Welcome!

Welcome to #YesAllMen!  This is a blog dedicated to supporting feminism, but written by a cisgender man.  Why would a man write a blog about feminism, you ask?  Well, because I'm passionate about it.  I believe very strongly in the equality of all genders (not just two of them).  Furthermore, I find that many men do not listen to women's voices, but will sometimes listen to other men.  While this is offensive, condescending, and shitty, it also leaves room for a male voice in support of feminism.  In practice, I wish such a thing weren't necessary.  I wish men would recognize that women are the one's who should be talking about women's experiences.  But alas, a lot of men are assholes, and so such a blog is useful.

However, that's not the only reason.  It's also worth recognizing that patriarchy, while relatively benefitting men, is also to the disadvantage of men in absolute terms.  In other words, men are worse off under patriarchy than they would be under an egalitarian social order.  I'll give you just one of many possible examples to show why this is true: hegemonic masculinity is quite literally killing men (more obviously, it kills women on a daily basis).  What do I mean?  Well, hegemonic masculinity and its associated behavioral traits encourage stoicism, tolerating unnecessary emotional pain and suffering, a failure to express one's emotions, and an inability to form or maintain friendships.  All of these things, both separately and together, result in shorter life spans and worse health outcomes for men.  There are other ways in which patriarchy is bad for men too (men are overwhelmingly unhappy in the workplace, but continue to tolerate their misery because "that's what men do"), but this one example is enough to show that men need feminism too.  Feminism doesn't only liberate non-male-bodied people from the oppressive confines of the dominant social system, it also liberates men to be better than we are, to be freer than we are, to invent new and better masculinities, and to live longer, healthier, happier lives!

So I hope this blog will be beneficial to people in a variety of ways.  Here you can expect a lot of radical feminism and other leftist views, but you can also expect a very sex-positive, queer-influenced, third-wave feminist view of feminism and human sexuality.  Expect me to talk regularly about not just feminism, but also other current socio-political issues, sex, gender, polyamory, BDSM, and more.

Enjoy!