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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
Introduction
2. MASCULINITY: THE MALE GENDER
Clearing basic concepts
Social masculinity vs. natural masculinity
Male gender roles
- What are some of the important male gender roles?
- Are these gender roles natural?
- Do these roles harm men?
- The race for social manhood
Male sexual roles
- What are the male sexual roles?
- The harm of sexual roles
- Breaking men from men
How are these roles enforced on men?
- Role of the media
- Peer pressure
- How to tackle peer pressure
Mechanisms of male oppression
- Rewards offered by society
- Punishments given by society
- Shaming men: A major instrument of oppression
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Mechanisms of male oppression (contd.)
Other traditional mechanisms of men's oppression:
- Proving one's masculinity
- The concept of honour
- Enforcing silence on male issues
- Self-control
The modern mechanism of men's oppression
- Heterosexualisation of society
The Extreme Over-Sexualisation of the female body
- Comparison between the social treatment of male and female body
- Comparison between traditional and heterosexual societies
- The Natural fact about male and female body
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The myth of sex power
Invisible power of women
Institutions of male oppression
- A short history of man's oppression
- The strategy of man's oppression:
- The phases of empowerment of the forces of heterosexualisation
- Social Masculinity
- Third Gender
- Marriage
Institutions of male oppression (Contd)
- Religion
- Science
- Industrialisation
- Heterosexualisation
- Sexual Orientation
- Homosexualism
- Feminism
3. UNTERSTANDING NATURAL MASCULINITY
What is masculine behaviour and what is feminine behaviour?
- Sexual interest in women
- Sexual interest in men
Masculinity check
Is it masculine or feminine?
Sexual interest in men
- Social vulnerability of men
- Bonds between men in traditional India
- Homosexualising masculine male-male love
- Portraying male-male desire as 'feminine' and 'different'.
- Difference between 'homosexuality' and 'masculine male-bonds'.
- Conclusion
3. UNTERSTANDING TRUE MASCULINITY
What is true masculinity?
- Who is a real namard?
The natural sexuality of men
-What appears is not the true sexual need of men
- Principles of male sexuality
- The natural sexual need of men
Mammalian sexuality
in the wild
- Male sexuality in animals - Mammals - Classes of mammals based on their socio-sexual lives - Principles of mammalian society
Captivated/ domesticated animals
- In zoos - Livestock/ cattle
4. MEN AND FEMININITY
Embracing femininity
The two-spirited people
Respecting women's rights
An important article of about the 'third gender'
5. RECLAIMING AND CELEBRATING NATURAL MASCULINITY
Reclaiming Masculinity -- the concept
Reclaiming Masculinity steps
Reclaiming one's emotions
Accepting and sharing one's weaknesses and vulnerabilities
Creating a safe environment
Developing inner strength
Reclaiming Masculinity steps (Contd.)
Conquering one's ego
Giving up fake power
Bonding with other boys/men
Healing inner pain and hurt
Developing one's positive masculine qualities
Developing one's physical masculinity
Bonding with nature
Changing the rules, changing society
