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We have all heard about the feminizing of young boys in grade school.
Now for the first time we have a University treating masculinity as a mental heath issue.  The Counseling and Mental Health Center at the University of Texas at Austin recently launched a new program to help male students “take control over their gender identity and develop a healthy sense of masculinity. Treating masculinity as if it were a mental health crisis, “MasculinUT” is organized by the school’s counseling staff and most recently organized a poster series encouraging students to develop a “healthy model of masculinity.” While many schools now have similar programs, this appears to be the first run directly out of a Counseling and Mental Health Center. Though the school seems to justify this by claiming that masculinity can cause men to lash out at other people and themselves, the school did not respond to a request for comment to clarify. There is no evidence that masculinity itself contributes to violence. Universities that run similar programs, such as UNC-Chapel Hill and Northwestern, have admitted that their programming isn’t supported by any evidence. Is this social engineering dangerous? What do you think? |
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Fat Government Grant?
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Liberals have mental health issues.
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I am how I am and I like me.
I don't require anyones approval. Is this social engineering dangerous? What do you think? I think any social engineering is dangerous. I think most mental health problems are rooted in people not understanding and not being themselves. It causes inner conflict. |
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Masculinity and mental health are two separate issues.
Sometimes they coincide - some' masculine' people have mental issues, and some mental cases are masculine. But being masculine is what about half of the population is expected to do. Where is the issue in that ? I'd suggest the culture and education of males is the source of most masculinity associated mental issues. There are probably plenty of non masculine males with mental issues too, but they probably don't cause 'masculine' problems, like violence and bullying, so don't get noticed. |
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We have all heard about the feminizing of young boys in grade school. Now for the first time we have a University treating masculinity as a mental heath issue. The Counseling and Mental Health Center at the University of Texas at Austin recently launched a new program to help male students “take control over their gender identity and develop a healthy sense of masculinity. Treating masculinity as if it were a mental health crisis, “MasculinUT” is organized by the school’s counseling staff and most recently organized a poster series encouraging students to develop a “healthy model of masculinity.” While many schools now have similar programs, this appears to be the first run directly out of a Counseling and Mental Health Center. Though the school seems to justify this by claiming that masculinity can cause men to lash out at other people and themselves, the school did not respond to a request for comment to clarify. There is no evidence that masculinity itself contributes to violence. Universities that run similar programs, such as UNC-Chapel Hill and Northwestern, have admitted that their programming isn’t supported by any evidence. Is this social engineering dangerous? What do you think? I think the attack on simple adjectives is dangerous ...lol. That is to say masculine has been used to explain certain types of behavior and feminine other types, and so what? I think teaching the significance of INDIVIDUALITY would be much more productive. no. its not 'masculine' to wear flowers, but who cares? You can be a male with certain masculine traits and certain feminine traits, and female with certain feminine traits and certain masculine traits, because we all are created from both the MALE AND FEMALE. I dont get this sensitivity to basic and general adjectives that we are fostering in these next generations. |
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I think it has to do with the condition that most people don't understand themselves. They seek validity from others for who they think they are.
There are influences thru life that cause us to become the people we are right now. Sometimes, we are told directly who we should be. Sometimes we determine who we are by our distorted perceptions. Delusion shapes most people. I know because I was shaped like that until I removed the "programming" and examined myself honestly. I found that my whole heir apparent was based on the influences and delusions of others. I was miserable. Tired of always trying to 'keep up appearances' and ignoring who I truly am. I was afraid that if I was myself, nobody would like me. What I found is that being myself and not concerning what anyone else thinks about me put my mind at ease and gave way to personal contentment. I realized that I am not alive to please others. Its my life. It doesn't matter what others think because they don't live behind my eyes. I also found that, to my surprise, people still like me. I was suffering fears that were not real. There is a disclaimer: My personality baseline is good. It drives my actions and how I interact with others. Not everyone has a personality baseline that is good. Some are neutral and some are evil. Masculinity and femininity are expressed differently depending on their baseline personality traits. |
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We have all heard about the feminizing of young boys in grade school. Now for the first time we have a University treating masculinity as a mental heath issue. The Counseling and Mental Health Center at the University of Texas at Austin recently launched a new program to help male students “take control over their gender identity and develop a healthy sense of masculinity. Treating masculinity as if it were a mental health crisis, “MasculinUT” is organized by the school’s counseling staff and most recently organized a poster series encouraging students to develop a “healthy model of masculinity.” While many schools now have similar programs, this appears to be the first run directly out of a Counseling and Mental Health Center. Though the school seems to justify this by claiming that masculinity can cause men to lash out at other people and themselves, the school did not respond to a request for comment to clarify. There is no evidence that masculinity itself contributes to violence. Universities that run similar programs, such as UNC-Chapel Hill and Northwestern, have admitted that their programming isn’t supported by any evidence. Is this social engineering dangerous? What do you think? I think the attack on simple adjectives is dangerous ...lol. That is to say masculine has been used to explain certain types of behavior and feminine other types, and so what? I think teaching the significance of INDIVIDUALITY would be much more productive. no. its not 'masculine' to wear flowers, but who cares? You can be a male with certain masculine traits and certain feminine traits, and female with certain feminine traits and certain masculine traits, because we all are created from both the MALE AND FEMALE. I dont get this sensitivity to basic and general adjectives that we are fostering in these next generations. I agree, I think it is inherently dangerous for "professionals" to tell others what is or not acceptable for masculine behavior. AS MSH says it would be more beneficial to say what is acceptable behavior by individuals in relation to say good citizenship. Both men and women have differing degrees of masculinity or feminism. The term "tomboy" comes to mind that describes a girl who is more into doing what boys do then say playing with dolls. This does not mean she is no less a women or less feminine then the next girl, she just may have different interests. Theses "social experts" are creating a dangerous precedent for future generations by trying to define what a real man or woman's role in society may be....JMO. |
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Fat Government Grant? Bingo! Be my guess too. Don't feel like wasting my time proving what's behind the curtain of the mental health center's agenda. Dangling carrots, maybe?  WoW!
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I think it has to do with the condition that most people don't understand themselves. They seek validity from others for who they think they are. There are influences thru life that cause us to become the people we are right now. Sometimes, we are told directly who we should be. Sometimes we determine who we are by our distorted perceptions. Delusion shapes most people. I know because I was shaped like that until I removed the "programming" and examined myself honestly. I found that my whole heir apparent was based on the influences and delusions of others. I was miserable. Tired of always trying to 'keep up appearances' and ignoring who I truly am. I was afraid that if I was myself, nobody would like me. What I found is that being myself and not concerning what anyone else thinks about me put my mind at ease and gave way to personal contentment. I realized that I am not alive to please others. Its my life. It doesn't matter what others think because they don't live behind my eyes. I also found that, to my surprise, people still like me. I was suffering fears that were not real. There is a disclaimer: My personality baseline is good. It drives my actions and how I interact with others. Not everyone has a personality baseline that is good. Some are neutral and some are evil. Masculinity and femininity are expressed differently depending on their baseline personality traits. Yes Tom, but why are we never taught right from the beginning? Endowment funds and so many more to dictate, manipulate, indoctrinate. How bout some more Obama phones everyone. |
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