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redqueen

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Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:38 AM

Feb 2013

“To stop violence, you need to prevent it from happening,” said Somsouk Sananikone, a civil society activist from Laos, speaking after a recent training workshop in Bangkok, where he was one of about 30 civil society participants from eight Asian and Pacific nations, including Indonesia, Fiji and Mongolia. The event was organized by Partners for Prevention, a U.N. interagency program aimed at ending gender-based violence.

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The question is, “How are you supposed to be a man in society?” asked James Lang, the program coordinator of Partners for Prevention , in a recent interview in Bangkok.

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At the Partners for Prevention event in Bangkok, Mr. Otgonbaatar and others discussed strategies on how to counter bullying and how to mobilize society. But the challenges run deeper than that. As in Mongolia and Laos, the vocabulary of gender is differently expressed, where it exists at all, he said.

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I guess the problem that a few people seem to have is that the article is even being discussed by feminists.

Which is ironic, considering.

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If the notion of masculinity is to be reconsidered... [View all] Bonobo Jan 2013 OP

Strength and power are just tools, how they're used is a choice. Denninmi Jan 2013 #1

Frankly, I think the lecturing and hectoring gets old. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #2

I don't think feminists should be telling men what "masculinity" should look like. MadrasT Jan 2013 #3

I agree with everything you've written in this post. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #7

From the article which kicked this... response... off: redqueen Feb 2013 #9

Ever hear the phrase "it's not about you"? Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #11

A thread about an article titled "Changing the Notion of Masculinity" is posted in a feminist group redqueen Feb 2013 #12

Like I said, please don't bring external drama into this group. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #13

All my previous post did was explain the reason for the misunderstanding. redqueen Feb 2013 #14

It's not a misunderstanding. It's a difference of opinion. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #15

Feminists aren't doing that. American men are. redqueen Feb 2013 #16

According to you. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #18

I didn't kick a thread. I shared a link to a video of American men talking about what they call redqueen Feb 2013 #19

Oh, a man said it, that must mean it's true about men. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #20

Re-read the posts. redqueen Feb 2013 #21

If that's the case, my opinion as a man that there is nothing intrinsically wrong with men as a Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #22

You're mixing up words. No one said anything was "wrong with *men*"... redqueen Feb 2013 #23

That's awfully generous of you, to allow that someone might disagree with a broad "critique" of Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #24

Exactly right. Exactly, exactly right. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #4

Except in a few state legislatures. n/t Gore1FL Feb 2013 #5

Good point. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #6

Even this. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #17

Heck, it's even funnier considering.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #8

You don't get to define me, but I am *entitled* to define you! Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #10