Commentary
One Man Asks: Are We Finally Ready to Put Shooters’ Gender at Center of Gun Debate?
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“It’s the masculinity, people.”
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“It’s the masculinity, people.”
It’s painful to admit that I have fallen short, missed the mark—that I have not been a better ally to women in the struggle to maintain their reproductive rights.
I’d welcome hearing high school students’ thoughts in a cross-generational dialogue that included how we raise boys and how we navigate the culture of violence in which we live.
Almost entirely absent from the global conversation is an examination of the system that allowed men like Weinstein to thrive—a system that is male-dominated, male-identified, and male-centered.
The NRA considers most men tacit supporters, and unless they hear otherwise, they have us right where they want us—silent!
“Women want a men’s movement; we are literally dying for it.”
Okay, guys, white guys—all guys—this is our moment to say, “Enough!”
While there are white women supremacists, the vast majority are white males. We ignore that fact at our peril.
Men need to explicitly reject Donald Trump’s misogyny and model a sensitive, aware manhood, not what’s being expressed at the White House. This includes asking women and women’s organizations how best to support them.
A letter signed by three dozen men last month is asking the president to support his country’s women, and those around the world, by being a “model man.”