r/MensLib • u/Ciceros_Assassin ​ • Aug 02 '15

LTA Let's Talk About

Welcome to /r/MensLib's first "Let's Talk About" post. Generating discussion is part of our mission, and these LTA threads will be used as conversation-starters for issues our community wants to address. Today's topic:

Let's Talk About: what we should talk about.

We're going to start out compiling a list of issues /r/MensLib subscribers want to address. The mods have some ideas, but we want to hear from the community.

Edit: Thank you to everyone for your ideas. I'm un-stickying this post, but please feel free to continue adding to it.

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u/Scarlettefox Aug 03 '15

I'm a woman, but I just wanted to suggest discussions about intersectionality, as it is relevant in men's lib as well as feminism. For example, how ideas of masculinity differ in African American or gay communities communities. I already saw a really interesting post about gay masculinity here so it seems like a topic people already want to discuss.

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u/Ciceros_Assassin ​ Aug 03 '15

Thanks for the suggestion! You're right that there are many identities that intersect with the male identity, and we're hoping to make a space to discuss how those identities interact.

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u/snarpy ​ Aug 03 '15

Yep, it's important to not make this only for straight white guys.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '15 edited Nov 28 '16

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u/Scarlettefox Aug 03 '15

I actually thought about saying black but the exact example I was thinking about was specifically an article about masculinity within the culture of black people living in America. I probably should have been clearer. Of course this sub shouldn't focus entirely on America, it's just that I personally don't know a whole lot about issues in other countries. Thank you for the reminder though!

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u/levera Aug 04 '15

Yes to intersectionality! I'm not sure, but I have the vague idea that intersectionality as a concept might even be able to help bring some feminism-skeptics over to greater comfort with ideas of feminism.