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The TED talk playlist was compiled by a woman and is fairly predictable.

1. Movember talk. - Men's health fundraising.

2. Violence against women: it's a men's issue - Men's day, a great excuse to discuss women's issues.

3. How Movies Teach Manhood: Men's day, a great excuse to discuss protrayal of women in movies. Warning! The speaker in this talk is an upper-class douchebag exhibiting maximum smug arrogance and you may have to resist the urge to hurl cinder blocks at your monitor if you watch.

4. Tony Porter: A Call To Men: A challenge to traditional ideas of masculinity. I have to admit this talk was better than I expected, in the sense that I could imagine Tony Porter and a Red Pill guy having a great debate. But in the end, all of the core arguments are typical female-primary ideas about how men should behave. This would be a valid entry if it was balanced with a contrary talk defending traditional masculinity. But of course, there isn't one.

5. Claim your "manspace". This one is pretty cool. It's about men building cool, unusual stuff.

So, two of the five talks are flat-out about women, and one of them is a common attack on traditional masculinity with no contrary discussion.


"International Men's Day" doesn't seem to be recognized in an official capacity (About IMD), though the site is sponsored by Dads4Kids which seems like a legitimate pro-Father site. I'd never heard of it until today.

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I assume that by "manspace" they mean the "mancave" they wife gave them permission to build in the basement after a lot of begging.

Post: #3

(11-19-2013 06:02 PM)germanico Wrote:  I assume that by "manspace" they mean the "mancave" they wife gave them permission to build in the basement after a lot of begging.

It's possible in some cases but for most of the examples it's not obvious whether this is true or not. One example was a guy who built an outdoor bowling alley in his backyard out of astroturf. Another one was a 1923-era tugboat replica. The spaces served a variety of purposes: places to work, places to hang out, places to think and relax, places to show off your accomplishments.

I think they are some really good examples of male creativity and passion.