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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance".

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The confusion boys experience about their identity is heightened during adolescence. In many ways the fact that today's boy often has a wider range of...more

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When we see love as the will to nurture one's own or another's spiritual growth, revealed through acts of care, respect, knowing, and assuming respons...more

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Significantly, in future feminist movement we will spend less time critiquing patriarchal marriage bonds and expend more effort showing alternatives, ...more

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White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or be oppressed. Black men may be victimized by racism, but sexism allows them ...more

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Dominator culture teaches all of us that the core of our identity is defined by the will to dominate and control others. We are taught that this will ...more

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Whether they regard themselves as pro- or antifeminist, most women want men to do more of the emotional work in relationships. And most men, even thos...more

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The idea of "common oppression" was a false and corrupt platform disguising and mystifying the true nature of women's varied and complex social realit...more

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In retrospect, it is evident that highlighting abortion rather than reproductive rights as a whole reflected the class biases of the women who were at...more

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Again and again a man would tell me about early childhood feelings of emotional exuberance, of unrepressed joy, of feeling connected to life and to ot...more

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Emotional neglect lays the groundwork for the emotional numbing that helps boys feel better about being cut off. Eruptions of rage in boys are most of...more

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No wonder then that men who cared, who were open to change, often just gave up, falling back on the patriarchal masculinity they found so problematic....more

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The men in my life have always been the folks who are wary of using the word 'love' lightly. They are wary because they believe women make too much of...more

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Individual heterosexual women came to the movement from relationships where men were cruel, unkind, violent, unfaithful. Many of these men were radica...more

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Fame is fun, money is useful, celebrity can be exciting, but finally life is about optimal well-being and how we achieve that in dominator culture, in...more