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• Interesting story on his background. "The biggest mistake we make is to assume - and men often think this - that gender equality is a zero-sum game. That if women win, then men are going to lose. And I think
  (posted to The Feministing Five: Michael Kimmel)
• wax_ghost, "which leads me to believe that comments like yours (not yours specifically necessarily) are more about silencing critical thought about masculinity than actually representing the multitude of masculinities that men experience." well, I suppose that's a what I'd expect
  (posted to The Feministing Five: Michael Kimmel)
• Alessa, "Women also feel the pressure to desire a very masculine man. Thus, men feel the pressure to be masculine, even if that means shutting down parts of themselves that are deemed "feminine"." So, basically, men do something because they
  (posted to The Feministing Five: Michael Kimmel)
• I don't think the general notions of good and bad men/masculinity have changed that much. The John Wayne's of today may look differently, and they may behave differently with respect to dating, but the basic prescription of good masculinity is
  (posted to A Positive Definition of Masculinity)
• Could it be the other way around? Once a girlfriend starts shopping for underwear and he tolerates that it's a sign of committment rather than the other way around? I mean, which girl in their right mind would go and
  (posted to Men dont buy their own underwear (unless they are looking to shag someone))

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• Again,there are some who are trying to create a men's movement that is based on positivity, gender equity and a win-win for everyone. Check it out at www.mascmag.com! (posted to The Feministing Five: Michael Kimmel)
• As a man who's been doing activism, volunteering and now working within feminist circles I have NEVER met a man hating feminist. (posted to The Feministing Five: Michael Kimmel)
• I read this on FB. Just recently some one on my Facebook friend's list set the following status: "My house got robbed. Wish I had a cute guy to make me feel/keep safe" Coming to think of it, it says (posted to The Feministing Five: Michael Kimmel)
• The simple answer to this problem is: Stop trying to re-define/reclaim masculinity. Do away with it. If these "feminist men" you are referring to are really feminists, then they would have understood, absorbed, and applied the Feminism 101 concept that (posted to A Positive Definition of Masculinity)
• but he didn't go and buy new underwear (or start wearing it, for that matter.) when we started dating...does that mean he never tried to impress me?! What if i'm nothing to him. oh, now I have to over-analyze his (posted to Men dont buy their own underwear (unless they are looking to shag someone))

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