Category: Sexism
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Men and Sex, it’s complicated
Men Love Sex? Men and sex it’s more complicated than we all like to admit. For some men, sex can be fun and exciting. For others, it can be stress-inducing or downright terrifying. I identify as a man and know a thing or two about sex (Maybe I don’t know Jack, you’d have to ask…
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The Truth about Straight Relationships(And what we can learn from LGBTQ Couples)
Dating, relationships, and marriage are things that most humans do. These things, at times, are fun, exciting, and meaningful. Conversely, they can be challenging and downright dangerous for some people. I’m a licensed social worker who has worked with countless young men and women. It seems that sexism and patriarchy, in many ways, can hinder…
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Rejected!
Rejection is a mutha! I remember my first ‘professional’ job at Chicago Public Schools. I was twenty-nine years old and still dealing with significant mental health issues. During my year at that job, I was constantly late, had terrible time management, and lacked passion for my work. In December 2012, I was laid off. It…
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The Truth About the Friend Zone
This was a lesson in friendshipI stress in this sentenceShould women and men be friends first?And then slip?My pen drips as I scribble my thoughts on thin stripsOf devotion What is the Friend-Zone? For all you cool kids out there, this is what UrbanDictionary says: “A mythical place where misogynists go to when a woman doesn’t want their penis. or …
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
No U.S. Invasion of Haiti! The U.S. Government is solely interested in exploiting the Haitian people and preventing them from exercising its sovereignty. It has been this way for over 200 years, ever since the Haitian Revolution, the world in the first successful slave rebellion to establish an independent republic. #Haitian #UnitedStates #Military #Intervention CEO Pay Has Soared…
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Five Ways Anti-Capitalist changed the U.S.
Be the Change! In the United States, we’ve been told since infancy that capitalism is the most remarkable economic system ever created. In reality, it’s a complete fallacy. In the U.S, at least every ten to eight years, there’s an economic downturn that ranges from a mild recession to Great Depression. In the United States, the source of…
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Say Hello to the Bad Guy
The Bad Guy seems to be the type of man elevated by our society. These men’s legacy of being bad gives them infamy. The last two elected presidents of the United States both have credible accounts of misbehavior regarding sexual harassment and assault. Yet the American people still chose Trump and Biden, respectively, to be the figureheads…
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe
“Horrific”: World leaders react to end of Roe v. Wade in U.S. “The ruling of [the U.S.] Supreme Court that makes abortion illegal reminds us that there is always a risk of going backward. In Latin America, we advance on the path of rights, and from Chile we will continue to strongly defend the full…
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Fuck Dem Kids
On Friday, June 24th, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that granted all women in the United States access to safe abortions. That decision was a setback for women’s rights. The Democratic Party’s way to combat this decision isn’t to fight to codify Woe V. Wade (Despite having 50 years to…
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Random Thoughts on Black Men: Pride Edition
It’s time to return to “Random Thoughts on Black Men.” In previous articles, I questioned why some brothas feared dogs, why some brothas wore socks with sandals, and some brothas felt the need to Hotep or black men’s colorism towards darker-skinned black women. In 2021, I did the third post on this topic where I praised brothas just…
Evolving Man Project 