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The theme of my blog is "men in the media", so most of the articles I post will relate to that theme. Every day, we are bombarded by messages that tell us how men should look, act, feel, believe and behave. Advertisements constantly reinforce stereotyped sex roles. Newspapers push narratives based on pop psychology to explain how men and women are 'naturally different' and, by implication, unchangeable. Movies project hyper masculine images of 'real men' and magazines promise to create ‘...
‘Avatar’ is Screenwriter and Director James Cameron’s latest movie. Since its release, Avatar has become the fastest movie on record to...
This blog is a response to an article entitled "Masculinism is gaining momentum" by citizen journalist Dr Lalit Kishore from India. In his article, the author says that, in the process of empowering women, society has begun to discriminate against men.
The author makes a couple of good points. We do need to recognise, for example, that when men are victims of domestic violence they are often...
Men's Health is a monthly magazine that is dubbed "the magazine men live by". Unlike other magazines for men, such as Ralph, which targets a much younger audience...
The Red Card project by Sonke and Grassroot adapts a former Red Card campaign that was successfully used by AED in Mozambique to prevent the sexual exploitation and coercion of women. This campaign by Sonke and Grassroot will focus more specifically on the prevention of child sexual exploitation. The Red Card project focuses on the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the increased risk during this period, but also extends beyond this event and into the future.
The issues
Child sexual...
To prevent gender-based violence, Rifka Annisa, a women’s crisis center in Yogyakarta, Indonesia , is reaching out to boys and men in the community through a series of activities.
“In Indonesia, working on issues related to men, masculinities and violence is relatively new,” according to Nur Hasyim, Coordinator of the Men’s Programme Unit for Rifka Annisa, “We wanted to reach out to boys and men, and start working with them on these issues. To do this, we’ve begun to develop...
I found the article that Caroline posted the other day (http://www.engagingmen.net/resource/5-stupid-unfair-and-sexist-things-expected-men) was fascinating.
I believe that, globally, genuine progress has been made to uphold the rights of women, but there is still a long way to go and I believe it has never been more critical than now, to engage men in the struggle for...
Como un esfuerzo por visibilizar el trabajo de distintas instituciones y ONG'S de Latinoamérica sobre la Equidad de Género incoportarando también a los Hombres, ponemos a disposición el siguiente listado que podemos seguir completando.
Argentina
Varones por la Equidad: http://varonesporlaequidad.blogspot.com
Vir, haciéndonos hombres, padres,...
The following text is from White Ribbon Campaign Executive Director Todd Minerson's introduction to our most recent newsletter, which can be read in full here.
It is always a pleasure to connect with you around this time of year.
Not only have things moved in to high gear with our education and prevention work across the country; we are on the “heels” of another amazingly...
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