SWMS 210mgw Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Jackson Katz, Intermediate Scrutiny, Big Tent
Document Summary
Men and white women: privileged allies of the women"s movement in general. Other side of the pedestal effect: heightened scrutiny of men. Phyllis frank: healthy skepticism that comes with the field. Men tend to make more mistakes: need to check-in with women. Choreography of entitlement: every kind of behavior can be colored by entitlement and privilege. Anecdote: men who just finished giving a workshop on anti-violence for women went to dinner and made sexual comments about the waitress. Fully integrated with the women"s feminist movement. Accountability: always checking in with the women in the movement, making sure their solutions are actually viable. Non-competitiveness clauses: not applying for funding to compete with other women"s organizations. Male activists start connecting their work with other kinds of social/political groups. Growing confidence of men being right in their thinking. Big tent approach: approaching all kinds of groups, even groups with opposing groups (pro-life) to come together on the common fight against violence.
