I guess it depends on how you approach the subject. As far as defining "gender roles", I'm with you- I don't think they're any good, no matter what they are. But when I consider the topic, I do it in (posted to A Positive Definition of Masculinity)
Very nice. One thing I'll throw out a different possibility for: Since women are a noticeable minority in the military, if the MWR people were going to bring male entertainers for them, I would guess it would pretty much (posted to Military entertainment promoting rape?)
Mmm... that's interesting. It makes me wonder: The author of the study called sexist humor a "releaser of prejudice". That's different than a source. It sounds like, without downplaying the negative effects at all, that humor acts as reinforcement of (posted to How Many Feminists Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?)
You're right. Adding to the problem is that too many people think high schoolers aren't capable enough to grasp more complex tasks, such as getting ignorant abusers to understand what they're doing. Focusing on what you can do to protect (posted to Can we please have a new lesson plan?)
Did you know that men's moral compass isn't controlled by bad jokes or family guy? That if the men found it was ok to be sexist after hearing a joke, then the problem isn't the joke its obviously the people (posted to How Many Feminists Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?)
I don't agree with the premise that this kind of thing only happens in the military. It's famous for happening at college fraternities, and in the context of celebrating college sports events. (Armies and universities both take very young adults (posted to Military entertainment promoting rape?)
I agree with you totally!!! There are some people who do need to learn that there behavior in not okay. Esp. people with Asperger's (I have it so I kind of know) who don't know. I was thought social skills (posted to Can we please have a new lesson plan?)
