CHRIS BROWN, RAZ B, AND PATRIARCHAL MASCULINITY
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I’m sure everyone is looking for clever analysis of the “Chris Brown & Raz B Presents: Patriarchal Masculinity and Homophobia,” but I honestly having nothing. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for men to resort to patriarchal masculinity, homophobia, effemiphobia, and misogyny when arguing with each other.
I tried my best to translate the tweets transpiring from “Battle of the Patriarchal Males,” and this is what I came up with:
“blal blah patriarchal masculinity blah blah homophobia blah blah patriarchal masculinity blah blah homophobia.”
Also we learned an important little nugget today,
“I’m not homophobic” is the new “I’m not racist.” I’m sure Chris Brown even has a gay friend, but the homophobia is just too hard to resist.
Note to Men: Step away from the patriarchal masculinity.
Posted on December 30, 2010, in Breaking It Down!. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
It’s hilarious because your response is precisely my response. I was set to write this sweeping essay about their conversation, but for some reason, I just didn’t feel like it. I felt I’d simply be repeating myself and that what I wanted to say about them was already covered in previous essays.
Their conversation saddens me and angers me. But it doesn’t surprise me.
Even less surprising are their justifications for it. And you can’t tell them a thing about their own behavior or why it’s destructive because the culture in which we live makes their behavior a touchstone of manhood.
They don’t recognize their behavior as deadly for the same reason that fish can’t see water.