Men's Rights Activists weaponize men's trauma to drive male supremacy narratives. Weirdly, both male and white supremacists lean heavily into male victimhood narratives. "We're being erased." It's a crucial piece of how they convince their populations to do violence. /1
Men are dealing with very real and ongoing trauma inflicted by our dominance-based culture of masculinity. Boys are stripped of emotional expression/connection and then slotted into a bullying dog eat dog hierarchical masculine culture which is deeply isolating. /2
They very kinds of men who accrue power by driving bullying and violence to enforce dominance-based masculinity then weaponize the resulting trauma against women. Its a nasty slight of hand that far too many young men fall prey to. /3
We need to intercede for young boys before our culture strips them of their natural joyful capacities for expression and connection. We can invite them to share what they are observing and confirm their agency. We need insure every day that young boys feel seen and heard. /4
The key to being a witness to boy's experiences is it creates a container within which boys can explore their full range of authentic expression, identity. Dominance-based culture forces them to hide much of who they are, conform to a narrow brittle version of masculinity. /5
When boys are convinced to hide much of who they are, lifelong anxiety is the result. This summary of a new study about men's anxiety confirms the challenges created by conformity to so-called masculine norms.
https://twitter.com/RemakingManhood/status/1435664658678046722?s=20/6
1) We can insulate boys from abandoning their powerful capacities for authentic connection.
2) We can invite men back into connection via men's work with organizations like @mankindproject or via therapy.
The solutions are there. We just need to act in our immediate circles. /7
2) We can invite men back into connection via men's work with organizations like @mankindproject or via therapy.
The solutions are there. We just need to act in our immediate circles. /7
Summed up here:
https://twitter.com/RemakingManhood/status/1433806708938317826?s=20/8
I advocate for men's issues. I'm not a Men's Rights Activist because those voices push male victimhood narratives that encourage men to blame women. Want to determine the difference between advocates for men’s issues and male supremacists? Look for the victimhood narrative. /9
Like this wonky masculinity stuff? Want to support our work to break men out of Man Box culture? Pick up our new book. There's tons of good stuff in there. All books are here: amzn.to/3iTG69H /10 
For those who would prefer this thread in article form: My new article on Medium. "How to spot a male supremacist." remakingmanhood.medium.com/how-to-spot-a-… /11
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