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\nIt’s the class war, Stupid!
\nLeft-wing commentators miss the point. They are willing to talk endlessly about gender wars and racial privilege while ignoring the plight of the working class.
\n1:46 Our pre-match pep talk for Waz.
\nThe best a man can be
\nWho better to critique #MeToo than 4 white men like us.
\nThat Gillette ad. Good, bad or meh?
\n6:46 Does Miranda Devine have a point?
\nJane Caro:
\nIn the wake of the controversial (but, I think, excellent)\u00a0Gillette ad, it has become clear that many people have no idea what toxic masculinity means. Too many of us, including some who make a living from using words, seem to think the phrase implies that masculinity,\u00a0in and of itself,\u00a0is toxic. However, it only takes a reasonable understanding of the English language to realise that is a silly assumption. As someone cleverer than me on Twitter pointed out yesterday, we all know that there are toxic plants (oleander, deadly nightshade etc) but we don\u2019t assume therefore that all plants are toxic.
\nShe sort of describes Toxic Masculinity as when the stereotype of what it is to be an acceptable male is taken to extremes.
\n… Feminists like me are not man-haters. Most of us\u2014if not all of us\u2014love our fathers, sons, brothers, male colleagues, friends and partners. What we hate is the damage we see toxic masculinity (not masculinity per se, just the toxic, rigid, performative kind) do to many men ….
\nHmmm, so not all masculinity is toxic, just exaggerated versions of the stereotype. Maybe that is so far from true “masculinity” that it should be called something else like being a boofhead or a dickhead. Sure, oleander is toxic and part of the plant family and is therefore a toxic plant but dickhead behaviour is not part of true masculinity so “toxic masculinity” ties together two things which are quite separate.
\nAgain from Jane Caro:
\nRegarding toxic feminity she acknowledges exists:
\nThe most damaging example I can think of, however, is the very rare … Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. This is a mental illness where mothers so enjoy their role as hero-nurturer they actually poison their own children to keep them perpetually and mysteriously sick. Literally toxic, in other words.
\nHere’s the point. When referring to\u00a0Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy we don’t say “Toxic Motherhood” because it is so far removed from true motherhood.
\nWhat does toxic mean?
\npoisonous, venomous, virulent, noxious, dangerous, destructive, harmful, unsafe, malignant, injurious, pestilential, pernicious, environmentally unfriendly
\nBrittany Spears didn’t think toxic was a problem.
\nThe Fist blames Jordan Peterson. Just joking … well kind of…
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\n20:45 But wait, we are not done with this ad. Was there racial prejudice?
\n33:07 Are wolf whistles just examples of instinctive mating behaviour?
\n37:32 The male Gay scene welcomes wolf whistles.
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\n42:17 ‘I don’t want to celebrate it’: Today newcomer Brooke Boney reignites Australia Day debate
\nToday\u00a0newcomer Brooke Boney has reignited debate over Australia Day, following a viral segment on the breakfast show where she addressed her own reasons for not wanting to celebrate the date.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}