--- "Lera Joyce Johnson, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If you have not yet seen this video, I recommend it. > Institutions can preview it for free, so see if you > can get a preview. Have you seen it? > There is a companion program that Jackson Katz has > set > up for adults who work with youth can use to discuss > this masculinity issue. It is for youth groups, > coaches, and teachers of middle and high school > youth. > <http://www.jacksonkatz.com/> is his website. > I don't know if you've seen it, so let me briefly > summarize. He notes that violence is part of the > NORMAL masculine image in this culture, not > restricted > to psychos and sickos. He shows that recent events > like the school shootings can be traced to this > masculine image. In fact, he states that one way > this > phenomenon is made invisible is to call it kids > shooting kids, instead of boys shooting boys and > boys > shooting girls. He addresses violence against women > several times in his film. > The path to reduce violence is to examine this model > for masculinity and offer alternatives. He sees that > the civil rights, women's rights, anti-war (Vietnam > era), and gay rights movements opened our society to > alternative relationship and lifestyles for many > men. > Other men and institutions felt threatened, > tightened > down, and created a backlash. He shows how media, > film, game videos, sports, masculine toy figurines, > and sexualized violence in pornography have > constructed a tight box of masculinity. Masculinity > is > performed and constructed, not genetic or automatic. > He shows examples of strong men of sensitivity. My > students have given it an overwhelmingly positive > response. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
