When I wrote a newsletter about masculinity a few weeks ago, I knew that I risked giving the appearance of accepting a heteronormative paradigm. I wrote within the framework of heterosexual assumptions, not because I accept them as final, but because they remain overwhelmingly in place, structuring our society and conditioning everyone in it. I wanted to talk about the problems faced by the millions of people who do live their lives more or less voluntarily within that framework. But I already knew that at some point there needed to be another newsletter expanding that perspective, and that moment has arrived. The position throughout
December 16, 2022
December 16, 2022
December 16, 2022
When I wrote a newsletter about masculinity a few weeks ago, I knew that I risked giving the appearance of accepting a heteronormative paradigm. I wrote within the framework of heterosexual assumptions, not because I accept them as final, but because they remain overwhelmingly in place, structuring our society and conditioning everyone in it. I wanted to talk about the problems faced by the millions of people who do live their lives more or less voluntarily within that framework. But I already knew that at some point there needed to be another newsletter expanding that perspective, and that moment has arrived. The position throughout