Category Archives: gender identity

Masculine Lore

Posted on November 11, 2011 by noahbrand

On a recent open thread, Ozy posted a picture of her “steampunk rakish dandy” costume as an example of “what sluts wear on Halloween”. I was deeply offended. Speaking as a rakish dandy, I feel that this costume misrepresents my … Continue reading →

Posted in education, emotion, gender identity, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged gender performativity, gender policing, gender roles, masculinity, personal experience | 63 Comments

Somebody Please Think For The Children

Posted on November 10, 2011 by noahbrand

One argument one hears a lot, especially when it comes to bullshit gender enforcement, is “But it will confuse the children!” We heard it about gay marriage (“Children won’t understand how someone can have two daddies or two mommies!”) and … Continue reading →

Posted in fatherhood, gender identity, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged fatherhood, gender policing, gender roles, stay-at-home | 53 Comments

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Posted on September 29, 2011 by noahbrand

I’ve been gearing up to write a post about the appalling images of men in new TV shows and the implicit assumptions that underlie those images, but Linda Holmes over at NPR has done it for me, so well that … Continue reading →

Posted in gender identity, homosexuality, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, sexuality, the media | 9 Comments

A Christian Writes About Sexual Damage

Posted on September 29, 2011 by noahbrand

Trigger warning for sexual mutilation and rape. Linksurfing around, I came across this remarkable and moving little memoir about growing up in a household where the parents followed the teachings of a particularly popular fundamentalist guru with a real fixation … Continue reading →

Posted in abuse, body image, gender identity, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, sexuality | Tagged family, father, gender roles, penis, rape culture, religion, sexuality, slut-shaming | 42 Comments

Gender Enforcement In The Wild

Posted on September 8, 2011 by noahbrand

We’re all pretty hip around here, pretty into questioning gender programming and taking our own path, and I think we can forget that outside the Social Justice League, things are a lot uglier. Masculinity is conflated entirely with maleness for … Continue reading →

Posted in femmephobia, gender identity, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged gender enforcement, gender roles, masculinity | 79 Comments

Strictly Moderated: Fat Is A Masculist Issue

Posted on August 25, 2011 by sirgabe

Ozymandias Note: NSWATM is proud to welcome Sir Gabe, who also goes by Succubus Boy, as our first guest blogger. He is a trans man who plans mostly to discuss issues of intersectionality for men. Now, we’ve all heard that “fat … Continue reading →

Posted in emotion, gender identity, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | 50 Comments

Straight Cis White Male Protagonists

Posted on August 23, 2011 by noahbrand

An interesting issue has come up in the comments to that 101 101 post, one that I think deserves its own thread to start unpacking its stuff. Indefatigable commenter typhonblue linked to this article from OnFiction, and elaborated on its … Continue reading →

Posted in gender identity, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, the media | Tagged media gender roles, movies, protagonists, sex objects | 44 Comments

Manliness vs Mannequin vs Monstrosity

Posted on August 21, 2011 by figleaf

Lynn Gazzis-Sax asks a perfectly reasonable question about the question of masculinity and manliness. Adam Serwer writes It’s 2000 all over again: A Republican governor from Texas is running for president, and the press is swooning over his manly manliness. As … Continue reading →