Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.
Jackson KatzTypical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.
Jackson KatzMany young men in the 1960s and 1970s came to reject some of the traditional ideas about manhood that many of their fathers tried to pass down - like unquestioning respect for authority even when that might mean killing and dying for questionable or unjust causes such as the Vietnam War.
Jackson KatzElite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.
Jackson Katz