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Shablagoo posted...

Lol, posting every day on GFAQs about how youd never ever ever ever have sex with a trans woman is the sort of masculinity that Im meant to respect? Sorry, just doesnt seem like the ideal male role model.

Learn a new word today, joe, machismo is associated with negative characteristics, such as sexism, misogyny, chauvinism, hypermasculinity, and hegemonic masculinity. Scholars characterize macho men as violent, rude, womanizing, and prone to alcoholism. Authors from a various disciplines typify macho men as domineering through intimidation, seducing and controlling women and children through violence and intimidation.

I didnt say masculinity was bad, I said the aggressive, overcompensating-for-something kind that leads one to murder women is bad.

Few things, firstly you completely ignored the question I asked before:

joe40001 posted...

"it just seems in pretty poor taste to argue that theres nothing wrong with these dudes who are this fucking caught up in their bullshit machismo that they spend all day every day on a video game forum expressing how mortified theyd be to find out their date was trans."

Let's unpack this premise you are suggesting:
Guy who strangles trans person = these dudes who are this fucking caught up in their bullshit machismo that they spend all day every day on a video game forum expressing how mortified theyd be to find out their date was trans = anybody who would not want to date a trans person

You never explicitly made that suggestion, but your language completely made that suggestion. So please clarify if you are indeed making that suggestion that the 3 groups of people are largely equivalent or not. Because I certainly don't believe they are. Please answer this question first.

Secondly who is "posting every day on GFAQs about how youd never ever ever ever have sex with a trans woman"?

Thirdly, "machismo: a strong sense of masculine pride : an exaggerated masculinity" This is not the same thing as "sexism, misogyny, chauvinism, and hegemonic masculinity" You could make an argument that machismo is the same thing as hypermasculinity but you would then have to demonstrate that is a bad thing.

I'm not saying "being macho" is good, but I don't think it warrants you constant overt conflation with violent criminals.

Fourth and finally, while i do not think very well of your opinion at all, I have shown you the respect to not talk down to you, phrases like "learn a new word today" are needlessly condescending, please refrain from them if you want to have good faith discussions.

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