Men need to do better. Much better. The captain of the Sydney Swans agrees. He says his players’ bad behaviour holds up a mirror to “all men within society”. Not to the culture of the Swans or of AFL, mind you. To “all men”. A legendary AFL writer diagnoses the problem with: “Guys, it’s us. We’re causing this.” The males of the species, that is.This is the default premise we’ve adopted about male misbehaviour, and it’s true as far as it goes. Every phenomenon is, necessarily, a reflection of the larger category it belongs to.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Men should ‘do better’. But careful about the message to the manosphere
Holding all men to a higher standard feels right. But communal blame awakens demons that were best left asleep.
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