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Harvard Men Against Rape is one successful example of men coming together to advocate for women’s equality and safety from sexual assault.
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.
“There’s not much space for men in those type of groups, and we wanted to give a special space for men that want to engage in that work,” Gilbert says, referring to groups like HMAR.
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...
“I wondered about the political implications of being a male leading WLP and whether it would be seen as a political irony by having a non-woman in a leadership position,” Castro Samayoa says. “It is something that I grapple with...