JACK FERRY
I
t is the connotation of the word male that’s
the problem at the moment. I’ve never really agreed with a lot of the stuff men do. It is hard fitting into that group, but also there are so many good people on that side as well. I feel uncomfortable relating men to someone like Donald Trump. He is the antithesis of a person. Everything that is wrong with any person can be exemplified in him, but it is not rare that it is a man that is the problem. Saying I am a man is a bit odd. It’s not the first thing that I jump to unless I’m filling in a legal document. The idea of masculinity is super poisonous. When you are told you are a man, a lot of the time you have to aspire to be a certain thing. It is the same for women. This whole idea of two binary, sh*tty, gender stereotypes. You always have to try to ascribe to something and then you are disappointed when you do not live up to it. I feel
