Ep4 - Misogyny and Healing of the Masculine

In this episode, we read Charles Eisenstein’s 2015 essay “Misogyny and Healing of the Masculine”. In it, Charles describes two local Asheville men that started a blog glorifying their sexual pursuits and degrading women. We break down his concept of the narrative of othering and how destructive it can be, as well as potential paths to redemption and healing. This is a stark contrast from the traditional version of villainization, punishment, and canceling. Instead, we pose some of our potential solutions to broken men, such as learning the value in restraint and how can we keep fathers in homes? Yes, radical personal accountability is the answer, but we also critique and blaming “toxic masculinity” for all of society’s problems and our hyperfixation on being critical of men. It’s a deep and real episode, but the most honest and raw depiction we can give of our take of the impacts of the gender divide, and especially how it affects men.

 

https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/misogyny-and-the-healing-of-the-masculine/

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