She's ot a bit of a belly on her...

[krazy__igor]

Ah, the glory of being a man in a "man's world" and thus the glory of being a dumb motherfucker. The ratio of which seems to increase the more I open my eyes.

I'm so sick of reading about male privilege in zines. The concept is an accurate one and one that is practiced and isaccepted, but the kind of language used seems applicable only to our

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[psycho_faery]

average american male, perhaps average male period. not male priv., just being a pig and better than tho shit like people do... fuck it. how friggin rude to say it where she could hear!!!??? what an asshole!

[krazy__igor]

Well my post is really more about asking the question: is it men who are the problem? OR is it the idea of masculinity? "Male priv" is what that sort of behaviour is called after all right. Read the post again. I said the exact same thing you did, just I put it in prose.

[crypiticgimp]

the idea of masculinity seems somewhat distorted. is a man still a man if he stays home and watches the kids while his wife works? and i dont think blaming men alone is the problem either...its more everyone's expectations/distortions/what have you that make things the way they are. and then some men are just pigs.

[krazy__igor]

Somewhat distorted

[crypiticgimp]

well guys having eating disorders has always been there but i think people didnt (and still dont) want to talk about it. as i think it goes back to the being less of a man factor. oh they cant cant handle life and so they dont eat kind of thing = you're not a man (yes that sure will help the disorder go away). and i cant quite agree with the idea of a woman/man being classified by their parts. is a woman who has had her breasts removed less of a woman because of this? i could go on..then there are those who are born with male and female parts. what are they? what defines being male/female? its such a complex issue but we can agree that everyone contributes but what will it take to fix it? and can it be fixed?

[krazy__igor]

Well what I meant by the classification by parts is that it seems that that's what male dominated society has suggested. In a general sense that's what you get: men are expected to behave a certain way by virtue of having the anatomy... so to with women. That's what I should have said, sry. I think a fair number of men would in fact feel that a woman is less of a woman if she had a mastectomy. I'm not saying it isn't fucked up