Last fall, the nation was shocked to learn that frat guys at Yale were parading around campus chanting “No means yes! Yes means anal!” Even more shocking was an apparent pattern of such ritual marches, a pattern that included a rally in front of the campus women’s center with a poster that read “We Love […]
Dispatches from Guyland (Series)
This column is based on a simple premise: that the changes wrought by feminism over the past half-century have changed men’s lives as well as women’s. It’s about realizing that gender equality is not a zero-sum game in which men lose if women win, but a win-win.
Gay Bashing is About Masculinity
The tragic suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi has led to a wave of national hand-wringing anguish about the daily torture and humiliations suffered by young gays and lesbians. An article in The New York Times expanded the conversation to include the stories of several other gay teens who recently committed suicide, such as Seth […]
Lexus, Lacoste and Lacrosse: The Entitled Elite Male Athlete
There’s no shortage of explanations for the tragic death of Yeardley Love, University of Virgina lacrosse player at the hands of George Huguely, a player on the men’s lacrosse team, with whom she had recently broken off a dating relationship. It’s human, after all, to search for some reason in what appears to be such […]