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Is Hate a Mental Illness? Part 2

Jun 09, 2014 — Categories: ,

In the wake of the Santa Barbara murders, I had been waiting to hear men’s voices respond. Actually I had been waiting for reasoned, thoughtful men’s voices. This is my favorite so far: Arthur Chu’s piece in The Daily Beast, “Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds."

In the wake of the Santa Barbara murders, I had been waiting to hear men’s voices respond.  Actually I had been waiting for reasoned, thoughtful men’s voices. This is my favorite so far: Arthur Chu’s piece in The Daily Beast, “Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds."

Just a sample:

“How much longer are we going to be in denial that there’s a thing called ‘rape culture’ and we ought to do something about it?

No, not the straw man that all men are constantly plotting rape, but that we live in an entitlement culture where guys think they need to be having sex with girls in order to be happy and fulfilled. That in a culture that constantly celebrates the narrative of guys trying hard, overcoming challenges, concocting clever ruses and automatically getting a woman thrown at them as a prize as a result, there will always be some guy who crosses the line into committing a violent crime to get what he ‘deserves,’ or get vengeance for being denied it.”

Click here to read the whole thing: "Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds."

I dare to hope that this is the conversation going on in youth groups, campus ministry settings, around dinner tables, and in locker rooms.

Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune
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Michael Chu's article

Posted by Linda Gaines at Jun 10, 2014 01:03 PM
I loved him when he was on Jeopardy! and he is speaking to his generation so well in this blog. I hope it is read by many.