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Title: Masculine, Feminine or Human? (blog/comments)
Post by: Natasha on June 07, 2008, 01:28:57 AM
Masculine, Feminine or Human?

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/masculine-feminine-or-human/
6/6/2008

"In a guest lecture about masculinity to a college class, I ask the
students to generate two lists that might help clarify the concept.

For the first, I tell them to imagine themselves as parents whose
12-year-old son asks, "Mommy/daddy, what does it mean to be a man?"
The list I write on the board as they respond is not hard to predict:
To be a man is to be strong, responsible, loving. Men provide for
those around them and care for others. A man weathers tough times and
doesn't give up."