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I listened to the Reveal episode “Lessons From a Mass Shooter’s Mother” about Elliot Rodger, it was a really heavy look at just how dangerous incel ideology can be. Interestingly, the book points out his intersectionality as an Asian man when I don’t think the podcast ever mentioned his race. Something to think about.

“To be close friends, men need to be willing to confess their insecurities, be kind to each other, and sometimes sacrifice their own self-interest- a description of friendship that men themselves articulate and say they want. This, though, is incompatible with the rules of masculinity.”

“Androcentrism is different from sexism because it doesn’t put men before women; instead, rewards accrue to anyone who can do masculinity. This is why women wear pants more readily than men wear skirts”