The world does not need white people to civilize others. The real White People's Burden is to civilize ourselves.

Robert Jensen
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  1. I am afraid of sex as sex is defined by the dominant culture, as practiced all around me, and projected onto magazine pages, billboards, and movie screens. I am afraid of sex because I am afraid of domination, cruelty, violence, and death. I am afraid...

  2. Those four effects described above–shaping a male-dominant view of sexuality, initiating victims, contributing to difficulty in separating sexual fantasy and reality, and providing a training manual for abusers–are at work just as much with men who have not engaged in activities that meet the legal...

  3. Our goal should be not to redefine masculinity, but to abolish it.

  4. But too often men react to women in positions of power with misogyny, often in sexualized terms. I have heard men in such situations talk about how "I'd like to fuck that bitch and teach her a lesson, " for example. That kind of reaction...

  5. I could settle for being a man, or I could struggle to become a human being.

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