Is masculinity actually toxic? | Nina Power

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  • Опубліковано 8 гру 2021
  • In this academy talk Nina Power asks who are 'men'? What do they want? How did we get to this point of fear and mistrust? And where can we go next?
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    The past decade has seen the accusation of 'toxic masculinity' become so commonplace that even brands aimed at men, like Gillette, are using it to sell their products. And the #MeToo movement cemented fears that bad men are everywhere. So who are 'men'? What do they want? How did we get to this point of fear and mistrust? And where can we go next?
    Join social theorist and renowned philosopher Nina Power as she sheds light on some of the most important issues affecting men today. Power will chart a riveting course through the history of masculinity, the crises that affect men today and what we should do about them.
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    Nina Power is a cultural critic, social theorist, philosopher and translator. Formerly a senior lecturer in Philosophy at Roehampton University, Power's interests are in philosophy, art, feminism and politics. She regularly contributes to Wire, Radical Philosophy, The Guardian and The Philosophers' Magazine and is the author of One-Dimensional Woman.
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  • @davebewshey1549
    @davebewshey1549 2 роки тому +11

    We overthink and over analyze every damn thing nowadays it's ridiculous. We are so sensitive and politically correct and the world is so nerfed that we are making super sensitive weak-minded pathetic people for the future generations

  • @lsb2623
    @lsb2623 2 роки тому +16

    Let anyone who is in peril and needs to be sheltered under the umbrella of masculinity decry it. Yeah men need compassion and restraint. As much as they need drive and strength! In equal measure. Lets bring a balance, not try and lose masculinity. It would be a grave mistake.

    • @timothypeden3516
      @timothypeden3516 2 роки тому +1

      I believe this relates too finding balance between the two hemispheres of the brain, the logical/rational and spiritual/intuitive.

  • @TheInstituteOfArtAndIdeas
    @TheInstituteOfArtAndIdeas  2 роки тому +1

    Should we start building an idea of moral masculinity? Let us know your thoughts belowe! If you are interested in viewing the rest of this academy talk visit: iai.tv/iai-academy/courses?UA-cam&

  • @timkbirchico8542
    @timkbirchico8542 2 роки тому +7

    women better than men? Men better than women? what divisive nonsense.

  • @abdulkaderalsalhi557
    @abdulkaderalsalhi557 2 роки тому +3

    An interesting topic. We have, as humans, been here on Earth for tens or probably for thousands of years, but still, most of us, we don't know who we are?.. Thanks iai

  • @MonisticIdealism
    @MonisticIdealism 2 роки тому +27

    No.

    • @sagnikpaul1811
      @sagnikpaul1811 2 роки тому +2

      Ahhh, sometimes the simplest answers are the most elusive.

    • @markofsaltburn
      @markofsaltburn 2 роки тому +1

      @@sagnikpaul1811 and the most defensive.

  • @fburton8
    @fburton8 2 роки тому +6

    Is caffeine actually toxic?

  • @Robinson8491
    @Robinson8491 2 роки тому +3

    Must be terrible to hold a serious talk in front of smooth jazz being played in the background

  • @op.par.3534
    @op.par.3534 2 роки тому +6

    I believe mind games make people toxic, it does not have to do with men or women.. it’s the overall combination of humanity being delusional by creating this concept of greatness after performing sadistic acts upon unsuspecting innocent victims.

  • @khhnator
    @khhnator 2 роки тому +1

    before even talking the subject itself and the ideas talked about, i gotta say that this was not a good presentation.
    i mean the band playing nearby dint do you any favors, but even then the language was written like a between a paper and an article.
    and just reading is not how you do a presentation. in a presentation you gotta take pauses, bring up analogies and examples and slowly build base of understanding with the audience to lead to the conclusions... not just read it.
    now the usual disclaimer that i don't mean anything personal or against/in favor the ideas presented and what i said was purely for constructive purposes

  • @JuliusUnique
    @JuliusUnique 2 роки тому +2

    toxic always needs 2 individuals or things, the one who intreprets or reacts to it as toxic, and the other one doing whatever is getting called toxic, for example alcohol is not that toxic to us, but to many animals it is

  • @eewls
    @eewls 2 роки тому

    Is she a professor or /the professor/?

  • @kmo9790
    @kmo9790 2 роки тому +13

    Toxic masculinity refers to masculine elements that are taken too far and become destructive. Like the inability to process emotions or pressure to be hyper sexual. Toxic masculine elements existed before capitalism so I am not sure why she is tying it so strongly to capitalism.

    • @chacubra
      @chacubra 2 роки тому +1

      I think she means that capitalism leads to us being oversensitive with these topics because everyone needs to define themselves with meaningless Symbols.

    • @kmo9790
      @kmo9790 2 роки тому +1

      @@chacubra Okay I will give it another listen.

    • @bens5859
      @bens5859 2 роки тому +1

      @@chacubra How is that specific to capitalism, though?

    • @momosaidnineisfine2194
      @momosaidnineisfine2194 2 роки тому +2

      Pls enlighten me, what the heck was the thing before capitalism existed in your mind? Do you think they were communists in the middle age ?

    • @kmo9790
      @kmo9790 2 роки тому

      ​@@momosaidnineisfine2194 Mercantilism ring a bell?

  • @philliphickox4023
    @philliphickox4023 2 роки тому +2

    Much of this is related to relationship aggression, which primarily a tactic used by the female gender.

  • @AmbivalentInfluence
    @AmbivalentInfluence 2 роки тому +6

    You fail to address the lies and misconceptions about how the patriarchy and matriarchy used to work. You cling to the dogma of oppression and victimhood. You fail to address the concerns of the MRAs. You fail to address the anti-male education system. If you do not do these things then all you provide is platitudes.

  • @inkwellflood8276
    @inkwellflood8276 2 роки тому +5

    Don't be silly.

  • @timkbirchico8542
    @timkbirchico8542 2 роки тому +5

    begs the question. Is femininity toxic?

    • @happylittlemonk
      @happylittlemonk 2 роки тому

      Femininity is not toxic, it is the next mass extinction. It is the by far the worst disaster earth has experienced and this time it may not survive.

    • @benaiahwright937
      @benaiahwright937 2 роки тому +1

      Exactlly

  • @janklaas6885
    @janklaas6885 2 роки тому

    🇺🇳5:59 👍

  • @machevellian79
    @machevellian79 2 роки тому

    Well said.

  • @cathie9614
    @cathie9614 2 роки тому +3

    Masculinity is Not toxic

  • @motor-head
    @motor-head 2 роки тому +4

    *Your pseudo intellectual drivel is "toxic".*