Theyâd run out of airtime so fast, it would quickly be replaced by a PSA for harassers. Something along the lines of, âWeâre not gonna ask WTF is wrong with all of youâŚjust cut it the 
out. If not, weâll consider listing all the alleged offenders in the chyron during the daily broadcasts.â
Massachussetts doctor was asking for it, going out in public like that. But actually.
Youâll notice I put it in the Toxic Masculinity thread, not the Good News thread.
Amazing new 4-part series on Netflix. Gripping, timely, important, fantastic acting and production, devastating story.
My boys will always be respectful. They will always say, âYes, sir, yes, maâam.â
Around here, this sort of thing died out together with Prussian militarism in the middle of the last century, and I canât see how anyone would want that for their children
Itâs still very much a thing in the Black community, as well as in the southern US. In some circles, how children address their elders and strangers is prioritized, because it reflects how they are seen (kids and their parents). Itâs a measure of values and class, and in scenarios involving people in positions of authority, it can be a survival skill. 
Yes, andâŚ.
Itâs always about authoritarianism. Who has the power, who must show deference. Blacks must show deference to whites, women to men, and even within an in-group, children must show deference to adults.
Around here, it is still considered good, if formal, manners and praised. Not a bad thing at all. Sadly, I see it most often in my Black families, which I interpret as âhow to deal with white folksâ more than actual respect. But thatâs just me.
As someone who constantly gets misgendered after speaking, Iâd really really really love that to die.
You canât even acknowledge rape around middle aged conservative women irl without some ass going âbut most rapes are women raping schoolboys!â
Getting really pathetic out there with these information silos.
I suggest Florida near the beach for peak cyberschmuck longevity. You can prove climate change is a hoax while your are there too. Win win. If you canât afford that I guess thereâs corpus.
What? They look like a couple of fun guys!
They donât to me, but Iâd be willing to try spraying them down with clotrimazole just in case.
Couldnât agree more with this. Iâm a white cis het woman, and I get misgendered occasionally and it always makes me cringe. So called âhonorificsâ that are gendered are simply problematic, at least in our current culture.
So much of the shit is hard to parse due to problematic language. The Mackie thing, for example. I donât even know of that man, but it seems like what he was trying to say was that respect, accountability, and responsibility are dying, and thatâs true. But to call that âmasculinityâ because, I donât know, he mistakenly assumes those qualities are only asked of young men? Like, if he had daughters, wouldnât he also encourage them to help out while heâs away, and make sure the doors are locked before going to bed? Thatâs just about stepping up and being a part of the household.
I donât know, but I looked up Mackie on Wikipedia, and it changes things a little, with regard to his statement about his 15 year old being in charge when heâs away. Mackie is divorced. I donât know what the custody arrangements are, but maybe there are times when he has custody but has to leave his sons alone for awhile. Which would make sense, I guess. Because if and when theyâre with their mother, Mackie wouldnât have any say in whoâs in charge. He doesnât live there. Of course, heâs also said heâs not dating because he doesnât know how to be vulnerable. He really does sound like a tool, the more I read about him. It makes me wonder about that rap battle in 8 mile, because there have always been stories that Eminem made up that rap on the spot about Mackie himself, not his character.
Was discussing masculinity with my husband once. He asked me to think of any positive quality that is âmasculine.â He then proceeded to explain how everything I could think of wasnât masculine at all. It was just being responsible or kind or ethical or strong. That everything I could attribute to masculinity off the top of my head, were all attributes that applied equally (or occasionally even more so) to femininity. For example, being strong defending oneâs family: who is the fiercest animal in the woods? The mama bear.
In other words, the idea of masculinity is a pile of shit
Further evidence that the very idea of gender is a social construct.