There's an article in this morning's Globe and Mail which discusses the issue of how Canada's Prime Minister discusses the above in public; and how the author feels this is, at best, not terribly constructive.

It got me thinking their are many broad areas around feminism, masculinity and male-female relations on which people speak in extreme terms, be it softly or harshly, and tend, as a result, to speak past one another, rather to one another.

A problem not uncommon on this forum on other issues [[but which I will endeavour not to get caught up in again).

But this is a segue to discuss both the particulars in this article and in some others I will cite below, but also the more vexing problem of people talking past each other; instead of listening to someone else's underlying concerns.

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First, a primer about the above article:

It essentially boils down to comments Justin Trudeau has made in public fora that seem to suggest female-thinking/style is superior [[my paraphrase) to male-style thinking.

The author argue's that kind of speech is no way to help young men find their place in the world. That you need a positive vision of what a man can be, rather than a negative one.

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I'll throw in this piece from The Atlantic that discusses the male-female wage gap.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...really/576877/

Then this piece on issues around sexual consent

https://mashable.com/article/researc.../#gqRpeNSZxqq3

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Rather than start off by offering my opinions on the above, I invite others to comment [[respectfully please).

i will say what i think about all this later.