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Posted on 10/08/2006 6:53:31 AM PDT by US Navy guy
It's hard to be a man; hard to live up to the demands that come with the dominant conception of masculinity, of the tough guy.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
It would probably be easier if the author put the words to music. Since he's writing in a San Francisco paper, I'm sure there's some show tune he knows that would fit the situation perfectly.
An article on manliness coming from the San Francisco Chronicle. It's like Jeffrey Dahmer publishing a cookbook.
And 'light in the loafers'.
How about to the music of the Nutcracker Suite?
"Evolve beyond masculinity..." In other words, become a woman.
Do they do that kind of surgery here?
With the author.
LOL!
You mean this is not a Millee thread????
I'm shocked!
Gag. I read the first line and then the last paragraph:
"I don't think the planet can long survive if the current conception of masculinity endures. We face political and ecological challenges that can't be met with this old model of what it means to be a man. At the more intimate level, the stakes are just as high. For those of us who are biologically male, we have a simple choice: We men can settle for being men, or we can strive to be human beings. "
We men can settle for being men, or we can strive to be human beings. "
Ergo, men aren't human beings. Nice.
"Of course, if we are going to jettison masculinity, we have to scrap femininity along with it."
Yeah, I'm sure that will go over well.
Some girly-men simply cannot grasp the emotional depth of the Three Stooges. Or taking a leak outside the tent during a hunting trip. Or drinking beer and eating a bunch of little smokies in BBQ sauce while watching a football game.
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Robert Jensen is an associate professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.
Jensen joined the UT faculty in 1992 after completing his Ph.D. in media ethics and law in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a professional journalist for a decade. At UT, Jensen teaches courses in media law, ethics, and politics. He also is director of the Senior Fellows Program, the honors program of the College of Communication.
In his research, Jensen draws on a variety of critical approaches to media and power. Much of his work has focused on pornography and the radical feminist critique of sexuality and men's violence. In more recent work, he has addressed questions of race through a critique of white privilege and institutionalized racism.
In addition to teaching and research, Jensen writes for popular media, both alternative and mainstream. His opinion and analytic pieces on such subjects as foreign policy, politics, and race have appeared in papers around the country. He also is involved in a number of activist groups working against U.S. military and economic domination of the rest of the world.
Jensen is the author of The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege (City Lights, 2005); Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity (City Lights, 2004); and Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstream (Peter Lang, 2002); co-author with Gail Dines and Ann Russo of Pornography: The Production and Consumption of Inequality (Routledge, 1998); and co-editor with David S. Allen of Freeing the First Amendment: Critical Perspectives on Freedom of Expression (New York University Press, 1995).
Click here for Jensen's listing in the UT Experts Guide.
Click here for Jensen's complete curriculum vitae.
Click here for a recent interview, and an older interview with me from the Austin Chronicle.
Click here for a list of upcoming speaking engagements.
I've lost even more respect for Jensen.
What a poofter.
Ignorant thinking from someone who sees the glass as half empty. Men do a lot of bad stuff in this world but also commit many noble and generous acts as well.
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