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Antisexist Books and Films to Educate and Inspire PEOPLE’S GUIDE TO ANTISEXIST MEN’S ACTIVISM Antisexist Books and Films to Educate and Inspire f one way men can respond to the #MeToo moment is by many other forms of abuse, and their connection to cultural ideas listening to women, a good place to start is by reading books by about manhood. and about women across the ethnic/racial and sexual orienta- While it is not practical in this limited space to do justice to the Ition spectrum. Similarly, men seeking greater insight into men’s role richness of writing and filmmaking on these crucial matters, the in the changing sociocultural landscape can acquaint themselves following lists provide a good introduction for anyone—but espe- with the rich body of work that men and women have produced cially men—who wants to proceed on the parallel paths of critical over the past generation that focuses on men and multiracial, self-awareness and social justice activism. The lists are hardly multiethnic masculinities. exhaustive. There are many great works that don’t appear here, Because the #MeToo moment was catalyzed by women’s testi- and the selections reflect an obvious U.S.-centric bias. With some mony about the harassment, abuse and violence they have experi- exceptions, the lists also are biased toward material released in the enced from men, and because men’s violence against women is one past couple of decades. Nonetheless, what follows is a sampling of of the great, ongoing injustices of our time and all time, it is crucial some of the best and most useful books and films available on this that men who care about gender equality and justice engage directly topic in the English language today. with this difficult topic. Fortunately, there are many great resources available to help —Jackson Katz men understand the roots of sexual and domestic violence and Fraternity Gang Rape: Sex, Brotherhood Books and Privilege on Campus, by Peggy Reeves Angry White Men: American Masculinity Sanday (2007) at the End of an Era, by Michael Kimmel Getting Off: Pornog- (2017) raphy and the End Dying To Be Men: of Masculinity, by Psychosocial, Envi- R o b e r t J e n s e n r o nm e n t al a n d (2007) Biobehavioral Direc- Guyland: The Perilous tions in Promoting World Where Boys the Health of Men Become Men, by and Boys, by Will Michael Kimmel Courtenay (2005) (2008) Family Violence and I Don’t Want to Talk Men of Color: Healing About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of the Wounded Male Male Depression, by Terrence Real (1998) Spirit, by Ricardo Carillo and Jerry Tello (2008) Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power, Shira Tarrant, editor (2013) 28 VOICE MALE PEOPLE’S GUIDE TO ANTISEXIST MEN’S ACTIVISM Men’s Lives, 9th edition, Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic, Michael Kimmel and by James Gilligan (1997) Michael Messner, Voice Male: The Untold Story of the Profemi- editors (2018) nist Men’s Movement, Rob Okun, editor New Black Man, Tenth (2018) Anniversary Edition, by We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity, Mark Anthony Neal by bell hooks (2015) Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Documentary Films and Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb, by Bernard Education Videos Lefkowitz (1997) All films produced or distributed by Media Real Boys: Rescuing Our Education Foundation (www.mediaed. Sons from the Myths of org) unless otherwise noted. Boyhood, by William Asking for It: The Ethics and Erotics of Pollack (1999) Sexual Consent (with Harry Brod) (2010) Some Men: Feminist The Bro Code: How Contemporary Culture Allies and the Move- Creates Sexist Men (2015) ment to End Violence Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex & Power in Against Women , by Music Video (2016) Michael Messner, Max Greenberg, and The Empathy Gap: Masculinity and the Tal Peretz (2016) Courage to Change (2015) Stop Hurting the Generation M: Misogyny in Media & Culture (2015) Woman You Love: Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, God Bless the Child Produc- Breaking the Cycle of tions (2016) Abusive Behavior, by Charlie Donaldson The Hunting Ground, Chain Camera and Randy Flood Pictures (2015) (2006) The Invisible War Cinedigm, (2012) The Education of Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Kevin Powell, by Women (2016) Kevin Powell (2015) The Mask You Live The Gender Knot: In, The Repre- Unraveling Our Patri- sentation Project archal Legacy, by Allan (2016) Johnson (2014) The Guy’s Guide to Miss Representation, The Representation Feminism, Project (2011) by Michael Kaufman and The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Michael Kimmel Sexuality and Relationships (2014) (2011) Tough Guise 2: Violence, Manhood & Amer- The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt ican Culture (2013) Women and How All Men Can Help, by Wrestling with Manhood: Boys, Bullying & Battering (2003) Jackson Katz (2006) Unclenching Our Fists: Abusive Men on the Ted Talks by Men Journey to Nonviolence, by Sara Elinoff Acker (2013) Among Ted talks addressing trans- forming masculinities and men challenging Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for violence against women, consider watching Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse, those delivered by the following: Justin by Mike Lew (2004) Baldoni, Jackson Katz, Michael Kimmel, Violence Against Women in Pornography, by and Tony Porter. Walter DeKeseredy and Marilyn Corsianos (2016) SPRING 2018 29.
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