Simultaneous Misogyny and Misandry?
The thriving gender bias that men are breadwinners and women are homemakers is simultaneously misandrist and misogynist as it diminishes a woman’s determinative capacity and casts an exclusive burden upon men.
Misandry – Hatred or Disfavor of Males
People probably know of “misogyny,” but what about “misandry”? This Psychology Today article explains.
I Still Don’t Understand Religious “Modesty”
Perhaps it is just something peculiar to my neurodiverse brain (probably), but religious “modesty” practices are nonsensical. Why is an ankle-length skirt “modest”? Is an exposed calf that alluring? And why is such skirt a “modesty” when the presence of the ass is still known and the form of the breasts is still evident? The …
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Kilt Lifting
These two fellas propound a frank discussion on strangers who feel entitled to inquire or inspect a kilted man’s “undercarriage” (just more sociocultural misandry),
Heroes, Villains, and Toilets
The politics of toileting have reached such ridiculous levels that those engaged therein have lost their ability to circumspectly analyze the real issues. The kerfuffle is really about social comfort and not personal safety as is generally asserted. But to the extent that personal safety could or should be discussed, the ultimate truth is that heroes and villains operate out of the same perceptions of danger but their responses are what set them apart.
The Fundamental Flaw in HB2
There were many things wrong with North Carolina’s 2016 H.B.2, but the biggest problem was fixating on sex rather than gender.
A Guy’s Guide to Getting Skirted
For the curious and the novice, this how-to guide will tell a man all he needs to know about finding, wearing, and accessorizing skirts. Skirts need not be frilly, froufrou, or feminine, and can indeed be very masculine.
Gender Equality in the Shadow of 1960s Civil Rights
Gender equality is harmed, not helped, by toilet legislation and policy, and compelling an individual to use one facility or another is entirely reminiscent of the old-south segregation. In a very real way, it very broadly paints a minority class as dangerous and the majority class as vulnerable.
Why I Wear Skirts (and Why Men Should)
It might be odd for a man to wear a skirt, but why is it taboo? My curiosity with skirts as a gendered construct really began in the wake of North Carolina’s HB2 (“bathroom bill”) debacle, and my pursuit to understand gender issues is ongoing. Many decades ago, gender equality afforded women the right to wear pants, but men never started wearing skirts. There are a lot of reasons for this and a lot of reasons why men should consider adding skirts to their wardrobe.
On Striving for Gender Neutrality
Gender equality is harmed, not helped, by “all-gender” toilets and, more generally, by gender-segregated toilets. Declaring special toilets for nonbinary persons is, in practice, an insult rather than an accommodation.