4 Oct, 2024
Cracking Open Gender’s Role in Electing Presidents
Cracking Open Gender’s Role in Electing Presidents by Rob Okun 761 words Vice President Kamala Harris’s dramatic entry into the...
4 Oct, 2024
21 May, 2022
Mass shootings: It’s the masculinity, people
I’m beyond fed up that the gender of the murderers are still largely absent from conversations about America’s mass shootings crisis.
8 Aug, 2019
Are we ready now to put shooters’ gender at center of gun debate?
“Last weekend’s killing sprees in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, brought the number of mass shootings in the first...
24 May, 2018
Raising boys to love and care, not kill
“Heart contracts; numbness and tears collide. Ten dead, 13 wounded; this time in Santa Fe. If we’re ever to end...
20 Mar, 2018
Students: Time is Ripe to Add Gender to Gun Debate
“It’s time to listen to the students. Across the country, teenagers have walked out of classes, stood in holy silence,...
17 Dec, 2017
Arf
“Men are dogs (sorry, dogs!). Trump refers to his ambitions with canine instincts, e.g., he wants to spend $1.5 trillion...
17 Jul, 2017
Being Too Much
“Some people are just too much, as the story goes. Or too “extra,” in the parlance of today’s youth…” Laura...
31 Jan, 2017
Men’s Letter to the President: Support Gender Equality
“We marched in all 50 states. Several of the largest demonstrations were in the hundreds of thousands. In total, millions...
29 Sep, 2016
Presidential Debate Recommendations
“Like many others, I was deeply disturbed by much of what I heard (and saw) during the presidential debate on...
22 Jun, 2016
Rape is Rape, Nothing Else Is
“Let me begin with a simple declarative. Nothing, I repeat, nothing, is like being raped. Rape is a horrific invasion...
15 Jun, 2016
Why is the Orlando Murderer’s Gender Not Central to the Story?
“The massacre in Orlando was carried out as an act of rage. By a man. Who had access to military-grade...
14 Jun, 2016
A Father’s Day Present Worth Unwrapping
“Millions of men will wake up Sunday to handmade cards, neckties, and, maybe, a new electronic gadget. It’s Father’s Day...
13 Jun, 2016
Applauding Joe Biden
“So often, criticism is levied at politicians for an array of issues, much of it warranted. Sometimes, though, these folks...
13 May, 2016
I’m Not Your Shorty
“It wasn’t the first time. Like most women—84 percent across 22 countries, in fact– I have been catcalled by random...
11 May, 2016
Blue Revolution – Kuwaiti Women Gain Suffrage
“This week in nonviolent history commemorates the successful conclusion of Kuwait’s Blue Revolution. On May 17th, 2005, Kuwaiti women gained...