The Masculinities Project at Stanford

05/10/2017

This is basically the billionaire version of "bros before hoes." Disgusting.

Men accused of s*xual harassment stick together—women get paid to shut up.

05/04/2017

04/11/2017

"Promundo, a nonprofit organization that promotes gender equity, surveyed roughly 1,300 American men between 18 and 30. Seventy-five percent said that they’re supposed to act strong even when scared or nervous; 63 percent said that they’re exhorted to seize s*x whenever available; 46 percent said that they’re waved away from household chores. [...] The research suggested that plenty of American men live in what some sociologists call the Man Box, constricted by a concept of manhood that includes aggression, hypers*xuality, supreme authority and utter self-sufficiency."

Raging lust. Boiling anger. Imperious authority. Is this what masculinity is still about?

04/06/2017

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which is also National Poetry Month. Here's a poet's take on intimate partner violence.

Research shows that about 85% of men will never commit an act of s*xual violence. So it's up to us to speak out against the violence perpetrated by our brothers; to educate ourselves; and to hold each other accountable to a standard of manhood that isn't premised on violence, dominance, and control.

In honor of National Domestic Violence Month, spoken word artist Dasan Ahanu reads his poem "Can I," which he wrote while conducting s*xual-assault awareness and education training with men in Durham, N.C. Ahanu teaches at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

02/17/2017

Visit our new and improved website! http://masculinities.stanford.edu

01/27/2017

i want more 'men'
with flowers falling from their skin.
more water in their eyes.
more tremble in their bodies.
more women in their hearts
than
on their hands.
more softness in their height.
more honesty in their voice.
more wonder.
more humility in their feet.

- nayyirah waheed

(c/o Pooja Varman)

01/25/2017

Do you wonder what men can do to promote gender equity?

The Stanford Women's Community Center and the Stanford Men & Masculinities Project project are looking for man-identified students to continue an ongoing cross-campus collaboration to challenge social norms about masculinity, facilitate healthy conversations on gender and feminism, and promote meaningful action. Time commitment is flexible and projects will be largely self-determined.

At this critical juncture in our history it is more important than ever for forward-thinking men to be actively engaged in challenging the conventions of our social fabric. If you are interested in joining this effort, please submit an application by filling in the form below—we seek both graduate and undergraduate student coordinators.

We look forward to hearing from you!

APPLICATION FORM: http://web.stanford.edu/~mehanson/mensoutreach2017.fb

Please submit this application by 11:59pm on Sunday 2/5

Men & Masculinities Project: http://masculinities.stanford.edu
Stanford Women's Community Center: https://wcc.stanford.edu
Men at the WCC: https://wcc.stanford.edu/men-wcc

01/09/2017

01/05/2017

Props to our friends at the UW-Madison Multicultural Student Center for their work on the Men's Project! Regardless of the ignorant backlash you're receiving from some state legislators, we know you're doing great work. Keep it up; Wisconsin needs you.

12/28/2016

Men aren't making the same kinds of intimate friendships many women have -- but they want to

12/22/2016

"We are interested in love and inclusion as a tool of revolutionary change, right? And the idea is simply, if we drop all our preconceived notions about how somebody is supposed to be -- in their body, in their gender, in their skin -- if we take the intentional steps to unlearn these deep-seated biases and create space for people to be self-determined, and embrace who they are, then we will definitely create a better world than the one we were born into."

Love is a tool for revolutionary change and a path toward inclusivity and understanding for the LGBTQ+ community. Married activists Tiq and Kim Katrin Milan have imagined their marriage -- as a transgender man and cis woman -- a model of possibility for people of every kind. With infectious joy, Tiq...

12/19/2016

Mhmm

Mhmm.