For those of us standing on the side of equality on the gay marriage debate, it has been an exciting few days. From the Vice President Joe Biden voicing his support to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to finally President Barack Obama himself, fully evolving on the issue and announcing his support for marriage equality.… [Read more…]
April 25, 2012
ORIGINAL: By the Rape Abuse & Incest National Network. (H/t Upworthy)
April 17, 2012
At the time of the Equal Pay Act’s passage in 1963, women working full time, year-round were paid merely 59 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts. Enforcement of the Equal Pay Act and related civil rights laws has helped to narrow the wage gap, but significant disparities remain and must be addressed.… [Read more…]
April 4, 2012
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. -Martin Luther King, Jr. On this day in 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis, TN. To this day in 2012, we as men embrace violence as a definition of… [Read more…]
March 23, 2012
“I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype. I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.” – Rosa Parks I’ve been struggling for the right words to express how I feel about the… [Read more…]
February 29, 2012
The piece below, People for the Ethical Treatment of Anyone but Women, is crossposted from the Ms. Magazine blog. Our co-founder Sacchi Patel was interviewed (see his quote in bold): by Shawna Kenney PETA’s at it again, pissing people off with their latest “Boyfriend Went Vegan” adcampaign. BWVAKTBOOM (Boyfriend Went Vegan and Knocked the Bottom Out… [Read more…]
February 20, 2012
“The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women” — Barack Obama
February 13, 2012
When we idolize people, we have a tendency to idolize their behavior in a way that is problematic. In the case of Chris Brown it sends a disturbing message to: the young women who crush on him about how they deserve to be treated, to young men who want to be him about how they… [Read more…]
February 6, 2012
Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don’t think that gender applies to them: that it’s a subject for girls. Louise Brown We need to raise the level of debate and… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
In addition to returning to bringing you a weekly EmpowerMENt and our typical extended musings, the MasculinityU team is introducing a new recurring segment called “Quick Thoughts”. While we generally like to take the time to fully reflect on the issues of the day, it often results in us not being able to bring you timely… [Read more…]
May 15, 2012
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