TomDispatch regular Rebecca Solnit begins her stirring new essay on men and feminism this way: “What do the prime minister of India, retired National Football League punter Chris Kluwe, and superstar comedian Aziz Ansari have in common? It’s not that they’ve all walked into a bar, though Ansari could probably figure out the punch line to that joke. They’ve all spoken up for feminism this year, part of an unprecedented wave of men actively engaging with what’s usually called ‘women’s issues,’ though violence and discrimination against women are only women’s issues because they’re things done to women -- mostly by men, so maybe they should always have been ‘men’s issues.’ “The arrival of the guys signifies a sea change, part of an extraordinary year for feminism, in which the conversation has been transformed, as have some crucial laws, while new voices and constituencies joined in. There have always been men who agreed on the importance of those women’s issues, and some who spoke up, but never in such numbers or with such effect. And we need them. So consider this a watershed year for feminism.”
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:00:01 +0000
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