From the article:
My feminism is not equality feminism because patriarchy and kyriarchy, ensure that men have it pretty rough as well. Men are not just some monolithic group of creatures who conspire to keep the ladies down. Men are actively oppressed by patriarchy, because patriarchy has a very slim definition of what makes a man. You know, the tough manly man with the sports obsession and the muscle car in the garage who loves beer and red meat? Yeah, that guy. That stereotype, really. The same ideals that tell women that we can't like sports or beer or muscle cars and that good ladies order salads at restaurants are the same ideals that tell men that they have to like those things, lest they not be a "real man." And it is this concept of a "real man" that routinely excludes the queer identified, no matter their gender.
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