http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/benjamin-payne/ Benjamin Payne is a freelance writer, feminist, vegan, and activist. A recent graduate of the University of Melbourne, he studied philosophy and political science. Benjamin is an avid traveler, hiker, and advocate for a range of social justice issues. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/response-to-josephine/ Masculinity is in crisis again, apparently. In a polemic against the contemporary women’s movement, Josephine Asher cries out for men trapped under the weight of feminism and sympathises with our “instinctive hunger for power and purpose”. Embracing the biological determinism that scientific inquiry dismissed long ago, Asher returns to the false assumption that clearly defined roles for men and women exist independently of culture. Why fight our physiology? What good is equality if men are miserable? It must be the case, Asher suggests, that we are going against nature. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Benjamin Payne) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/response-to-josephine/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/response-to-josephine/#item4622 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:55:58 +0000 Benjamin Payne | Author bios | The Punch