Are we gay men who claim to be femist really so? The spate of anti-women legislatn mands we start showg up for women.
Contents:
- OP-ED: GAY MEN NEED TO BE FEMISTS, TOO
- LOVE, VICTOR REVIEW: MORE GAY TEEN ANGST SOLID LOVE, SIMON SP-OFF
OP-ED: GAY MEN NEED TO BE FEMISTS, TOO
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And yet I know his ntug sults agast women are not sgular; attacks are fterg om a wi st of misogynists, om the Llie Moonv type to the “cel” type to the Alabama statehoe is forcg some soul searchg on me — namely nontg the worseng attus toward women next to the rapid-fire gas of gay male liberatn recent years. If any group has been steadfast s support of gay men, is femists. In return, are we gay men who claim to be femist really so?
You know that social lore that valoriz gay men as more refed and more sensive — so athetilly superr to everyone else? Knowg que a few gay men at the top of their profsns — media, fashn, philanthropy, amia — I wns a aterny of privilege ightengly different to the backlash agast women.
LOVE, VICTOR REVIEW: MORE GAY TEEN ANGST SOLID LOVE, SIMON SP-OFF
Gay men might march toward universalized marriage and child-adoptn rights. But that ethos shouldn’t sce gay men to downplay genr-based prejudice.
Our growg cln to marriage and childrearg don’t necsarily tensify gay men’s bond to women; n heighten our empathy for entled straight men. As gay men bee more vted heterosexual normativy, we have to redouble our efforts to dismantle s worst aspects.
Femists, om the Dghters of Bilis to the Notor RBG, helped pave the way for gay male liberatn. One iend nfid to me that she believ that gay men, at this historil juncture, are at least as misogynistic, if not more so, than straight men. Gas femism have chastened straight men, she claimed, but not their gay brethren.