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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.

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Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.

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How many more school shootings do we need before we start talking about this as a social problem, and not merely a random collection of isolated incidents?

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Many young men in the 1960s and 1970s came to reject some of the traditional ideas about manhood that many of their fathers tried to pass down - like unquestioning respect for authority even when that might mean killing and dying for questionable or unjust causes such as the Vietnam War.

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A society that respects women needs to elect leaders who care more about women's lives than they do about their or their company's bottom line.

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Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.

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The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

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If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.

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As governor of California in 1970, Reagan endeared himself to millions of conservatives nationwide when he publicly rebuked the anti-war movement that was exploding on college campuses.

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Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: May 7th, 1960

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