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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does your son think about it?

My son is at a very liberal and progressive school, and I can imagine similar conversations. But he agrees toxic masculinity is a problem, and he rejects it. He wants to be a different kind of man. So dissing toxic masculinity doesn’t hurt him - he rejects it too!

Hopefully he feels able in these conversations to say “[b]hey, excluding men doesn’t feel like the right solution to toxic masculinity in the workplace. What if more men were xyz?”[/b] Or whatever he believes would help the world be a better place.

I think often when people who are part of demographic groups that have historically oppressed others hear criticism of oppression they feel targeted, but that’s kind of warped. I’m white, but I can reject white supremacy and identify with people dismantling it. Your son doesn’t have to identify with toxic masculinity - why would he want to? [/quote]

That’s all fine for ones inner monologue, but has nothing to do with others biased rant sessions. You want an ideological emotional personal argument once a day in class with someone spewing out one-sides platitudes? After a couple of days of pleas such as the above most of the class shuts up and lets the loud ranters take over. [/quote]

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