Celebrating men and a masculinity that loves

I'VE been struggling to find words to express my disgust and rage at the orange monster and his little Zionist handler.

- ASHLEY GREEN-THOMPSON

Anyone who still believes there is a shred of humanity in these men and their cronies surely would not be reading this column.

Their warmongering represents all that is evil in the world, and reinforces that most toxic trait of patriarchal masculinity that might is right. The paedophiles who joined the monster Epstein were all powerful men, and I despair at how their continued evasion of accountability to the women they harmed perpetuates misogyny and violence in society.

But I refuse to let these ogres live in my mind.

I want to resist the ugliness they represent by reminding us of the amazing men in our lives. In my many decades on this earth, I have been blessed to know and love many men who helped shape me as a man, and I continue to encounter and love men who show me and the world what we can be.

I stand to recognise those men who refuse to let the violence of society shape their engagement with the world.

In South Africa, it is men who are most likely to die violently.