Toxic masculinity is one of the greatest curses of humanity. It turns gentle boys into beasts and bullies.It demeans women, and kills them in horrifying numbers. It drives men to kill each other all over our bloody planet, in one senseless war after the other.It was largely responsible for Donald Trump's victory,
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The Canadian Progressive: In Canada, a campaign to take down misogynist Julien Blanc
Online campaign seeks to have misogynistic pick up artist Julien Blanc banned from preaching sexual violence against women in Canada. The post In Canada, a campaign to take down misogynist Julien Blanc appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMelissa Fong: The Pity Party, that is -Dave Foley-
I used to love Dave Foley. Kids in the Hall was one of the most epic variety shows, and Canadian to boot. Then there was News Radio that had awesome […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: “Oppressed Majority”: What’s missing?
At the risk of getting a whole lot of Feminist hateration on this- I’m just going to say this: People who are loving this video are people who already get it [1]. It won’t make a dent on a dude that doesn’t honestly understand or recognize his own male privilege.
Continue readingMelissa Fong: ‘Women Get Paid Exactly What They’re Worth’: Fox New wants women to accept pickle juice
Equal pay is not special treatment, it is correcting for the inequalities born out of patriarchy.
Continue readingMelissa Fong: The idiocy of the men’s rights movement….
Most of you who have conversed with me know my deep passion AGAINST the men’s rights movement. I can rant on forever why many men’s rights activists don’t really understand that the things they are against are actually the work of patriarchy and sexism. But hey, many men’s rights movement
Continue readingLeft Over: Pandering to the Impotent
‘Men’s rights’ group behind sexual assault posters Posters mimic well-known ‘Don’t be that guy’ campaign against sexual assault CBC News Posted: Jul 10, 2013 6:59 PM MT Last Updated: Jul 11, 2013 1:03 AM MT In Alberta, you say? Why am I not surprised? The dinosaurs sucking up their ancestral
Continue readingAutonomy For All: Rape Apologia Disguised as Men’s Rights
This is outside my usual turf, but the more I think about this, the more angry it makes me: The “Don’t be that girl” poster reads: “Just because you regret a one night stand, doesn’t mean it wasn’t consensual. Lying about sexual assault = a crime.” Late Tuesday night a
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