Some men : feminist allies in the movement to end violence against women PDF
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Some Men Recent Titles in OXFORD STUDIES IN CULTURE AND POLITICS Cliford Bob and James M. Jasper, General Editors Fire in the Heart How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice Mark R. Warren Nonviolent Revolutions Civil Resistance in the Late 20th Century Sharon Erickson Nepstad Democracy in the Making How Activist Groups Form Kathleen M. Blee Ethnic Boundary Making Institutions, Power, Networks Andreas Wimmer Women in War Te Micro-processes of Mobilization in El Salvador Jocelyn Viterna Some Men Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence Against Women Michael A. Messner, Max A. Greenberg, and Tal Peretz 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With ofces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Tailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 © Oxford University Press 2015 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Messner, Michael A. Some men : feminist allies and the movement to end violence against women / Michael A. Messner, Max A. Greenberg, and Tal Peretz. pages cm. — (Oxford studies in culture and politics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–19–933876–4 (hardcover: alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–19–933877–1 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Women—Violence against—Prevention. 2. Men—Political activity. 3. Feminism. I. Greenberg, Max A. II. Peretz, Tal. III. Title. HV6250.4.W65M4785 2015 362.88082—dc23 2014022452 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper To the memory of Chris Norton (1950–2012) and Allan Creighton (1946–2013) Pioneering antiviolence activists and lifelong advocates for social justice CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Preface: Men Upstream xi Acknowledgments xiii 1. “Tis is men’s work” 1 2. Diving In: Te Movement Cohort, 1970s to 1980s 26 3. Digging In: Te Bridge Cohort, Mid-1980s to 1990s 62 4. Plugging In: Te Professional Cohort, Mid-1990s to the Present 95 5. Earning Your Ally Badge: Men, Feminism, and Accountability 135 6. Conclusion: Men, Feminism, and Social Justice 170 Appendix 1: List of Interviewees with Demographic Descriptors 191 Appendix 2: Te Authors’ Moments of Engagement 201 Notes 211 References 235 Index 247 L IS T OF ILLUS TR ATIONS FIGURES 1.1 Feminist engagements with violence against women 12 1.2 Birth years of interviewees 20 2.1 Brother, a male liberation newspaper, summer 1971 35 2.2 California Anti-Sexist Men’s Political Caucus at a political march, circa 1980 40 2.3 Don Conway-Long, Craig Norberg-Bohm, Mick Addison-Lamb, and Mark Benson-Robinson, core members of Rape And Violence Ends Now (RAVEN), St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1980 57 3.1 Changing Men magazine, “Men Confront Pornography” cover, fall 1985 74 4.1 “MY STRENGTH IS NOT FOR HURTING” poster 124 4.2 “MY STRENGTH IS NOT FOR HURTING” poster 125 4.3 Men at Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, 2013 129 4.4 Man at a Slutwalk, 2012 130 6.1 “MY STRENGTH IS FOR DEFENDING” poster 171 6.2 “MY STRENGTH IS FOR DEFENDING” poster 172 TABLE 6.1 Paradigmatic shifts in views on gender and violence 178
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