Re: [sudo-discuss] Call for Facilitators / Participants in a sudo Men's Group

Max, this is great: "Be radical sudo men. Do your dishes, and smash the platetriarchy." But let's also meet and talk, I think it will be fruitful. Please share your availability on this calendar, and we'll start a little weekly meeting group. I favor Mondays in case folks have similar interests: http://when2meet.com/?1557201-cZIKf // Matt On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Max Klein &lt;isalix(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > As I see it - or perhaps I am wanting to see it this way - this Men's > group's purpose would be to combat mindlessly performing inculcated > patriarchal motions. And in the process of de-conditioning yourself as a > "man", becoming a convincing, subtle and non-naggy argument for other men > to do the same. Slowly doing what we can do restore a gender equitable > society, from our side (while knowing that we can't do it ourselves, that's > the sort of thinking that got us here in the first place). > > So a thousand yeses to all of the above. But how do we do it? In > person meetings? Too self selecting. Online? Not visible enough. Making a > charter? Toothless. Doing volunteer work? Pointless doting. > > Here's my suggestion, and I'm open to more. Be radical sudo men. > Do your dishes, and smash the platetriarchy. > notconfusing > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Ryan Bethencourt < > ryan.bethencourt(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> Great idea and I'm in if we can keep the time commitment relatively >> light >> On Feb 19, 2014 9:12 PM, "Matthew Senate" &lt;mattsenate(a)gmail.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> Positive responses at the weekly meeting. I started mulling it over >>> more and would like to add: >>> >>> I'm basically reaching out for help to men who would like to >>> actively contribute to improving the performance of gender dynamics and to >>> provide space for healing and support in sudo room. Please consider >>> contributing, no experts required, just an open mind. >>> >>> Max, >>> >>> I don't have any particular resources in mind at the moment, want to >>> be a bit open-ended, see what makes sense, then do some research and >>> document along the way. >>> >>> // Matt >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Max B &lt;maxb.personal(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote: >>> >>>> I think its a great idea! >>>> >>>> Would you mind linking to some resources that have explanations of >>>> what you're thinking about more specifically? I think people may have very >>>> different ideas of what a men's group might do. I can do some looking >>>> around later if need be. >>>> >>>> On February 19, 2014 6:48:50 PM PST, Matthew Senate < >>>> mattsenate(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> >>>>> I wanted to reach out for some feedback. Seeking folks who would >>>>> want to facilitate or participate in a men's group. >>>>> >>>>> I've previously participated in small groups like this and found >>>>> them beneficial for various reasons. I would like to see if folks have had >>>>> similar or different experiences. >>>>> >>>>> The way I'm thinking about this would culminate in something like >>>>> a regular meeting for men in the sudo room community to discuss relevant >>>>> issues including those of identity, oppression, privilege, patriarchy, >>>>> gender, sexuality, stereotypes, safe space, and mutual support. >>>>> >>>>> This may not be the best or even a viable path to approach these >>>>> topics, but I wanted to throw it out there to see if there is any interest. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Matt >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> >