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Voice Male in the Classroom

Sep 23, 2019 | 2019 Spring, All |

Last March and April, students in Prof. Shira Tarrant’s class on masculinities at California State University/Long Beach, received a copy of Voice Male. These are their responses. Continue Reading Voice Male in the Classroom

“We’re in the Dark”: What UK Boys Think About Becoming Men

Sep 23, 2019 | 2019 Fall, All, Home Page: Under Slider |

Joel is 16. I’ve asked him to define masculinity as he sees it, just as I’ve been asking a similar thing of 16- and 17-year-olds like him all over the United Kingdom. What is going on in their heads right now, these boys on the cusp? What do they believe, and what do they doubt, about the mantle of adulthood they’ll soon inherit? What do they think makes a man a man, at a time when there are big questions being asked about gender identity and gender privilege? Continue Reading “We’re in the Dark”: What UK Boys Think About Becoming Men

Poor Body Image Taking a Toll on Men’s Mental Health

Sep 22, 2019 | 2019 Spring, All |

Glen Jankowski In recent years, more and more men say they are feeling ashamed of their...

Men: Stand Up for a Woman’s Right to Choose Every Day, Not Just Father’s Day

Jun 12, 2019 | All, Articles |

By Rob Okun According to the Pew Research Center, 60 percent of women and 57 percent of men say...

Raising Boys to Love and Care, Not Kill

Jun 4, 2019 | All, Other articles |

After he listened to a broadcaster read out–one by one–the names of the 12 Virginia...

Will Candidates Address ” Men’s Issues “?

May 21, 2019 | All |

Andrew Yarrow As the 2020 campaign revs up, the major issues seem clear — health care, taxes,...

What’s the Best Way for Men to Be Profeminist?

Feb 21, 2019 | 2019 Spring, All |

Thinking that men don’t need to hear criticism from female advocates is a great danger because it is likely a sign of egoism, self-protection and unconscious male posturing. Continue Reading What’s the Best Way for Men to Be Profeminist?

Learning from Young Feminists in Chile

Feb 19, 2019 | 2019 Spring, All |

Last May, young Chilean women proclaimed, “Enough is enough” and started to tell their stories of harassment at universities, including how authorities failed to act to prevent their mistreatment. Organized by Confech (the Confederation of Students of Chile), they started by… Continue Reading Learning from Young Feminists in Chile

Chink

Feb 19, 2019 | 2019 Spring, All, Poetry |

school hallways, stalking his longhair
hippie pacifist
prey: me. He hailed from Beech
Creek, that piss hamlet up Bald Eagle Continue Reading Chink

Deferring to Men

Feb 19, 2019 | 2019 Spring, All |

Female restrictions went deeper than just posture, as we accepted the cultural norm of displaying deference to men in words and demeanor. Continue Reading Deferring to Men