ANOTHER BULLETIN – THE KEY TO SAVING MEN FROM THEMSELVES – AT 9:56 A.M. ET:  An Australian researcher has found the magic means to our salvation.  Please pass on to all men.  We've been waiting for this for centuries.  From Heatstreet:   

Cats are the solution to toxic masculinity, claims one Australian feminist professor.

Dr. Heather Fraser, who teachers at Flinders University, has been researching “feline masculinities,” which basically means she’s spent a ton of time looking at men and their cats on Instagram.

(You heard that right: That’s a job someone has. Now look at your life, look at your choices.)

In the past, “aspects of orthodox masculinity” stopped men from being too expressive about any affinities for cats, Fraser told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. That same orthodox masculinity, she said, has been correlated with misogyny and violence.

But now, a growing number of men are posting photos of themselves snuggling with beloved kittens, and “that’s a beautiful thing,” Fraser said.

“I like to see men defying the narrow straight-jackets of the ‘he-men’ of the past. In amongst all this, it’s also fun, it’s good. And it allows boys that are growing up to have better relationships with cats and, by extension, other kinds of creatures,” she told the Australian national news service.

COMMENT:  Cats are fine, but I love dogs.  I won't admit that any longer, though.  I don't want to be classified as a violent warmonger.  You do understand, don't you?

December 17, 2016