BROCHURE
Bro-code
(Imagining this as a downloadable trifold brochure, poem on one side, deprogram yourself out of the cult directions on the other)
Dude, If you keep this secret, you’re in the club.
We’ll hold you up, put the accuser down
We circle the wagons to protect our own.
Instead of “if you commit a crime, it’s bad, you should turn yourself in to face consequences” you get
Well hold on a minute….
Let’s think this through….
How can we point the finger at someone other than you?
The future is made for us, you see
It is inconceivable that this person could have committed a crime, me.
Real men don’t have to clean up after the messes they make.
Real men are unaccountable to others, ever to each other.
Because the fantasy of impunity
Rejects reciprocity.
No victims here—we’re all real men.
If you think you’re a victim, you must have fucked up.
Only real men here.
(And the only way to be a real man is to believe that men have this impunity)
We get to make messes that others clean up.
Chosen one syndrome
Golden boy
Reverse side of brochure:
Doubling down when someone points out your mistake—other possibilities exist!
Not every thought in your head needs to be blurted out
Talking over/overpowering people makes you an asshole
Learning how to take no for an answer: basics of consent and accountability
No homo: how internalized is your oppression?
What if gender didn’t matter?
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