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Educated to be a man
Defined by a legacy [1]
Self justice as a creed [2]
Take the world by force [3]
Overwhelming models
I feel no choice
Masculinity, no freedom [4]
The only behaviour [5]

The myth of virility
Self strong liar [6]
The myth of virility
Destroying us [5]

Toxicity

Virility is a trap and a fucking privilege [7]
Domination is not a state of nature

Toxicity

Violence take place
Deep down in our flesh [8]
A bipolar vision
Rivalry and division [9]

Overwhelming models [3]
I feel no choice
Masculinity, no freedom [4]
I feel no choice

The myth of virility
Self strong liar [6]
The myth of virility
Destroying us [5]

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[1]
Corbin, A., Courtine J.-J., Vigarello, G. Histoire de la virilité. Seuil, 2011.

[2]
Le Breton, David. Rites de virilité à l'adolescence. Éditions Fabert, 2015.

[3]
Darmon, Muriel, and François de Singly. “La socialisation de genre” in La Socialisation : Domaines Et Approches. 2e éd., A. Colin, 2011.

[4]
Dominant models impose themselves, in a way we consider it natural. About gender models, see :
Mead, Margaret. Sex and Temperament: in Three Primitive Societies. The New American Library, 1962.

[5]
Gazalé, Olivia. Le mythe de la virilité. Robert Laffont, 2017.

[6]
"La virilité: une norme" par Vincent Cespedes
- https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/specimen/video/la-virilite-une-norme?id=8172125

[7]
Bourdieu, Pierre. La domination masculine. Le Seuil, 2016.

[8]
- Lahire, Bernard. « Héritages sexués : incorporation des habitudes et des croyances », Thierry Blöss éd., La dialectique des rapports hommes-femmes. Presses Universitaires de France, 2001.
- Krais, Beate. « Autour du livre de Pierre Bourdieu ‘La domination masculine’ », Travail, genre et sociétés, 1999.
- See also notes 3 and 7.

[9]
1) Héritier, Françoise. Masculin/féminin: la pensée de la différence. Odile Jacob, 1996.
2) Bourdieu, Pierre. La domination masculine. Le Seuil, 2016.

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from What A Wonderful World, released April 17, 2020
Written and recorded by Smile
Mixed and mastered by Erik Bickerstaffe (Loathe)

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