Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Masculinity and Mass Murder

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See the following link (and full-text) of this article "Dark Knights Falling" by Rob Okun from Voice Male Magazine . This is SUCH ...
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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Sh*t Men Say To Men About Street Harassment

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For too many women — as well as LGBTQ folks and men who don’t “blend in” — crossing the street, riding a bus or running in the park involve ...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The Reign of the Doltish Dad

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Men in commercials can’t do anything right. Will that ever change?
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Monday, March 19, 2012

The Buddy System

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Most interesting is what Niobe Way shares about the connections between her book and male relationships. Although she acknowledges that boys...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Mantyhose: Is Brosiery The Final Step Toward 'The End Of Men'?

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Robin Hood wore them. Prince Charming probably had a pair or two. But what would you do if you saw a man walking down the street in tights t...

Huggies Pulls Ads After Insulting Dads

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Huggies is sorry. Very very very sorry. So sorry, that it rushed representatives down to Austin this weekend to apologize, repeatedly, to 20...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Men Supporting Women

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

TOWARD A PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSOR by Michael Kimmel

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THIS BREEZE AT MY BACK To run or walk into a strong headwind is to understand the power of nature. You set your jaw in a squared grimace, yo...

Call for Submissions Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power •revised second edition•

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CHECK OUT THIS OPPORTUNITY!!!! Call for Submissions Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power (Routledge) •revised second edition• ...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

"If Beer and Sausage Sandwiches were Babies"

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I saw this on Facebook on the  Diary of an Accidental Dad  page (posted by someone else which led me there) and had to post it here! The cap...
Monday, January 30, 2012

JT'S CAUSE - Amend Hair Policy for Boys, For Donating Hair to Charity

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A petition worth signing to eliminate a double standard!
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Men Struggle for Rape Awareness

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This important article published in the New York Times  was shared on Facebook by UCF's Mentors in Violence Prevention program. If you...
Friday, January 13, 2012

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Monday, January 2, 2012

Why Are the New Samsung Ads Depicting Decidedly Unmacho Dudes?

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Interesting!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

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http://jezebel.com/5871175/awesome-boys-club-works-to-stop-violence-against-women
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Gendercide

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Star BU Hockey Player Assaults a Woman

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And for once, it's actually handled properly! He immediately lost all affiliation with the team even though he was their most vital play...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

UCF Professor and Masculinity

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UCF Creative Writing professor David Poissant is featured today on the Good Men Project!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Research on Men and Masculinity

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I came across this journal while doing research for another class and I thought I'd share it for fellow psychology students or anyone in...
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Songs

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I was driving around town for work when I really paid attention to Bruno Mars' latest hit song, "It will rain." It goes somet...
Sunday, December 4, 2011

Becoming a Gendered Body: Practices of Preschools

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Came across this and thought it was interesting. I have a couple of friends that are education majors, and they talk about how many educator...

Military’s newly aggressive rape prosecution has pitfalls

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In general it seems like there are more cases on rape and sexual assault being brought to trial than originally thought, but the actual char...
Saturday, December 3, 2011

Mobilising Men to End Violence Against Women

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 The UN have funded and are still funding money to get men to help end violence against women.  The money is going to around 339 projects go...

Counting the social cost of masculinity

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This article really looked at how the biggest thing that was not brought up about the riots in England was how drastically the rioters were ...

Sylvania SilverStar Ultra Headlights Video - Advance

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The first thing I notice about this commercial was the fact that the description of what a red blooded American is which I found fit very we...

A Better Life

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Watched this film a couple of weeks ago… a definite “MUST SEE”. It’s a film about a single father and son, whose bond grows stronger while i...

Church bans interracial marriage..."It sure ain't Christian. It ain't nothing but the old devil working."

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Not a new article but it was posted on my friend's FB page and it left me shocked. Ive never realized how lucky I am to belong to groups...
Friday, December 2, 2011

A Message To Women From A Man: You Are Not “Crazy”

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I thought this article was very interesting and brought up a definite problem.  It was more like a message to everyone instead of just women...

Snuff Films

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Click the title for a link to a Jezebel (I know, I know) article about snuff films. I wish the author held delved further into how those how...

The VOX Blog

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If you have a tumblr, make sure to follow the VOX blog (and my service learning project) at prochoiceinflorida.tumblr.com

How to be a fan of problematic things

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I thought this was an interesting read and actually very true.  It is hard to find something that is not problematic is some way, which is w...

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I've been transcribing some of the stories my dad use to tell me as a child. As a kid, I didn't realize the kinds of messages I was ...

We Complain About Treatment of Rape Victims, but it Doesn't Compare to This...

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It is true that even here in America there are a lot of issues with how victims of rape are treated, but I don't think it can really com...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

This is the stuff I appreciate from Yahoo!

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I posted this to my Facebook wall in October and decided that since I bad mouthed Yahoo! for their crap on dating advice, etc. I should shar...

Yahoo! Does it Again

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Why does Yahoo! insist on putting this gendered crap on their site? I would hate to assume mainstream society feeds into this bullshit so mu...
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Rise Up UCF

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I attended the Rise Up UCF rally today to support the cause and not only had a blast, but was impressed by the turnout and movement of my fe...

On state violence, white male privilege, and 'Occupy'

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This article states a lot of my issues with the Occupy movement. What do y'all think?
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Anti-Choicers on Our Campus.

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Yesterday, suprisingly a group of anti-choice protesters came to campus and set up shop right in front of the library and the Math & Phy...

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Here are some pictures from the rally this morning at the Fairwinds Alumni Center where close to 100 UCF students and community members prot...

Its World AIDS Day

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Although scientific research and prevention has come a long way since the first reported cases of AIDS , today it continues to take hold on...

Gender Benders

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This was kind of a fun slideshow of various actors and actresses who have crossed gender lines for certain movie roles. Thought ya'll mi...

Beautiful Ad For Ending Marriage Discrimination

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Its definitely time...

I'm Christian... Unless Your Gay

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A fantastic must-read. While not directly related to Masculinity, I think we all could all use a little more of this sort of thinking and be...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Does Anybody Know Where I Can Find Playboy's 1992 Interview with Betty Friedan?

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I love Friedan's frequent reminders that the patriarchy hurts men, too. She goes into further detail in the article, but I can't fin...

Goodness! This is disturbing.

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This article is certainly a tough one to stomach. It alleges that during a rap music video shoot in Oakland California, a toddler along with...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

In the spirit of the false narrative of Thanksgiving...

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Do you think we would revere Pilgrims or the founders of this country if we constantly subjugated them and vilified them like we do modern d...

Masculinity Around the Thanksgiving Table

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So when I went out of town this past weekend for Thanksgiving I ended up at my mom’s friend’s house in Tampa. Well my mom is very conservati...

Even WebMD likes to casually reinforce gender stereotypes...

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I personally hate articles like these that attempt to "clear up" gender myths but reinforce a two-gender, essentialist binary.

Brawling "Geezers" stun football fans

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Just another example how sports brings out the worst in men even at old age ... http://www.rr.com/video/2171617606 <
Saturday, November 26, 2011

Federal Health Officials Push ‘Strength Through Affirmation’ of Black Gay Men

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An interesting HIV prevention campaign, which specifically targets black gay men. "Testing Makes Us Stronger" was chosen to displa...
Friday, November 25, 2011

Dr. Pepper 10: diet drink for men?

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I was visiting with my folks over the holidays and some of my family members were sitting around watching some television and this really bi...
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Lets make a rule on sexual harrassment...

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Needs to be figured out already!
Monday, November 21, 2011

Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood?

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Hey guys! I thought this would be the best place to post this and gauge interest. Along with a couple of friends, I'm trying to put toge...
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Friday, November 18, 2011

What A Man Wants

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When posting my last post I came across this on the main page of Yahoo. It is disturbing that this is what we are confronted with every day....

I am Not a Rapist

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I was looking for an article online that came to mind last class when I came across this article about reporting rape, or lack thereof. What...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Penn State and the Crisis of Masculinity

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Here's an interesting look at the Penn State scandal that seems to be dominating the news cycle of late. I was shocked when the news fir...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Teaching Good Sex

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Article from the New York Times today! This is exactly what we were discussing last night...thoughts?

Stop Trying to Define Franky!

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Skins is a British television show that focuses on a group of teenagers attending what is called "College" in the UK, but to us wo...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

"Exposed in Iraq"

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After reading "Exposed in Iraq: Sexual Harassment And Hidden Rank Structure of the U.S. Army" I thought how similar behaviors are ...

"Smell Like a Man, Man" Campaign

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Appealing to women in order to tell men what "real men" look like, smell like, etc... What do we think?

"Over It"

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This link pretty much speaks for itself. "1 out of 3 women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime" and as sad as this is it gives...
Monday, November 14, 2011

Transgender kids: Painful quest to be who they are

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I found this article weeks ago but was having a hard time posting to the blog (new to blogging) :) ... I found this article interesting. If ...
Saturday, November 12, 2011

UK Gay Men Blood Donation Ban Lifted*

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Gay men will now be able to give blood as Government restrictions are officially lifted, the Department of Health (DoH) said. A lifetime ban...
Friday, November 11, 2011

Herman Cain accrues whooping $9 million in light of sexual harassment charges

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Wow. So, I'm not sure if y'all are following the 2012 GOP field but Herman Cain, the current frontrunner, has been making headlines ...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Rape is Rape!

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During last night's class, Leandra briefly mentioned the problematic legal definition of rape, as well as the need/efforts to redefine r...

"Why We Need to Reimagine Masculinity"

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I came across this article which was originally published in Newsweek. I think it is really interesting, and poses some good points, yet it ...

Rick Scott Throws an Anti-Abortion Party at the Governor's Mansion...wtf?!

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http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2011/08/rick_scott_anti_abortion_bills_party.php Apparently Governor Scott had enough time to throw...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Only Rapists Can Prevent Rape

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(i have seen this in various places online--i've linked this to one) A lot has been said about how to prevent rape. Women should learn s...

A Brief History of the Bromance

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the actual website is another blog post entirely... feel free to write it:) Leandra

You Offend Me, You Offend My Family

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So, this website is supposed to be about issues (political, personal, pop culture, etc) in the Asian-/American community. It's an exampl...

Where Our Boys at? Involving Young Men as Allies to End Violence Against Girls

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In class tonight we will discuss gender-based violence--violence not only perpetrated against girls and women but violence driven by and ill...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Hey, Bro, That's My Little Pony!

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You mean men can enjoy a show with a largely female cast and a target audience for young girls? Astonishing! But, indeed, it's true. ...

Boys being punished for "being boys"?

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Text: "Does your son act too much   like a little boy?" "Is he fidgety and rambuctious?"  "Does he have trouble l...

Kanye West wearing a skirt

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Earlier I read someone post about a rapper gender bending and wearing lipstick. When I saw this it reminded me of the article and it is grea...
Saturday, November 5, 2011

Rappers wear lipstick??!

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Well at least Rapper Dphillgood from Dallas, TX does.  He also wears printed tights and feels that his "XY Movement"that blurs gen...
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Thursday, November 3, 2011

NEW My Tide Commercials Aimed at Dads

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I happened to overhear one of these commercials the other day. The commercials are still somewhat gendered in that the character attributes ...
Monday, October 31, 2011

"Real Men..."

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Less than a year ago, I heard about Ashton Kutcher's mission to help end "child sex slavery." While the mission is noble, his ...
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Another Tide Commercial

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In search of the previous Tide commercial I posted, I came across another "interesting" commercial. This commercial operates with ...

Tide Commercial

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I have been seeing this commercial all over television. Since we were just discussing the unequal allocation of housework in class (Theorie...
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