Herstory Revisited

After a three month hiatus (sorry) normal herstory content will resume in the New Year (I promise!) but today’s post is dedicated to @justinbaldoni, and specifically his book, Man Enough. This is not strictly “Herstory” but history has been shaped and will continue to be shaped by notions of masculinity and so I think it’s important to bring these discussions into the historical context. I think that almost any event in history becomes clearer when looked at through the lens of the gender binary and within it "masculinity".  Some disclaimers : 1)     This whole post is going to come across as very very “fangirly”, but I am not trying to put Justin on a pedestal – the whole book and his whole message is about accepting that he is not perfect, that he is human, he makes mistakes, and he will continue to. So, I just want to be clear from the start that I’m aware of that even if I think he’s doing a better job than most humans, that doesn’t mean he’s flawless. 2)     In this