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Catherina

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38. Yes it is a real phenomenon
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 01:21 PM
Jun 2012

You might say it's an aberration because it was Luka Magnotta but he started life thrown away by his parents, raised by a grandmother who gave him no structure and beat the crap out of him, was abused by older men and over the last 9 years slowly disintegrated and all of it documented on the net. I don't think he's the only kid like that who's been desperately screaming for attention since his youth.

I think most of us are good people, men and women, but we turn a blind eye to too many things because we'd feel like we were intruding.

Question, if you had a younger brother and he was putting down his partner in a sexist manner, or abusing her, would you say something? Would you say something if he was treating his children differently based on their sex, and was teaching his son to be a macho and his daughter, for example, to be an emotional manipulator who cried to get her way? Too few people say anything, no matter how gently, when they see it.

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Tony Porter Ted talk; A call to men. [View all] lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 OP
Thoughts? One, its really long. I only got about half through. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #1
Boring, irrelevant male bashing Cayenne Jun 2012 #2
I thought it was thought provoking. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #4
Certainly I couldn't identify with the anecdotes of his youth either. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #6
I'll always watch a recommended TED Talks. Gore1FL Jun 2012 #3
I don't agree with your last paragraph. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #5
Women can break the man box in a different way Gore1FL Jun 2012 #7
... a way of their choosing. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #8
That's sort of my point. Gore1FL Jun 2012 #9
That particular talk was given at a women's conference (TEDWoman) Catherina Jun 2012 #10
You're welcome to participate in the discussion, here, Catherina. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #11
It could be. Not being a man, it's hard for me to gauge Catherina Jun 2012 #15
So straight up, honest question, Catherina: Looking at the videos, it seems geared in large part Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #13
I wondered that too Catherina Jun 2012 #14
Anecdotally, it seems like there are some entrenched attitudes, for instance, in many AA communities Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #17
Would you agree that his point about decent men getting more involved Catherina Jun 2012 #20
Maybe the difference is, where some people see monolithic forces like culture, I see individuals. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #23
How about the young kids on the fence who don't even know they're on the fence? Catherina Jun 2012 #27
I'm unequivocally against things like violence and abuse. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #29
Yes it is a real phenomenon Catherina Jun 2012 #38
I'm trying to imagine myself into the situation you're putting out there, & drawing kind of a blank Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #39
Saved by paragraph 2 Catherina Jun 2012 #40
And I absolutely think the guy in the video whose neighbor was belting his son during a game of Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #41
I don't mind Catherina Jun 2012 #42
Hmm. Okay, my response. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #43
I appreciate your participation. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author seabeyond Jun 2012 #19
Texas was my big awakening about sexism Catherina Jun 2012 #21
You couldn't pay me enough Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #25
Bad answer! Catherina Jun 2012 #28
Hey, to each his or her own. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #30
I'm curious as to the actual specifics of the incident or incidents you are talking about. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author seabeyond Jun 2012 #26
So really, to you, this is about porn, and not so much about men being told not to express emotion. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #31
no. really it is not. it is so beyond that. but, then i am not surprised you get this. i will seabeyond Jun 2012 #32
You could work on being a little more linear, frankly. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #33
there was a lot of instances about a lot of different things. seabeyond Jun 2012 #34
Do you think that men enjoying looking at naked women is a "problem" that needs correcting? Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #35
2 and 4 yr old and 10 and 12 yr old are "men" to you? i think this would be another example of what seabeyond Jun 2012 #36
I responded to that, upthread, although frankly your anecdote was non-linear and hard to understand. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #37
Here's an example of how NOT to raise a son (or any kid) Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #12
That's terrible! Just reading the story was enough :( n/t Catherina Jun 2012 #16
Yeah. Awful. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #18
I just watched it again Catherina Jun 2012 #22
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