男性的衰落

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• So masculinity is a deeply woven component of the male psyche. But I am a transvestite; I am turned on by dressing up in clothes that are heavily associated with being female. This is perhaps some unconscious renunciation of being a man, or at least a fantasy flight towards femininity. I sometimes like to pretend I am a woman, so from a young age I have felt that masculinity was optional for someone with a penis. Because I am a transvestite, people often assume that this gives me a special insight into the opposite gender. But this is rubbish: how can I, brought up as a man, know anything about the experience of being a woman? It would be insulting to women if I thought I did. If anything, it gives me a sharper insight into what it is to be a man, since from the age of twelve I have been i... (查看原文)

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• Masculinity needs to change. Some may question this, but they are often white middle-class men with nice jobs and nice families: the current state of masculinity is biased in their favour. What about all the teenagers who think the only manly way out of poverty and dysfunction is to become a criminal? What about all the lonely men who can’t get a partner, have trouble making friends and end up killing themselves? What about all the angry men who inflict their masculine baggage on the rest of us? All of us males need to look at ourselves with a clear eye and ask what sort of men would make the world a better place, for everyone. 男性气质需要改变。有些人可能会质疑这一点，但他们往往是白人中产阶级的男人，有不错的工作和不错的家庭：男性气质的现状是偏向他们的。那些认为摆脱贫穷和社会失范的唯一男子气概就是成为罪犯的青少年呢？那些找不到伴侣，难以交到朋友，最后自杀的孤独男人呢？那些把自己的男性包袱施加在我们其他人身上的愤怒的男人呢？我们所有的男性都需要用清醒... (查看原文)

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