Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by kiliantics on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @01:07PM
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I didn't say all masculinity is toxic. I think masculinity is fine but then you have things like this:
"Man up"
"Boys will be boys"
"You throw like a girl"/"[blank] is for girls"
"When men were men..."
"No means yes, yes means anal"
You can't deny there are some really terrible behaviours and expectations that have been normalised in our culture and they are considered as being inherent to masculinity.
Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by croon on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @10:03PM
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No, toxicity is generally determined by dosage of a particular toxin, not grouped by toxins and non-toxins (example: water). This definition holds here too.
Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by ThomPete on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @10:14PM
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It implies that too much of a thing can be dangerous which isn't always the case.
Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?
by DoreenMichele on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @10:17PM
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It is a loaded term. It doesn't belong here, anymore than announcing women are all bitches belongs in civil discourse.
There is masculinity but claiming it's toxic is an absurd form of shaming which rests on the assumption that there are masculine traits which are objectively toxic.