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FuckItNewName [they/them]
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The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.
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Young men are killing themselves at disproportionate rates for the same reason they’re overrepresented in all other forms of physical violence: on the whole, men are bullied out of developing emotional coping skills. Do I need to post the bell hooks quote? I’ll post the bell hooks quote istg