Category: my articles
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Is Ending the War Between the Sexes Too Boring?
I’d like to talk about the myths of gender and how we’re not yet ready to end the war between the sexes. Joseph Campbell calls myth, “an expression of the human imagination… reflecting the influences of a specific social environment.” The myths in the case of gender is just that. A set of imagined roles that…
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Why I’m not a ‘Real Man’ and Don’t Want to Be
We all have the right to develop in any way we like, outside of gender standards from yesterday or today or tomorrow. Do you enjoy being told, “Since you are a woman (or man) you’re supposed to be (or do)…” For many years now, I’ve been trying to makes sense of the expectations thrown on…
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What Dad Taught Me
In considering how to be a good father, I’d have to speak from no experience, because I don’t yet have children. Even if I’ve cultivated a sort of “inner-father” to myself after leaving home. So, in honor of Father’s Day, I want to share what I learned from my father that I choose to emulate—today…