Some men : feminist allies in the movement to end violence against women

273 Pages·2015·4.81 MB·English

by  Michael A., Greenberg, Max A., Messner, Peretz, Tal

Some Men
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Messner, Michael A.
Some men : feminist allies and the movement to end violence against women / Michael A.
Messner, Max A. Greenberg, and Tal Peretz.
pages cm. — (Oxford studies in culture and politics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0–19–933876–4 (hardcover: alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–19–933877–1
(pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Women—Violence against—Prevention. 2. Men—Political
activity. 3. Feminism. I. Greenberg, Max A. II. Peretz, Tal. III. Title.
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To the memory of
Chris Norton (1950–2012)
and
Allan Creighton (1946–2013)
Pioneering antiviolence activists and lifelong advocates for social justice
CONTENTS

List of Illustrations ix

Preface: Men Upstream xi

Acknowledgments xiii

1. “Tis is men’s work” 1

2. Diving In: Te Movement Cohort, 1970s to 1980s 26

3. Digging In: Te Bridge Cohort, Mid-1980s to 1990s 62

4. Plugging In: Te Professional Cohort, Mid-1990s to the Present 95

5. Earning Your Ally Badge: Men, Feminism, and Accountability 135

6. Conclusion: Men, Feminism, and Social Justice 170

Appendix 1: List of Interviewees with Demographic Descriptors 191

Appendix 2: Te Authors’ Moments of Engagement 201

Notes 211

References 235
Index 247
L IS T OF ILLUS TR ATIONS

FIGURES
1.1 Feminist engagements with violence against women 12
1.2 Birth years of interviewees 20
2.1 Brother, a male liberation newspaper, summer 1971 35
2.2 California Anti-Sexist Men’s Political Caucus at a political
march, circa 1980 40
2.3 Don Conway-Long, Craig Norberg-Bohm, Mick Addison-Lamb,
and Mark Benson-Robinson, core members of Rape And
Violence Ends Now (RAVEN), St. Louis, Missouri,
circa 1980 57
3.1 Changing Men magazine, “Men Confront Pornography”
cover, fall 1985 74
4.1 “MY STRENGTH IS NOT FOR HURTING” poster 124
4.2 “MY STRENGTH IS NOT FOR HURTING” poster 125
4.3 Men at Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, 2013 129
4.4 Man at a Slutwalk, 2012 130
6.1 “MY STRENGTH IS FOR DEFENDING” poster 171
6.2 “MY STRENGTH IS FOR DEFENDING” poster 172

TABLE
6.1 Paradigmatic shifts in views on gender and violence 178