Should college men be required to take seminar in "toxic masculinity"?

[MatureDJ]

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9783

The UNC Men’s Project, which launched in 2013, will host a 10-week discussion group this semester to “increase men’s involvement in gender equity and violence prevention,” and examine how masculinity has "contributed to the perpetration of violence in our society.”

At the end of the 10-week program, students are asked to create an individual “follow on” project by becoming a Peer Educator on masculinity, creating a short documentary film, joining a “gender equity” group on campus, or “developing a plan to increase bystander intervention practices.”

“We believe that we cannot truly change the experiences of women and queer and trans folx until we liberate the beliefs and behaviors of men,” the Women’s Center says, adding that it is committed to helping men “explore the many ways masculinity influences their lives.”

OK, so men need to be re-educated to be less "masculine", but to still be masculine enough to intervene and defend "women, queer and trans folx".

My opinion:

 

[RangerMIke]

LOL!!!!!!

Absolutely... just don't buy into any of the stupidity. Do whatever they tell you you have to do and get a grade. But do not let anyone convince you that normal male behavior is any more 'toxic' than normal female behavior.

 

[Infern0]

There is such thing as toxic masculinity but it's not some sjw thing to become submissive, its about not being a massive douche

 

[ChristopherColumbus]

Disconcerting to see the way in which the word masculinity is unqualified... as if masculinity itself were the problem.

Ideology [a projection of power] such as this is itself dangerous as it fragments society into conflicting parties. It is itself a form of violence. A meaningful culture, on the other hand, always develops a sense in which we all share a common humanity whilst allowing us our differences.

 

[AJ84]

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9783






OK, so men need to be re-educated to be less "masculine", but to still be masculine enough to intervene and defend "women, queer and trans folx".

My opinion:

Right. So it's now men's responsibility to make sure no one's feelings get hurt? Wtf?

This implies that only men have problems with gender equality, LGBT etc. That's complete BS. Go to any of those far right Chrsitain blogs and you will see posts by women putting down LGBT and gender equality. So where's the class on toxic femininity?

I think all this does is overinflated the preception of men being oppressors and gives women the impression that all straight men are sexist, homophobic a**holes. I think it just leads to more men actually becoming toxic as a response to being sh*t on like this.

It's like that saying "You're rights stop where my feelings begin".

Most men I've met in my life are genuinely decent people. This is getting out of hand.