Category: Equality
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Men Are Stuck, Not Left Behind
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What is really behind the present backlash against the ‘woke agenda’ and the ‘crisis of masculinity’? Last Wednesday I led a discussion group for professionals. I was joined by an imam from Burundi, an activist from Malta, and a Dutch veteran of gender justice. We read and discussed a recent report by the MenEngage Alliance,…
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Time for new men? Masculinity, male role models and the patriarchy
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Ever wondered why masculinity seems to be at the heart of so many societal conversations these days? In this episode, I joined two brilliant hosts to unpack the complex realities men face today—covering everything from the pressures of role modeling and how families shape our understanding of gender to the alarming statistics on male suicide…
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The Hidden Agenda and Conservative Backlash
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As the US is now facing a conservative backlash with the implementation of Project 2025, you might be interested in a parallel initiative which has been underway in Europe over the last decade. If you just casually looked through the Vision Network website, you wouldn’t know that it’s a front for Europe’s largest ultra-conservative propaganda…
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Fighting Conservative Backlash: What You Need To Know
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For decades, the liberals have been very successful in moving the world towards greater liberty, pluralism, and justice. Before the current conservative backlash we saw unprecedented gains for women, ethnic minorities, and LGBT+ people, enacting decolonial and environmental policies, demilitarisation, free trade, etc. But the tides are shifting and it looks like the conservatives around…
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Does Europe Care About Men And Boys?
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The most progressive countries in the world are beginning to talk about including men and boys in gender equality efforts. Happy International Men’s Day! Yesterday, I attended a seminar titled ‘Inclusion of men and boys in gender equality efforts’ organised by the five Permanent Representations of the Nordic countries to the Council of Europe. The event…
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The Democrats Forgot That Men Are People, Too
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In 1986, Marie Shear famously wrote: “Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.” In 2024, the US Democratic Party should perhaps start entertaining the notion that men are people, too. Except this time ‘being people’ is not about having the same rights. It’s about having the same psychology. It’s about struggling, having flaws,…
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Men’s True Stories — How One Feminist Helps Men Help Men
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I am now more active in the professional side of the gender discourse, getting into dialogue with people who work for NGOs and organisations which promote healthy masculinities and men’s stories. Honestly, it’s a world which makes me want to sing with joy. I’ll give you one example. Last week, I went to a webinar…
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#NotAllWomen, Or Have You Heard Of Selection Bias?
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What’s the heaviest weapon to roll out against self-styled ‘experts’ in dating? Statistics. I keep coming across texts by various guys who style themselves experts on dating and relationships and honestly, I can’t stop laughing. And it’s not even because they’re so often wrong. It’s because of how confidently they decree what The Nature Of…
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The Two Ways We Approach Men’s Problems Are Both Wrong
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But there is a third and we should really start following it now. There is one thing that the most hardcore progressives and most conservative manosphere gurus agree on: their response to a man who comes out to talk about the problems he struggles with. About his loneliness, about feeling useless, feeling like everyone and everything…