That's why we need to all be working to shift this culture away from small boxes of acceptable gender and harmful norms - and why men need to be leading the way.
Research done at Cambridge University indicates that men are more likely to listen to other men — both around issues of gender and race. They are able to present information as well as to confront inequality with much fewer negative repercussions than members of the groups in question.
It’s going to take a plurality of men who are serious about creating a healthier culture for that to gain real momentum — for the benefit of men, and for us all. Bullying, sexual violence, physical violence as a way to maintain control or solve problems, emotional isolation — these are all functions of a dominance hierarchy culture. They are not “human nature” and they are not inevitable.
We have the culture that we allow for and tolerate. Let’s get serious about doing better on that front. We need men to lead the way.
