Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Ben Atherton-Zeman <>]

“We will stand up against injustice. We will speak out against it, and will listen without defensiveness when it is pointed out in us. Strength as men will be measured not just by how many weights we can lift, but by how well we can listen.”

 

Hi, friends!  I have updated the 2001 “Men’s Manifesto” for Shira Tarrant’s forthcoming book, the second edition of “Men Speak Out – Views on Gender, Sex and Power.”  You can pre-purchase Shira’s book at http://tinyurl.com/9kxdgbx. 

 

Ms. Magazine Online was kind enough to publish an excerpt from the new Manifesto, and it’s getting some comments – many positive, others along the lines of "women just as violent," "you're saying all men are rapists," "there's no such thing as male privilege" etc. 

 

I think these sorts of comments blame the victim, and help us men avoid taking responsibility as a gender.  It would help if list members could comment from a place of accountability - I’d certainly appreciate it.  http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/09/20/mens-manifesto-2012/

 

Many thanks for your good work!

 

Ben Atherton-Zeman: Feminist, actor, husband

Performing a one-man play “Voices of Men,” working to end sexual and domestic violence

Video clips available at http://www.voicesofmen.org