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"Protecting girls" from trans people:

"Hall “screamed and shouted” at the player “you’re a fucking boy and shouldn’t be playing in a girls side...”.

"After the abused player left the field in tears, her father approached Hall informing him he could not speak that way to his daughter, to which Hall reaffirmed his belief that the abused player was a boy and should not be playing in a girls team."

telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20

The Telegraph · Dad banned for screaming ‘you’re a boy’ at U12 girl after ‘transgender rumours’By Ben Coles

British Culture...

" two RAF engineers out on a bender in Berkshire."

This is why we can't have nice things, belligerent drunken men. But don't anybody try to change that culture, don't anybody appear woke, for the 'boys will be boys' must be maintained, how dare anyone stop the boys doing what they want!

theguardian.com/society/2025/m

The Guardian · Judge accuses RAF pair of ‘wanton vandalism’ for destroying Paddington Bear statueBy Amelia Hill

Talking about toxic masculinity.

As a trans guy I DREAM of having a beard.
But I also know that my masculinity has nothing to do with it, the same way it has nothing to do with what is -or isn't- between my legs.

Cis guys could learn a thing or two from us in that matter.

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

The Guardian · The sudden, surprising rise of beard transplants: ‘This industry is a wild west’By Simon Usborne

Coleman Spilde is right. Essential tv for all: "I’d go as far as to say that "Adolescence" should be required viewing for all teenagers, & certainly a condition of having a phone. If a teen wants to be tapped into the digital echo chamber, they have to know what it can do to them. Goodwill & hope that parents will raise their children correctly aren’t enough when the worlds inside of their phones can undo all of that learning."

salon.com/2025/03/18/adolescen

#ToxicMasculinity
#Incel
#Adolescence

Coleman Spilde is right. Essential tv for all: "I’d go as far as to say that "Adolescence" should be required viewing for all teenagers, & certainly a condition of having a phone. If a teen wants to be tapped into the digital echo chamber, they have to know what it can do to them. Goodwill & hope that parents will raise their children correctly aren’t enough when the worlds inside of their phones can undo all of that learning."

salon.com/2025/03/18/adolescen

#ToxicMasculinity
#Incel
#Adolescence

Ein*e Tänzer*in, eine Projektionsfläche, eine Live-Kamera, ein paar Silikon-Bauchmuskeln und eine Frage: Wie ›macht‹ ein Körper Männlichkeit? MAKING OF A MAN von Quindell Orto beginnt wie ein TED-Talk und navigiert durch Popkultur, Politik und persönliche Interviews, bevor es zu einer eher einnehmenden Erkundung der porösen Behälter wird, die wir für unsere männliche Identität bauen. Wer darf Männlichkeit ›ausüben‹ und wie? Und welches Potenzial liegt darin, die starren Codes von Männlichkeit zu aufzubrechen? Am 22. März in Hannover – Tickets über unseren Linktree!
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One dancer, a projection screen, a live camera, a set of silicone abs, and a question: How does a body ›do‹ masculinity? MAKING OF A MAN by Quindell Orton starts out like a TED talk, navigating through pop culture, politics, and personal interviews, before becoming a more slippery exploration of the leaky containers we build for masculine identity. Who gets to ›do‹ masculinity and how? And what potential lies in unsettling masculinity's rigid codes? On 22 March in Hanover – tickets via our link tree!
#theater #tanz #performance #tedtalk #patriarchat #queer #nonbinary #nichtbinär #trans #männlichkeit #mannsein #toxicmasculinity #veränderung #kultur #hannover #gastspiel @kulturhannover@a.gup.pe

Fascism weaponizes the #ToxicMasculinity trait of never admitting you're wong. This is made even worse by the fact that they were swindled by a tier C grifter from Queens.

Combine that with American Exceptionalism & the desire for comfort over all and ~1/2 of America is still denying the reality in front of them.

#TonicMasculinity is swallowing your pride, listening to those being harmed long before you & speaking up for them. Especially if your voice is louder than theirs.

Amanda Marcotte on guns, violence against women, & #MelGibson: "Recently, Vice President JD Vance complained, "our culture sends a message to young men that you should suppress every masculine urge." He pretended that it's about telling men they can't "tell a joke," when the real problem is men punching women in the face and sexually assaulting them in department store dressing rooms."

salon.com/2025/03/13/the-dange

#ToxicMasculinity
#USPol

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@Geri the BBC East of England crime reporter (who also covered the Ipswich serial murders and various others in the region) said he was shocked by the case, but having lived in this region nearly 20 years, unfortunately I almost expect stuff like this to happen amongst supposedly "quiet" middle class white communities (as the old bill are spending a lot of their time watching black/brown/poor people and don't see how #ToxicMasculinity is in the rich areas too (or are part of it themselves)