I’ve struggled to keep meaningful relationships with other men. Most men I’ve been close to hurt me in ways most men hurt others. I’ve always been sensitive and most men take it upon themselves to toughen people like me up. They compared me to women or gays because, to them, being female or liking men makes you weak. They laughed at me when I cried and made petty what felt monumental to me.
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Daisy Dukes and Combat Boots
I once hit a kid in the face with a basketball because he called my mom a bitch. I was eight. It was instinct. Later, I cried. Nowadays I’d never intentionally hurt somebody, certainly not for words, no matter how insulting. At my core, I’m not violent. When anyone argues around me a knot formsContinue reading “Daisy Dukes and Combat Boots”
New Male, New Normal
Just like the rise of the nerds in the 90s and 00s vindicated every glasses-wearing child, the me-too movement, as an unintended and frankly unnecessary side-effect, has allowed those of us who were once taunted with feminine and queer terms of abuse to feel slightly more comfortable.
Anthony Sadler 