I ran across the phrase “Men Can End” on LinkedIn this morning and was immediately disturbed with the characterization on that post that masculinity equals a rape culture. I feel as if our society is doing everything in its power to kill off men as we know them, which is partially why I think the enemy is so opposed to patriarchy.
I dug a little deeper, and it seems this originates with the Texas Blazers, who, “aim to be visible allies on campus against gender-based violence. The MenCanEnd project produces a steady stream of opportunities for men, particularly those not usually engaged, to get connected with gender-based violence prevention. By explicitly linking the idea of unhealthy masculinity to rape culture, we hope to do primary prevention work to reduce violence in our world.”
Despite thin attempts to disguise this behind violence prevention, this is nothing more, in my opinion, than an attempt to emasculate men in our society. Just to be certain, I am opposed to rape and violence from men toward women, but taking away masculinity is not the answer.
I dug a little deeper, and it seems this originates with the Texas Blazers, who, “aim to be visible allies on campus against gender-based violence. The MenCanEnd project produces a steady stream of opportunities for men, particularly those not usually engaged, to get connected with gender-based violence prevention. By explicitly linking the idea of unhealthy masculinity to rape culture, we hope to do primary prevention work to reduce violence in our world.”
Despite thin attempts to disguise this behind violence prevention, this is nothing more, in my opinion, than an attempt to emasculate men in our society. Just to be certain, I am opposed to rape and violence from men toward women, but taking away masculinity is not the answer.