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“Men have a general lack of awareness around their privilege,” Linder says. “They are not aware of dominant identities, so they inadvertently take up extra space.”
Though men can approach the feminist movement with intentions to help, they can often end up assuming dominant roles at the expense of women’s empowerment.
Linder conducted a study to examine women’s experiences collaborating with men in the feminist movement. While she notes that men and women successfully co-facilitated workshops, including discussions of sexual assault, she also observed drawbacks when men crowded out the very women they were trying to help...
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...
Marine says that men’s effectiveness in the movement depends on whether they lead in a thoughtful manner.