Canadian feminists in action, behaving exactly like pre-1970s white bigots who tried to keep black Americans out of restaurants, schools, theaters…. A lot of feminist “George Wallaces.” Continue reading

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Female teachers accused of giving boys lower marks

“Female teachers did, on average, award lower marks to boys than unidentified external examiners.” Continue reading

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