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The Deepening Gender Divide in Credentials, 2000–2020: Continuity, Change, and Implications
Claudia Buchmann, Rachel E. Dwyer, Man Yao
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Decline in Serum Testosterone Levels Among Adolescent and Young Adult Men in the USA
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Galdas PM, Cheater F, Marshall P (2005) Men and health help seeking behavior: literature review. J AdvNurs 49:616–623
Pattyn, Elise & Verhaeghe, M. & Bracke, Piet. (2015). The gender gap in mental health service use. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 50. DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1038-x.
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Decline in Serum Testosterone Levels Among Adolescent and Young Adult Men in the USA
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European Urology Focus, Volume 7, Issue 4, 886 - 889
Gouwy A, Christiaens W, Bracke P (2008) Mental health services use in the general Belgian population: estimating the impact of mental health and social determinants. Arch Public Health 66:50–68
Addis ME, Mahalik JR (2003) Men, masculinity, and the contexts of help seeking. Am Psychol 58:5–1
Galdas PM, Cheater F, Marshall P (2005) Men and health help seeking behavior: literature review. J AdvNurs 49:616–623
Pattyn, Elise & Verhaeghe, M. & Bracke, Piet. (2015). The gender gap in mental health service use. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 50. DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1038-x.
Eggenberger, L., Spangenberg, L., Genuchi, M. C., & Walther, A. (2024). Men’s ****** thoughts and behaviors and conformity to masculine norms: A person-centered, latent profile approach. Heliyon, 10(20). doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39094
YANG, J. (2010). The crisis of masculinity: Class, gender, and kindly power in post-Mao China. American Ethnologist, 37(3), 550–562. doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01272.x
Allen, J.A. (2002). Men Interminably in Crisis? Historians on Masculinity, Sexual Boundaries, and Manhood. Radical History Review 2002, 191-207. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/30223.
Vandello JA, Bosson JK, Cohen D, Burnaford RM, Weaver JR. Precarious manhood. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2008 Dec;95(6):1325-39. doi: 10.1037/a0012453. PMID: 19025286.
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CHAPTERS
PART ONE
0:00:00 prologue.
3:34 introduction.
9:48 methodology.
PART TWO
13:01 OBSERVATIONS
14:05 Leftist unity
15:39 Online vs. Real Politics
17:30 Real-world impact of online left
20:24 Defining the online left
26:42 Leftist inflighting
29:30 Anti-Capitalism through capitalism
33:10 Influencers, educators, entertainers?
36:25 Profilicity - new modes of identity
43:59 FEELINGS
45:00 Inflated egos
46:50 Rejuvenating leftism
50:10 Optics, Paranoia & Isolation
52:00 Audience capture & Alienation
54:29 Pessimism
59:40 Lack of direction in the space
1:02:05 Scarcity and Seriality
1:04:30 Low content quality
1:08:52 Lack of diversity/inclusivity
1:11:16 NEEDS
1:12:16 Prefigurativism and Pragmatism
1:14:30 Demonstrating revolutionary potential
1:17:09 Instilling hope and optimism
1:18:30 Group praxis
1:21:08 Need for humility
1:22:36 Need for responsibility
1:25:07 Need for connection
1:28:13 REQUESTS
1:29:14 Dealing with Drama
1:31:55 Tit-For-Tat Strategy
1:34:07 Dealing with drama is hard!
1:35:10 Recognizing responsibility/accountability with platform
1:39:22 Direct action and aid
1:42:25 Communication & Community-building (building bridges perchance?)
PART 3
1:44:50 What does The Revolution even mean?
1:45:51 General Discussion (if youre short on time)
1:52:07 Conclusion
2:00:30 Epilogue
2:03:14 Credits
Interviewees
You can find those featured down below. Thank you to everyone that took part in the making of this video.
@ContraPoints
@AliceCappelle
@KidologyCO
@FDSignifire
@Andrewism
@CH4R10T_TV
@Vaush
@DemonMama
@noahsamsen
@DylanBurnsTV
@KhadijaMbowe
@alexander_avila
@YaBoiHakim
@SecondThought
@YUGOPNIK
@carefreewandering
@ProgVic-Archive
@MarianneWilliamsonCommunity
@RichardDWolff
Gerrit: https://theatrefilm.ubc.ca/profile/gerrit-krueper/
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Rosenberg, M. B. (2003). Nonviolent communication: a language of life. 2nd ed. Encinitas, CA, PuddleDancer Press.
Moeller, Hans-Georg & DAmbrosio, Paul J. (2021). You and Your Profile: Identity After Authenticity. Columbia University Press.
Sartre, Jean-Paul (1978). Critique of Dialectical Reason. Studies in Soviet Thought
Buti, Lorenzo (4 October 2022) Sartre’s philosophy of praxis: https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/blogs/news/5451-sartre-s-philosophy-of-praxis
Grim, Ryan (5 December 2023), The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution. Henry Holt & Company
Newton, H. P. (1973). Revolutionary s******. [1st ed.] New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995. ( 1983). Anti-Oedipus : capitalism and schizophrenia. Minneapolis :University of Minnesota Press,
Holland, Eugene W. (1999). Deleuze and Guattaris Anti-Oedipus: Introduction to Schizoanalysis. Routledge.
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