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La boîte à hommes & le culte de la masculinité

La boîte à hommes regorge de preuves. Sauf qu’il n’existe pas de boîte à hommes, qu’elle ne peut jamais être remplie et que les vrais hommes n’ont pas besoin de preuves. Commençons par Abraham et Isaac. Vous connaissez l’histoire. Dieu ordonne à Abraham de trancher la gorge de son enfant. Abraham ligote son fils, brandit […]

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The Man Box and The Cult of Masculinity

The man box is full of proof. Except that there is no man box, the man box can never be filled, and real men don’t need proof. Let’s start with Abraham and Isaac. You know the story. God tells Abraham to slit his child’s throat. Abraham ties up his son, raises the knife, and at […]

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Mieslokero ja maskuliinisuuden kultti

Audio: Your browser does not support the audio element Mieslokero on täynnä todisteita omasta olemassaolostaan. Paitsi että mieslokeroa ei ole olemassa eikä mieslokeroa voi koskaan täyttää eivätkä tosimiehet tarvitse todisteita. Aloitetaan Abrahamista ja Iisakista. Tarina on tuttu. Jumala käskee Abrahamin viiltää poikansa kurkun auki. Abraham sitoo Isakin kiinni ja kohottaa veitsensä, sitten Jumala sanoo viime […]

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Culture of Plunder

When living the dream means others will die I want to tell you three stories of winning and losing, of selfishness and sacrifice, of this culture. Story one. Last spring I gave a talk in a small farming community in northwestern Illinois. I drove there from my previous talk in Wisconsin, passing through prime agricultural […]

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