Culture is always the echo of economic realities; that's what Marx teaches. Feminism is a clear example of that.
Stephen MarcheMen who define themselves as breadwinners are going to have to leave the traditional iconography of masculinity behind if they want to be breadwinners.
Stephen MarcheMen's gender problems cause them a lot of suffering. There is a massive spiking suicide rate in middle age for men and a cultural attitude to male friendship that is destructive.
Stephen MarcheI cannot imagine why a woman would ever call herself anything but a feminist. But a man calling himself a feminist, what does that mean? The answer is he wants to be taken as a good guy. Your choice is between saying you're a feminist and raising a flag at a "Take Back the Night" rally and being a men's rights activist, which is basically the only two ways men have of talking about gender right now, I mean that's just ridiculous. That's just two extremes that are totally useless.
Stephen Marche