I went to a Take Back the Night rally tonight (TBN raises awareness for rape and sexual assault). It was okay. Unfortunately (??) I've been hanging out with feminists for so long that most of the stats and things they quoted were no surprise to me, and only served to remind me how unsafe I am on a daily basis (instead of feeling liberated by all
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there is so much i want to say, but (and please file this in the heretofore empty 'aurora is capable of shutting up' drawer ;)) words fail me...
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You know you want to...
:::pressure pressure:::
Buahahahaha.
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however, i think that it is so important for the future of women that we encourage men to do the work that they need to do. like you said, we've redefined femininity. the problem is now with masculinity.
a former professor of mine here at ut wrote this article. it's primarily about pornography (he's a pretty well known anti-porn feminist, which is not a movement i agree with entirely), but he does talk a lot in general about how masculinity needs to be redefined, and he says it better than i can ( ... )
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We all internalize stereotypes.
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