toxic masculinity

Break rooms at tech offices are furnished with foosball, pingpong and billiards tables –– almost as though they’re man caves.

Too many men in my life have caved to peer pressure when in the presence of other men, remaining silent or participating in demeaning humor and language.

Aside from the role that it can play in perpetuating rape culture, hypermasculinity helps explain why a lot of men may feel reluctant to vocally express pleasure during sex.

I want to be clear about the meaning of this movement. Fraternity men: #BoycottFrats isn’t an attack on your lifestyle — it is an attack on your complacency. No one said you are all rapists.

What kind of strength and power are we cultivating when we train our bodies and minds, and in service to what values? Are we simply putting on armor, or are we taking enough time to stretch, to be pliant and flexible? What kind of men are we trying to become?

Although fraternities may have recently implemented consent talks, it is evident in light of recent events and pervasive sexual violence norms that we must demand that more be done to protect the campus community.