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In reply to the discussion: Rape Culture: 3 Reasons Most Men Are to Blame For Misogyny [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)31. I met Robert Jensen a few years ago, Very pleasant fellow.
I think the bigger problem, honestly, is that combatting misogyny amongst men runs counter to big economic interests. Gender stereotypes make for useful marketing hooks, whether the product is cars, guns, movies, etc.
Hard to say whether Katz and Jensen have had little progress because they're using soft sell or because, quite honestly, they aren't especially high profile. To the extent Jensen became high profile, it was for his article on the 911 attacks that got a lot of blowback (much of it unfair, of course).
This sounds shallow, but misogyny has to be made uncool the way that homophobia has been made uncool.
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No one is making the claim it's all men they're just saying men are the cause of the culture
Arcanetrance
May 2013
#5
It would be nice if they did more than listen and actually took action in their own lives
Arcanetrance
May 2013
#11
Do you remember the incident in which US servicemen urinated on Afghan corpses?
LanternWaste
May 2013
#73
kick ass excellent article. "Few men actively fight against the system of rape."
seabeyond
May 2013
#68
??? i would actually have to make a statement in order to promote, as you suggest. nt
seabeyond
May 2013
#45
I don't disagree with anything written here, but I wonder how effective the phrasing and
geek tragedy
May 2013
#23
Well Jonathan Katz and Robert Jensen have been trying the soft sell for years with little progress.
redqueen
May 2013
#27
I can definitely see your point. I don't mean that the manly stuff should be validated, only
geek tragedy
May 2013
#49