<p><strong>This community is first and foremost a feminist community for men and masc people, but it is also a place to talk about men’s issues with a particular focus on intersectionality.</strong></p>
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<h2>Rules</h2>
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Non-masculine perspectives are incredibly important in making sure that the lived experiences of others are present in discussions on masculinity, but please remember that this is a space to discuss issues pertaining to men and masc individuals. Be kind, open-minded, and take care that you aren’t talking over men expressing their own lived experiences.
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<details><summary>Be productive</summary><p>—
Be proactive in forming a productive discussion. Constructive criticism of our community is fine, but if you mainly criticize feminism or other people’s efforts to solve gender issues, your post/comment will be removed.
Keep the following guidelines in mind when posting:

• Build upon the OP
• Discuss concepts rather than semantics
• No low effort comments
• No personal attacks
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  <details><summary>Assume good faith</summary><p>—
  Do not call other submitters’ personal experiences into question.
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  <details><summary>No bigotry</summary><p>—
  Slurs, hate speech, and negative stereotyping towards marginalized groups will not be tolerated.
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  <details><summary>No brigading</summary><p>—
  Do not participate if you have been linked to this discussion from elsewhere. Similarly, links to elsewhere on the threadiverse must promote constructive discussion of men’s issues.
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  <h5>Recommended Reading</h5>
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  <li><a href="https://archive.org/details/the-will-to-change-men-masculinity-and-love-by-bell-hooks-z-lib.org.epub/page/n43/mode/2up" rel="nofollow"><em>The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity, And Love</em> by bell hooks</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://archive.org/details/politicsofmascul00mess" rel="nofollow"><em>Politics of Masculinities: Men in Movements</em> by Michael Messner</a></li>
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  <h5>Related Communities</h5>
  <p>!feminism@beehaw.org<br />
  !askmen@lemmy.world<br />
  !mensmentalhealth@lemmy.world</p>
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