Robin Dembroff, Yale :: Erecting Real Men
Friday October 11, 2024

Abstract: A standard feminist story tells us that men are the winners of patriarchy. But look around: The majority of men are economically exploited. Millions are made into targets or weapons of state violence. Sexual violence in prisons and combat zones is standard fare. Men kill themselves at four times the rate of women. I hope to convince you that these and many other devastating outcomes are not a bug in the patriarchal machinery, but rather a feature of it. Men may be told that manhood works in their favor, but for most men, it is a con.