[DarkTriad]

Are they making equal efforts to address "Toxic Femininity"? I've got a more sophisticated and egalitarian course.

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Last month Robin Realtalk led a mandatory training session for all freshman members of the women's volleyball and gymnastics teams, as well as all pledges for local sororities. However it had nothing to do with their skills on the field, it was about abusing the power they held on campus with the ugly practices of Toxic Femininity"


"You know us gals have a natural tendency towards gossip and cruelty, what have YOU done to shut your mouth about someone today?"

"Did you know that over 99% of false accusations of sexual abuse come from women? I'm here to tell you "Stop making false rape allegations today!" "Real women don't fake rape!".

To further address this epidemic, later this afternoon we're going do case study on the Brian Banks case, followed by a brief lecture on "Seven Signs of a False Accuser". Then we're going to do a march in cleats and football helmets to raise awareness on fake accusations against athletes. We encourage everyone to personally apologize for what you might do to every athletic looking man you encounter on this march. Remember, only you can stop fake rape, and your future children are depending on you."

“For some women, they think if they’re not making false rape accusations, that’s enough. But we’ve seen that it’s not. We need to train women on healthy femininity at a young age,”

“The workshop had us grapple with, do you ever have to think about walking around safely the same way men do, people who face the overwhelming number of violent assaults and murders in this country, about being interrupted, with a right hook to the jaw, if you ever say something that pisses off someone tougher than you for the for the first 25 years of you life? How it feels to have scope the room, and ask yourself "Can I take him? And what about him?" every time you think of opening your mouth? How much harder you're going to have to work to be taken seriously, when you don't get handed jobs just because you look presentable and don't have an eating disorder?" It helped women understand privilege, and the men in the room could give feedback

"“Women need to hear different perspectives. All men have experienced toxic femininity, whether by the proliferation of active hate groups on campus (like Women's Studies) or microaggressions. Actually, statistically for men, it's just straight up aggression they face, people don't even attempt to hide it."

"While the term “toxic masculinity” is largely uncontroversial at bigoted schools, it can still be quite polarizing, particularly in communities that value logic, common sense, and may see it as a threat to the basic freedoms enshrined in our Constitution."

[When speaking at a religious college] “We made the point that EVERYONE, not just men, have to be kind and compassionate, and we cite examples of Jesus behaving this way,” Lansbury said. “It’s against Christian values for ANYONE to abuse their power, physically or culturally, and we couldn't shirk our duties while depending on men to shoulder them for us to build a civil society. We also addressed one of the 10 Commandments that was clearly aimed at curbing Toxic Femininity "Though shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor". It led us into a discussion of the Salem Witch trials, where a small number of toxic females cause so tortures and death with false accusations. "

After the event, students wrote down what they learned on cards. Robin Realtalk relayed some of the messages:

“Regardless of what I was taught in Gender studies class (ans most of my other classes as well for some reason) there is no reason for a man to be less of a person.”

“I learned that the idea of “being a man” was one of the backbones of civilization, and if it had not been devised, we would still be living like packs of baboons in the darkness, the strong taking from the weak, and nonstop rape instead of the noble institution of marriage and fathers protecting and guiding their families.