Middle school boys learn that they can stop rape; Men of Strength Clubs teach youths to be allies to women. The Men of Strength Club (MOST) provides young men with a structured and… Monday, December 26, 2011 The federal government estimates that one in five women will be raped in their lifetime — and a group of young men in city schools are hoping to change that. They’re part of the an afterschool program called Men of Strength (MOST) that teaches boys they should be allies for girls and that violence is inexcusable. Cherno Barry, an eighth grader at Junior High School 217 in Briarwood, Queens, said the club has taught him to treat all girls like he treats his mother. “No one is beneath another person,” he said. Neil Irvin, the executive director of Men Can Stop Rape, the Washingtonbased organization behind the program, said the boys who take part can become protectors in their communities.
“We discuss how traditional masculinity contributes to sexual assault and other forms of men's violence against women,” he said. There are MOST clubs in three city schools and others scattered across the nation. 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. Hell No, HUGO! As bad as things were, she didn’t want “out” — and felt shocked and unfathomably betrayed by our my unilateral decision to kill us both. -Hugo Schwyzer in his own words [Jan 3, 2011]See: What You Need To Remember, What You Need To Forget […] [cache] Here, Hugo’s account of what happens directly contradicts what he recounted to Gina Messina-Dysert of The Feminist Theologian in their interview available on Youtube where he stated that she had told him multiple times that she did, in fact, “want out.” How Hugo Schwyzer chooses to describe rape When I found her, she smelled of sex and sweat and alcohol; as she climbed unsteadily into my truck, I noticed rope marks on her wrists and bruises on her arms and throat. She’d been with a dealer, and had paid a debt in a way that young female addicts sadly often pay it — but things had clearly gotten uglier than she’d expected.
She nestled next to me as I drove back to my apartment. She murmured softly, “I want a pizza. Yeah, I tried to kill my ex. The Good Men Project — 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.