Student paper columnist: Men’s center not a bad idea

Article here. Excerpt:

'I recently was in a class when a discussion broke out about the men’s center and how it was going to be voted on in this past week’s election due to it being included in the platform of one of the candidates.
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In the beginning of this conversation, I will admit that I was convinced that this would be a place where men would sit and talk about how women are pulling the rape card or plotting how they would get out of whatever situation they were in.
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If these gentle spirits that help me with my movement and my cause need the same help I do, I would never, ever, turn my back on them based solely on their sex.

This is not to say that every man who may use this center is a part of the feminist movement, but they hopefully are more compassionate to women’s causes if they are experiencing the same type of gender violence that women are.

In the case of the men’s center, I feel it is the first step towards fixing a broken system and bringing light to men’s gender violence issues as well.

Hopefully we can all work together someday to end these atrocities and maybe this is just the beginning.'