Jackson Katz addresses sexual assault on college campuses

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2016-04-15 12:22

Article here. Excerpt:

'Jackson Katz, educator, filmmaker and creator of the gender violence prevention program, Mentors in Violence Prevention, spoke to students about gender violence in society Thursday evening at the University of Wisconsin Chemistry Building.

In the talk called “The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help,” Katz discussed many topics such as a man’s role in gender violence, the use of language when addressing gender and the role of bystanders and media in gender violence.
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Katz first focused on sexual assault as a problem for men and women in society. He said men’s lives have been vastly improved by the leadership of women. Gender violence also affects men who have experienced domestic violence when they were young, which then perpetuates a cycle of abuse, Katz said.

Katz said the language society uses when talking about assault is important in the victim-blaming phenomenon today. Language like “alleged victim” and “accuser” puts the fault of sexual assault on the victim and not the perpetrator, Katz said.'

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Wikipedia on Katz here.

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One who accuses another of a crime is an accuser. The accused is an accusee.

People like Katz would have us dispense with any questioning of an accuser, use "victim" instead, and presume guilt at all times.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. So is injustice.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2016-04-15 23:00

Katz has proven before that he is completely illogical. I once watched a tedx talk of his, that I couldn't get more than two minutes through. All of the self-flagellation and "One Good Man" syndrome in the video was enough to make me vomit in my mouth.

I absolutely despise it when gender ideologues try to act like the entirety of men are responsible for violence against women. My usual response to this type of ridiculous assertion is, "speak for yourself, man."

I wonder if he was falsely accused of something, would he still have the same attitude of "all men are guilty until proven innocent"?

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Submitted by xtrnl on Sat, 2016-04-16 09:28