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05 Jan 2015
Critical Responses to Emma Watson speech to the UN by Michael Flood

My colleague Kenton Bell compiled these two useful lists, one on 'Critical Responses to Emma Watson speech to the UN' and the other on 'Additional pop-cultural readings asking and answering the question: Can Men be Feminists?'.

Critical Responses to Emma Watson speech to the UN.
• “The Most Important Words in Emma Watson's Speech Were About Masculinity” by Nicki Cole
o http://sociology.about.com/od/Current-Events-in-Sociological-Context/fl…
• “Emma Watson Speech Hardly a Game-changer” by Clementine Ford

19 Dec 2014
At last: An online resource discusses frankly the effects of pornography on young people by Michael Flood

Anyone who works with young people and is looking for a resource to tackle the vexed question of pornography and its often negative effects would find the ‘It’s time we talked’ website extremely useful.

11 Aug 2013
“Feminists just need to be ‘nicer.’” Oh yeah? I call “Bullshit!” by Bill Patrick
 
I keep hearing the same assertion:

More men would support feminism if only...

06 Aug 2013
Designing “Mr. Right.” (On creating the man you’d want your wife to marry.) by Bill Patrick

 

 

(This post is about men who are in heterosexual relationships.  While much of what I discuss here would no doubt also apply to relationships between people of any genders, as a straight guy I only feel qualified to comment on men’s role in romantic relationships that occur between men and women.)

04 Aug 2013
Who is the greatest person in human history? Wrong! It’s his mother! by Bill Patrick

 

Some thoughts on mothers and Mother's Day...

Quick!  Name the greatest person in human history!