'We are taught that masculinity is emotionless, that it’s weak to cry and to communicate, or even be educated. Men are made fun of for being smart and good communicators, for listening and reading instead of talking.'
) and activist who has used his platform to take on social justice issues from light-skinned privilege to asylum seekers at the U.S.–Mexico border to the rights of domestic workers. He’s also a proud feminist, and one of the rare cis men willing to talk openly about masculinity, and black masculinity in particular.
“Weakness” is anything that can be perceived as feminine or “gay,” even though women, trans, and queer people truly tend to be the strongest people and biggest champions in our culture. Not to mention, wehave generational and current trauma from the oppression, police abuse, death, poverty, incarceration, and sexual abuse that runs rampant in our communities. But we are taught that to acknowledge this is weak, and that only the strongest survive.
Conforming to make other people feel comfortable instead of sticking to the things I knew in my heart were valuable.Game. I was always taught that the further we push women outside of their comfort zone, the better ‘game’ we have. I was taught that if a girl doesn’t want me and I can convince her to want me, that I have a higher level of game. That almost always looks like some form of harassment.
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