Vanderbilt Women's Center to Lecture Men on 'Healthy Masculinities' | MRCTVVanderbilt University’s Women’s Center will be hosting a week-long event dedicated to lecturing men about what it means to have “healthy masculinity.”
The “Healthy Masculinities Week” is sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, which
claims to be devoted to “Celebrating Women” while “Empowering All.”
The
mission of the Women’s Center is to affirm a “space for all members of the Vanderbilt community that acknowledges and
actively resists sexism, racism, homophobia, and all forms of oppression while advocating for positive social change.”
The “
core values” of the Women’s Center includes the idea that,
“progress toward gender equality calls all of us to be champions for change” while simultaneously claiming to “celebrate the unique differences among all persons and work to build community in diversity.”
...The full title for Katz’s book is, “
The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help.”
It is unclear why the word “Women” was removed from Vanderbilt’s event listing.
According to
a review for Katz’s book, “Katz
explores those aspects of American culture that promote violence against women, focusing separate chapters on pornography, prostitution, and other sex-related businesses as well as sexual violence in the military, the music industry, and athletics.”
It also “offers advice on how men can ally with women to curb violence and change those aspects of the ‘boys will be boys’ attitude on male aggressiveness and masculinity that can lead to violence and abuse.”
...The advertisement for “Healthy Masculinities Week,” which was emailed to members of the student body, includes a portrayal man with a thought bubble, thinking, “Don’t cry,” “Have sex,” “Major in business,” “Play sports,” and “Man up.”
Allegedly, these are examples of unhealthy masculinity..."
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