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These men support women but do not publicly vocalize their sentiments, indicating that more men care about women’s issues than meets the eye, but few engage in these discussions. These are the kind of men Van Vuuren hopes will transition to the side of visible advocacy.
According to HMAR member Christopher M. Gilbert, a student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the group’s goal is not to be a leader in the movement for women’s rights, but to back it up.
However, he notes that male participants are still few, often because of social pressure that they feel to conform to traditional standards of masculinity. He notes that it is easier for men to care about race issues, but few are quick to rally around gender outreach, and this is something...
“It’s not counteractive to the goals of feminism to have men lead women’s groups, but it could be problematic if they’re not self-aware about how they approach their work,” Marine says.
“I had a visceral philosophy and general idea of how I would like to see the world, but I didn’t know quite how to express it,” he says, adding that he wanted to take a more proactive role when he came...