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NBC Columnist Claims Space Travel Is ‘Patriarchal’ And An Example Of ‘Toxic Masculinity’

Emily Zanotti

A “feminism and gender” writer on NBC’s News’ “Think” platform — an open-source publishing platform for “engaging” content — has declared Elon Musk’s mission to send a manned spaceflight to Mars in order to establish a presence on the “red planet” “Patriarchal,” and an example of “toxic masculinity” and male privilege.

Marcie Bianco who, apparently, is the “managing editor of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University,” took aim at Musk and other space enthusiasts in her essay titled (of course), “The Patriarchal Race To Colonize Mars Is Just Another Example Of Male Entitlement.”

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