> On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, elizabeth ann simmons wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 11 Apr 1996 schwaja3@wfu.edu wrote:
> >
> > > I am writing my paper on rape and domestic violence from an interactionist
> > > perspective and it is clear that men's roles are defined as well. "Masculinity"
> > > is one of the major reasons that men beat their wives or rape their girlfriends.
> > > Sad, but true.
> > >
> > So the question remains....Can we change the way roles are defined? I
> > mean rapid changes of the construction of roles. How can this be done?
> > betsy
>
> while i dont believe we can make any rapid changes in the construction of
> roles, i do believe that we can advocate other ways in which to define
> masculinity. i feel the construct of masculinity is a lot like racism- it
> will always exist but there are ways in which to "open eyes" abt the
> harms of each of these constructs
>
> iisha
>
I think iisha is right, if you think about it both racism and the
definition of masculinity have changed over the years, so we just need to
keep moving it in the same direction by manipulating the media!
louisa