Some assorted videos on gender….they capture the times we live in….
1. Kamla Bahsin talks about toxic masculinity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOLYIzJnKT4
As a man I have privilege, most of which I am not even aware of.
And while #metoo brings out only the more extreme forms of violation, I am pretty sure there are plenty that I have been a part of knowingly and unknowingly. These may be small actions of pushing…
2 Aug 2017: #brocode is taking the side of your bros in face of the sisterhood as a primary response — being a man, I understand other man-ly responses
Very soon, I shall start preaching the wisdom of ‘tired and tested’ ways. Please don’t listen to me.
I may start insisting that you must respect your elders. Respect you must. But don’t ever think respect equals agreement.
It has been 34 trips round the sun and I’ve come to the conclusion that this isn’t my 34th birthday at all.
The materials that make up my body originated about 13 billion years ago (and I don’t know where they were before that).
I admire the patience and tolerance women have, when it comes to putting up with nonsense….
To sell more magazines, Deepika and Vogue turn feminism into a joke, a bundle of careless cliches.
May God grant us (confused) men the wisdom
to be chivalrous when women expect us to be,
treat them equally at other times,
and not get labelled chauvinistic in the process.
Happy Women’s Day