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Terry Crews says “masculinity can be a cult.”
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I was with you until matching outfits.
Unless you're in your 80s of course.
Terry Crews has been extremely vocal about toxic masculinity, going as far as to write a book about it.
He's a man of many talents, including painting.
He definitely has his head screwed on straight and has never stopped using his fame to promote causes he deems worthy. Dude isn't just out there selling Deadpool 2, dude is out there trying to impress upon the world how "traditional" expressions of masculinity are deleterious to a respectful, egalitarian society. A most admirable man.
Suppose it's how people define it. I agree, being masculine is fine, just as long as you're not also not a misogynistic prick as well. Don't treat women like shit and treat them as any other human being. It's really not hard.
I just figured he was President Camacho. Damn.
It would certainly be an improvement from where we stand at least.
Please note, Terry said "masculinity can be a cult." Would you disagree with that statement?
Everytime i see Crews in a film or reading his personal views on life, i know he is on the right side of things. Crews is one of those celebs, both internationally and nationally famous, who always remained true to themselves, and aren't acting like they are live on a pedastal.
Plus Crews loves gaming so how can he ever be wrong :) Fantastic dude all way around, like Keanu Reeves.
Plus Crews loves gaming so how can he ever be wrong :) Fantastic dude all way around, like Keanu Reeves.
Dude is one of the most underrated comedic actors of our generation imo
It's great that he addressed this. The way people talk about sex workers, especially online, is particularly gross. Everybody's getting off to them while looking down on them and it's so fucking hypocritical.
Yoooo, I look up to this dude so much! Crews is such a treasure! Awesome human being!
And he's 100% right.
I mean, he had an addiction, I can see where he's coming from.
And he's 100% right.
I mean, he had an addiction, I can see where he's coming from.
Not necessarily, I understand what he's saying but masculinity is also a pretty open ended term with a lot of personal definitions in both the positives and negatives.
The man was addicted
It's not as if he is saying this with no reason
This is a poor, unfair misreading of his words. Do better.
https://www.channel24.co.za/Gossip/...-losing-his-wife-over-porn-addiction-20180328
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Replace "women" with "black people" and "bitch" with the "n-word".
It's just as offensive to women, but considering you are only 18 you probably don't have much (if any) experience with women.
Crews is correct, masculinity can be a cult and it can be toxic. It isn't always and it doesn't need to be, there is value in masculinity just as there is value in femininity, but the part of masculinity that requires the rejection and hatred of femininity and anything that isn't stereotypically masculine needs to be purged.
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Nigga who are you? And is that the best you got? Whee boy I see why you get your rocks off being an ass in threads bout minorities
Funny enough the women I asked, black or otherwise, said bitch isn't near as offensive as nigga
? Notice the "can be" part of the statement. It doesn't say "is." It's like saying "Star Wars fans can be obsessive." It's not saying they necessarily all are, but some manifestations of Star Wars fandom can be obsessive. If that makes sense, would you agree with someone saying that "masculinity can be a cult?"
No one said they have to be equally offensive. The fact of the matter is that they are both words that are effective at dehumanizing large subsets of humanity.
Yeah the thread has a bit of a confusing title. The quote is different then OP made it sound.
But I agree with Terry, and you can find evidence of it all over some particularly awful subreddits. I do think there is fraction of people that want to overcorrect and make masculinity in general a bad thing, though.
I hate you
Niggas gonna think that's actually what my argument was too smh.
Agreed. And I really like the fact that he absolutely acknowledges his past behaviour and regularly shows that's it's something you can change about yourself.
Saying "look, I've been disrespectful in the past, but then I got better" is pure, honest fire.
Member has been banned (2 weeks): intentionally pushing thread derail and attempting to bait member. Warned for disingenuous behaviour multiple times in the past.
You've been asked to stop using gendered slurs by women on this board. Why is it so important for you to say "bitch"?
That wasn't the argument at all, but okay
I had a problem with people really tryna say that Nigga bitch and the f word are similar, especially in the day and age where bitch, a word rooted in misogny, has been turned into other meanings depending on the context, but this ain't the thread for that
Connecting with a woman on a personal and emotional level, be it friends or lovers.
That is one of the most masculine things you can do.
I feel like I'm going to spend the rest of my life trying to unlearn all of the bullshit I was taught as a kid.
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