UT's Men's Project

02/17/2018

Important read.

Men react in a predictable way when they feel their masculinity is under threat.

10/25/2017

Looking for a Becker Seminar? We've got you. Come watch "The Mask You Live In" and listen to a panel discussion on how we can raise a healthier generation of young men. Thursday, 6PM in AMB 210.

09/01/2017

So excited to be the Center for Leadership and Service, University of Tennessee's featured student organization of the month! Stay tuned for some upcoming events.

08/28/2017

While The Men's Project is about masculinity and what it means to be a man, it is open to all folks, regardless of their gender and how they identify.

If you are interested in working with us and making this conversation happen on campus, fill out the form below.

Wan to get more involved in The Men's Project, or join our email list? Fill out this form below.

08/01/2017

We can look to the past and see that masculinity in America has been linked to the economy. Living in the years after the Great Recession, we can ask ourselves, 'how is this shaping current perceptions of masculinity?'

What's the fate of "masculinity" in a world where it’s hard for many men to achieve personal success? It's a question we asked in the 1930s, too.

05/01/2017

"It is easier to build strong children than repair broken men." --Frederick Douglass

Proud that two of our members are in the process of becoming mentors for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Check it out.

Save Our Sons is proud to partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters of East TN to help find 100 Mentors in 100 Days.

If YOU would like to make a BIG impact in a young child's life visit TennesseeBig.org or call 865.523.2179

04/18/2017

"We had thousands and thousands of high school and college students on the telephone and I addressed them by saying look, we need your help. Any suggestions you have how we can make the college campuses or high school campuses safer for you, let us know.... I felt like an idiot when I got the responses.

The overwhelming, spontaneous response without any prompting was, get men involved. Get men involved. Although we had been working on trying to change the culture with men as well, all of a sudden it hit us."

“You have an obligation to step up.”

04/12/2017

This evening at 6:30p.m. in the Panhellenic Building, there is a Diversity Dialogue: The Impact of Femininity, Masculinity, and Stigma on Sexual Violence. It is highly encouraged to attend if interested!

Diversity Dialogues Common Ground: The Impact of Femininity, Masculinity, and Stigma on Sexual ViolenceApril 126:30 pm – 7:30 pmPanhellenic Mult

04/06/2017

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04/03/2017

Violence against women - it's a men's issue. Watch this talk and learn a little about why.

"...there's so many men who care deeply about these issues, but caring deeply is not enough. We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other...
We owe it to women. There's no question about it. But we also owe it to our sons."

Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called "women's issues." But in this bold, blunt talk, Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men's issues -- and shows how these violent behaviors are tied to definitions of manhood. A clarion call for us all -- women and men -- to call out...

03/30/2017

Check out what one of our founders, Don Black, has to say about his own definition of masculinity.

"Bullying others isn’t manly, standing up to bullies is. Ignoring the needs of people who can’t take of themselves isn’t manly, helping those who can’t help themselves is. Protecting assailants from criminal punishments isn’t manly, challenging sexist attitudes and standing up for others is."

I remember the first time someone told me to "be a man."

03/27/2017

If you like The Men's Project, then check out some other great related resources on campus like Vols Help Vols, Women's Coordinating Council of UTK, UTK Program in Women, Gender, Sexuality and Students Who Stand.

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