Prevailing patriarchal and cultural norms in some societies prevent women victims of sexual crimes from talking out by shaming them.
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We love to be scared by creepy movies. But fear has other uses too. It can be used negatively by politicians to control us, but can also be a tool to harness internal change.
Ford works toward dismantling the idea that feminism is harming men. Instead, she proposes that a patriarchal society can be as harmful and destructive for individual men as it can be for women.
Sex, sexuality, respectful relationships, and gender all need to be discussed in schools as a measure to combat discrimination against LGBTQ people, rising rates of STIs and violence against women.
Men who subscribe to ideological masculinity believe that women’s empowerment has left them victimised and discriminated against. And they play out their resentment through violent acts.
Incels compare themselves to other men, before blaming women for withholding sex from, in their perception, deserving men.
Like most forms of protest, the #MeToo movement offers evidence of problems but fails to tackle the broader causes and how to fix them.
If you feel threatened or confused by the #MeToo movement, try channelling your masculinist mystique.
How you use the word ‘shithole’ depends on your gender, which paints Trump’s latest misstep as yet another case of toxic masculinity.
Research shows men and women interpret violence and bullying differently.
Is it a crisis when men start to connect with their emotions? Or is it actually the right direction of travel?
In the wake of the #Metoo movement, and with the goal of transforming toxic masculinity into compassionate masculinity, we must create new spaces to listen to male victims of child abuse too.
Performing for the crowd, acting up and showing off – how physical culture’s origins as theatre have fed into today’s toxic masculinity, and how they can help it change.
A classics professor is haunted by the co-optation of his discipline by the so-called “alt-right,” toxic masculinity and other self-styled “defenders of Western civilization.”
Throughout history, metaphors based around the testes and semen brought out very different sides of masculinity.
Human resources professionals should be trained at school and encouraged on the job to take employee complaints seriously. But that’s not how the profession works now.
Acid attacks, mostly against women, are increasing globally, and toxic masculinity is to blame. It’s time for social, medical and legal reform to stop the scourge.
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