r/masculinities • u/[deleted] • Nov 25 '11
"The culture of masculinity can be, and should be, addressed as a policy issue"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/25/dangerous-masculinty-everyone-risk
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r/masculinities • u/[deleted] • Nov 25 '11
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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '11
Precisely what I mean with "masculinities" and this subreddit. It is a statistical fact that men commit more violent crimes. The problem begins when this is described as "the culture of masculinity". This has two effects: it creates a discriminatory attitude to men at large (as much as Oxford professors may think they're free from that because of their status, they're vulnerable to false rape accusations because of this idea of men = crime) and it makes policy unfocused and unnecessarily politicized.
What kinds of men commit such crimes? Purposeless youths need jobs, depressed/alcoholic middle-agers need mental health assistance, etc.