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1 " When therapy becomes something so structured in its formulation that it's the same, whoever does it, then the humanity of it will have been lost and artificial artificial intelligence may well be the logical replacement for our therapeutic disciplines. "
― , Counselling Skills for Working with Gender Diversity and Identity
2 " Marginalised masculinities describes a group of men who are marginalised and excluded from all the benefits of male privilege because of race or class. For example, although working-class men may embody a kind of toughness and stoicism that is prized, they do not benefit as greatly from that privilege as those in the middle and upper classes do. ... 'working-class men are the male equivalent of the "dumb blond" - endowed with physical virtues but problematized by intellectual shortcomings'. "
3 " A core part of...'orthodox masculinity' has its bedrock in not doing, saying or being anything that might be seen as feminine... The first rule of being a man is 'no sissy stuff'. Instead, these sexist and misogynistic constructs at the heart of orthodox masculine gender performance are understood as helping shore up the theory of men's 'natural' dominance over effeminate men and women. Men who fail to live up to the standards set...are excluded or marginalised to the extent of their transgression. The fear of the loss of power and male privilege lies in the rejection of masculinity's apparent binary and complementary opposite, femininity. "
4 " The appropriate response to an experience of subjectification is resistance. "
5 " Minority gender identities may become stigmatised as they have bodily expressed meanings that oppose pre-existing cultural norms and standards. "
6 " Shame is perhaps best described as the experience attached to a person's profound and painful sense that they are in some way fundamentally flawed, or that something is wrong with them in terms of their being. It has been distinguished from its close relative, guilt, as something that relates to who or what somebody is as opposed to what they have done. "
