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Originally Posted by CandleInTheDark
I think you are reading the question differently. We are just speaking about who men and boys should view as a role model, but also who the men are that should be viewed as a role model. Women can certainly serve as a role model to men and boys, but in a much different capacity. That both boys and girls require role models of both sexes is not in doubt; what you seem to imply is that roles models of one gender can replace the other. Women can certainly be role models for femininity, or citizenship, or other good contributions to mankind or society as a whole. But as a role model for masculine behaviour and responsibility women lack requisite equipment. Women are no different of course; they seek equally powerful role models for their gender culture. We will never be an androgynous culture; the best we can do is seek to promote non-androgynous, gendered cultures which are positive, not regressive.
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very well, I suppose I am failing to address the question as literally as it was intended. I reacted, I suppose, to comments seeming to imply that men were emasculated by the women's movement, which I think is more than a bit of a cop-out. It's as if a white person were to say they'd been disempowered by the civil rights movement - and, of course, there are people who do say things like that, but their comments don't usually go over too well in mixed company, lol.
but it's a whole other topic, so I'll lay off now
