I am Mark. I began the mensshed movement in the US. mark@usmenssheds.org. To a degree you are missing several important points Tom. Reach out to me and I will fill you in thus you will have a better understanding of the movement which is in 14 countries now.
Mar 22, 2023·edited Mar 22, 2023Liked by Tom Golden
One of the many things implied in what Jeff said was that women are completely lacking in empathy; that is what their inability to understand what men need and the way we interact, think, talk to each other and heal implies.
There is absolutely no place for women in men's sheds.
Now that the feminists have spent decades destroying the infrastructure of male companionship, it looks like we are forced rebuild underground and call them sheds.
I strongly support the idea of men's spaces, such as the Men's Sheds, but the blaming of feminists and this backward-looking nostalgia is anachronistic and unhelpful. The men's spaces of today are, and should be, different than the ones of the past. In the past, many, if not most men's spaces were designed to preserve male power and privilege. Union halls, Rotary Clubs, Chambers of Commerce, were all places where men not only met to socialize but to do business, advance economically, and coordinate politically. Of course women wanted in to those spaces! And it is why a few women are suspicious of these men's only spaces today. But the spaces today should not be for advancing male power, but for shoring up men's social connections, friendships, healing, and support. So long as the new movement concentrates on those, everyone will come to see how beneficial these men's spaces are. But we don't need the feminist bashing and romantic nostalgia to advocate for these new men's spaces today.
Tom I am not advocating helping women. The women who are involved in the shed movement actually help men. You missed my point. This is where a phone conversation would clear things up. Have a good day!
I find it satisfyingly ironic that women are having to deal with Trans men invading their spaces in society. Welcome to our world ladies.
I am Mark. I began the mensshed movement in the US. mark@usmenssheds.org. To a degree you are missing several important points Tom. Reach out to me and I will fill you in thus you will have a better understanding of the movement which is in 14 countries now.
One of the many things implied in what Jeff said was that women are completely lacking in empathy; that is what their inability to understand what men need and the way we interact, think, talk to each other and heal implies.
There is absolutely no place for women in men's sheds.
Love it Tom! Thanks for having me.
Now that the feminists have spent decades destroying the infrastructure of male companionship, it looks like we are forced rebuild underground and call them sheds.
I should bring "cred" for something you refuse to support with evidence? LMAO
Buh bye
I strongly support the idea of men's spaces, such as the Men's Sheds, but the blaming of feminists and this backward-looking nostalgia is anachronistic and unhelpful. The men's spaces of today are, and should be, different than the ones of the past. In the past, many, if not most men's spaces were designed to preserve male power and privilege. Union halls, Rotary Clubs, Chambers of Commerce, were all places where men not only met to socialize but to do business, advance economically, and coordinate politically. Of course women wanted in to those spaces! And it is why a few women are suspicious of these men's only spaces today. But the spaces today should not be for advancing male power, but for shoring up men's social connections, friendships, healing, and support. So long as the new movement concentrates on those, everyone will come to see how beneficial these men's spaces are. But we don't need the feminist bashing and romantic nostalgia to advocate for these new men's spaces today.
Tom I am not advocating helping women. The women who are involved in the shed movement actually help men. You missed my point. This is where a phone conversation would clear things up. Have a good day!