Men Dominate Discussion Of Women's Issues In Media: Study. A recent study brings grim news for people hoping to see women more equally represented in the media. 4th Estate, a group that makes infographics about trends in the media, found that men overwhelmingly outnumber women when it comes to who is quoted in the press about the 2012 election campaign — even about issues that primarily affect women. 4th Estate looked at sources ranging from print to radio to television between January 2011 and May 2012, and the results are startling.
When it comes to abortion, men were quoted 81 percent of the time. Women were quoted just 12 percent of the time. Birth control? A 75-19 gap. Planned Parenthood? Overall, the study found staggering imbalances in who news organizations turn to for expertise on the election. It might seem logical that outlets would turn to the people who know most about a certain subject, especially if half of the population has no direct experience with said subject. Magazine Ads Shape Men's Attitudes About Masculinity, Study Finds. By: David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily Staff Writer Published: 03/04/2013 06:34 AM EST on BusinessNewsDaily Magazine advertisements can do a lot more than sell products. New research has found that ads geared toward men can also reinforce views of hypermasculinity in men of all ages. Hypermasculinity is described as a description of men that weaves together toughness, violence, dangerousness and callous attitudes toward women and sex.
Those attitudes were found to be common in the advertisements of most magazines. In fact, lead author Megan Vokey of the University of Manitoba and her co-authors examined eight magazines that targeted men from different demographics, particularly looking at men of different ages, levels of education and income. The researchers used magazines that covered a variety of different interests, such as Golf Digest and Game Informer. The researchers found that magazines with the most hypermasculine ads were geared to younger, less affluent and less educated men. Marlo Thomas: Guys Who Get It: The Men of the Women's Movement. Here's a riddle: A trucker is sitting in a bar next to a feminist.
They've both had a lot to drink and they're arguing. The feminist says women have been oppressed for centuries -- the trucker says they haven't. The feminist says women deserve equal pay -- the trucker says they don't. What's the one thing the trucker and the feminist have in common? They're both men. For all that's been written about the passionate and courageous women who have led the march to gender equality throughout history, often overlooked are the men who have marched (and continue to march) at our sides. But men's presence in the movement is vital. It would seem to be a no-brainer for a man to be a feminist. It also takes a practical man to understand that the world cannot move forward using only half of its resources.
And it takes self-confidence -- especially for young men today whose fathers were from that past era. It helps if you're a father of daughters. Let's hear it for the boys. Loading Slideshow. I Am The Blogger Who Allegedly “Complicated” The Steubenville Gang Rape Case -- And I Wouldn't Change a Thing. The Steubenville rape case has come to an end and the verdict has been heard. Two Ohio high school football players were found guilty of raping a drunk 16-year-old girl. On Sunday, Judge Thomas Lipps ruled that Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, digitally penetrated the West Virginia teenager known only as "Jane Doe.
" Their punishment? Richmond will be held at a juvenile detention facility for at least a year and Mays for at least two years. Both are required to register as juvenile sex offenders, and the juvenile system can hold them until they are 21 years old. As a blogger who first reported on the Twitter messages surrounding the alcohol-fueled party -- many messages later deleted -- it is sometimes surreal to look back and revisit the events of the past eight months.
All I wanted was justice for Jane Doe. The night she will never get back. I lived in Steubenville for about half a decade. Disgusting. I actually stayed up all night reading Twitter accounts. I Am Not Your Wife, Sister or Daughter. I Am A Person. I don’t have to tell you that Steubenville is all over the news. I don’t have to tell you that it’s a fucking joke that Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond, the two teenagers convicted of raping a sixteen year old girl, were only sentenced to a combined three years in juvenile prison. Each will serve a year for the rape itself; Mays will serve an additional year for “illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material.” I probably don’t even have to tell you that the media treatment of this trial has been a perfect, if utterly sickening, example of rape culture, with its focus on how difficult and painful this event has been for the rapists who raped a sixteen year old girl then bragged about it on social media.
And I almost certainly don’t have to tell you that the world is full of seemingly nice, normal people who want to go to bat for the convicted rapists. I’m quite sure that you already know about the victim-blaming that’s been happening since this case first came to light. Like this: Single Dad Laughing by Dan Pearce. Research on Men and Masculinities. Resources | Queer Feminism. Note: This resource list is currently in its infancy. Some categories are placeholders. We encourage resource suggestions via the contact form. The following resources are some of the best posts we’ve found on the web in a number of different areas relevant to the mission of this site. Not every post reflects Queer Feminism perfectly, and some posts may be problematic in part.
However, taken together, we hope this list will offer a useful guide for those with particular interests. Table of Contents Activism Asking for Youth-Friendly ServicesFeminism Has Abandoned MeIntersectionality Is Not OptionalOn FeminismMovement Mistakes: What to Do When You F@ck UpMoving Beyond Gay Is the New BlackOn Doing “Good Work”Pity Porn and Social ResponsibilitySelf-Care and Self-Defense Manual for Feminist Activists (PDF)Unlearning Sexism and Other OppressionsWhen Anger Is All I Have and Why Anger Is My Feminist StandWho Is OaklandWhy Are You in Such A Bad Mood?
Marginalized People in Activist Communities Art. Misandry as a myth. My last blog, which caused some controversy, asked ‘is misandry a myth? ‘ – I published it on hackeryblog as well and another contributor wrote a reply to it here. I realise I wasn’t particularly clear about where I stood on the issue exactly, what I believed, or what sort of conclusion I came to. It was actually originally intended to be a piece mooting whether or not it could be argued as a myth in theory, rather than me actually arguing that it was or wasn’t.
I wanted to just explore the arguments. As such it was a bit inconclusive or unclear what I generally thought. However, I’ve now read a bit more on the subject, namely this piece at Adonis Mirror which looks at the etymology of misogyny, misandry and misanthropy. Of course there are people who dislike men, but when I talk about misogyny I tend to mean institutionalised, generalised misogyny. I also see a distinction between the two in that misogyny is usually aimed at an individual woman in particular. Like this: Like Loading... Men’s Rights Movement Spreads False Claims about Women. You Can Get Laid Without Being A Jerk. Why The Good Men Project Sucks « The World Is Watching. Trigger warning for rape/sexual assault.
The Good Men Project has been getting on my nerves for the last fortnight or so, and I’ve struggled to really put together some coherent thoughts about it. But there’s a couple of blog posts by co-founder Tom Matlack that I just have to take issue with. He first wrote “The Feminist I Used To Know“, and then “In The Beginning, It Was About Storytelling“. I’ll start with the first. Not only is the title insulting, but the standfirst begins: The Good Men Project started with the goal of empathy. Because feminists really struggle with basic concepts like empathy, because they are all nonsensical, stupid harpies that don’t understand human emotions. If that isn’t the definition of antagonism-parading-as-ignorance then I don’t know what is. He whinges about how women don’t really understand that he really is a good guy, and that he’s done nothing wrong – and then says: But I don’t know a single woman that treats a man differently because of this idea. The Men of Strength Club.
"My active involvement in this revolutionary program has been the sole catalyst for my maturation into a self-aware and confident young man. " -Aaron Harris, MOST Club member Men Can Stop Rape's youth development program, the Men of Strength Club, is the country’s premier primary violence prevention program for mobilizing young men to prevent sexual and dating violence. The Men of Strength Club, or MOST Club, provides young men with a structured and supportive space to build individualized definitions of masculinity that promote healthy relationships. MOST Club's 22-week curriculum aims to: In 2003 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified MOST Club as among the top four gender violence prevention programs in the country and initiated a two-year study to evaluate the Club’s impact. To learn more about MOST Club, please download our brochure. The Good Men Project —