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Empowering Men:fighting feminist lies |
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Oppressed Men and Self-Hatred© Peter Zohrab 2004 |
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To challenge oppression, we must first start to become aware of the assumptions underlying institutional rules and then start to question them. We must see the contradiction between our social ideals and reality. We must then begin to imagine alternative possibilities for organizing social life. Oppression seems like normal, good common sense once we internalize the attitudes and roles that support and reinforce the idea of a dominant group. Even the target group can internalize these beliefs and then experience feelings of self-hatred, inferiority, resignation, concealment and powerlessness.
"Yes, this research goes against what people think they think, but that is
the advantage of collecting data in manner where people can't control their
responses,'' Rudman said.
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