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R.I.P. Mary Daly

lunit — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:04:08 -0800

Self-described Radical Elemental Feminist Mary Daly has died. Though perhaps best known for her 1998 refusal to allow male students into her Women's Studies Class, Daly has long been a controversial philosopher, theologian, and linguist. "No Man's Land" is a 1999 interview with her. KDVS also has a 2006 audio interview with Daly.

It's about improving the lives not only of women, but of men

catchingsignals — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:24:07 -0800

Video discussion on being a man with, and The Seven P's of Men's Violence by, Michael Kaufman, International Director of the White Ribbon Campaign. Feminism Brings Benefits to All -- Men Included. Rethinking privilege?

Men Against Rape

lunit — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:47:42 -0800

Men Can Stop Rape is part of a growing movement to stop rape, sexual assault, and sexual violence by focusing on educating men. There are efforts to change the climate on college campuses and curriculum at Haverford, Tulane, Kansas State, Idaho State, University of Wisconsin, University of Texas, University of Minnesota, University of Maine, Portland State, Harvard, University of Rochester, University of Delaware, Franklin and Marshall, and Colorado State, to name a few. Want to start your own? Here's how. Not in college? There's There are regional associations in Atlanta, Pennslyvania, Maine, Madison, Gloucester, Amherst, Washington, and Wyoming and national and international organizations like National Organization for Men Against Sexism, The Safety Net, One in Four, V-Day Men, The White Ribbon, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, Meninist, and A Call to Men. There's also a men against violence Webring. How much do you know about sexual assault? Test Yourself!

Let it blaze! Let it blaze! For we have done with this ‘education’!

hadjiboy — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:23:47 -0800

Virginia Woolf: A feminist's view on why we go to war.

Redefining Manhood.

oliver — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:42:55 -0800

Angry men, searching men -- and what they can learn from girls and queers. Examinations of how feminist progress has left a lot of men adrift, and how the Left is falling down in offering help. "[Men have] had no reason to question whether a society that so perfectly suits them has created a definition of manhood that isn’t 'real,' and so attempts to change society are inextricably linked to attempts to change men in ways they believe they cannot be changed. And that makes a lot of men angry." The original essay that inspired the discussion at There's Something About Men, a follow-up at Shakespeare's Sister in Redefining Manhood, a response at Pandagon, a Christian male feminist youth leader's take by Hugo Schwyzer, and an updated list of further commentary at Obligitory Reading of the Day - Femiphobia.

owillis — Wed, 09 Jan 2002 04:56:50 -0800

Men have rights too. Granted, a lot of the "pro-men" movement is whining saber-rattling by men upset by "feminists". But in some cases like accusations of abuse, divorce settlements, child support/custody and allegations of rape have we swung so far in favor of women that the system is no longer fair to either party?

djacobs — Wed, 05 Dec 2001 09:47:18 -0800

Shut The Fuck Up is an "open letter to men in the movement" written by activist Dan Spalding about the sexist behavior of men in left-leaning groups. They say "When the left forms a firing squad they form it in a circle," but I think this is nurturing constructive criticism, a far cry from the venom that often accompanies such discourse.

jammer — Tue, 06 Feb 2001 13:57:40 -0800

This article about Warren Farrell, ex-feminist, now a "masculinist", raises some interesting points for pondering. Is the emphasis on feminism inherently as unfair to men as chauvanism is to women?

davidgentle — Tue, 26 Sep 2000 14:57:14 -0800

Does this teach any males here anything? I'm sure that it would be very useful to someone. Though I'm not sure who exactly.

murray_kester — Wed, 02 Aug 2000 03:52:34 -0800

A survey on Gender Bias recorded that America's largest survey of sexual activity asked, "What is the best moment of intercourse?" Of the top three men's answers, the MOST popular single response was "my partner's orgasm." Feminists complain that men are preoccupied with performance rather than intimacy ("my partner's orgasm" did NOT make the top three list for women). If things were reversed and men's favorite moment was their own orgasm; (a) Feminists would complain that men were self-centered. (b) Feminists would complain that men didn't care about satisfying women.