Bravo! I was thinking that clubbing women over the head thing the entire time I was reading that horrible, horrible article. If men becoming more sensitive is a sociological malfunction, then what about the Women's movement? Obviously this person is threatened by change and desperately needs to get a grip on reality. I suppose our only consolation is that he will die at an early age because he feels like crying and the release of emotions is for "girly men" instead of good stress reliever. Bah!
Robert Shaw
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October 21 2004, 08:50:39 UTC
There are such divergent views of sexuality over the course of history, with some men and women during the 17th century Ottoman empire using their inherent homosexuality as a means of strengthening political ties and securing power among a few ruling elite. In fact some women in Ottoman-controlled Egypt prefered their husbands to have male interests, as this would most likely prevent the husband from amassing concubines or other wives with whom she would most likely have to compete for resources. (Under Islamic law, a man can take four wives as long as he can provide for all of them equally. Whether or not the prophet Mohammed meant this as a paradox is still contested to this day). Anyhow, it's just outrageous that someone should take such a Manichean view of sexuality. It sounds like a Bush-ism to divide the world into such simple constructs of good-evil, black-white, male-female when no one and no thing is that simple. No body of government, no body of people can be encompassed by such a general definition as "Masculinity".
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