A great article on the dangers of traditional masculinity in the U.S. from a great magazine! Focuses on health and emotional issues. (Although I like the idea about people seeing themselves as human *doings* rather than human *beings* and think that applies more generally). It's adapted from a chapter in the author's (Calvin Sandborn) book, Becoming a Kind Father: A Son's Journey.
http://briarpatchmagazine.com/boy-code-and-the-modern-man/
The next article looks at radical masculinity and what a narrow range of expression is allowed to most men who want to be perceived as masculine. Includes a rather disgusting (IMHO) Dockers ad...
http://carnalnation.com/content/43798/44/when-men-wear-skirts
A slightly different take on masculinity: butch masculinity and its attendant layers.
http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Throwing_in_the_towel-7855.aspx
Knowledge and Half-knowledge, Khalil Gibran
12 years ago
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