Challenge defeatism.

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Cake day: October 6th, 2023
  • YungOnions@sh.itjust.workstoMen's Liberation@lemmy.ca•Patriarchy harms boys and men, too. Helping them realize this is key to erasing toxic masculinity
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    26 days ago

    I write in the book that there’s a weird combination of entitlement and inadequacy. You’re entitled as your birthright as a male to women’s bodies, you’re entitled to power, you’re entitled to glory, you’re entitled to this heroic position. But you’re also never going to meet it, so you’re always going to feel shame and inadequacy. That combination makes is like a perfect storm for this resentment and emasculation.

    This is interesting, Ive never thought of it that way. Tell men they have a right to a particular way of life, then make it next to impossible to achieve and finally feed off the resentment that perceived failure breeds.

  • YungOnions@sh.itjust.workstoUnited Kingdom@feddit.uk•UK clothing sales to EU plummet as Brexit red tape deters exportersEnglish
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    30 days ago

    It’s worth bearing in mind that some of this may also be down to the rules of origin of the UK EU TCA, not necessarily a reduction in actual trade. UK and EU branded clothing and footwear made outside Europe can no longer be counted as UK or EU exports. Instead they are now recorded as an export of the country where they were manufactured.

    A lot of modern clothing is made in places like India or China and then branded in another. This would have then been classed as a UK export when sent to the EU, but this is no longer the case.