Posts by Jamie Utt
5 Lies That Distort Male Sexuality and Hurt Men
#1: “Sow your wild oats.” You don’t have to follow these messages — and this shows how you’ll be better off with a healthier approach to sex.
Read MoreStop Thinking Like a Perpetrator: 4 Ways to Better Support Survivors of Sexual Violence
Despite progress in raising awareness of sexual violence, there are still those who attempt to lay people’s trauma on a spectrum with one end being “shut up, it’s not that bad” and the other end being “legitimate rape.” All this ends up doing is denying the pain of survivors. Here are four important things we need to do in order to abandon perpetrator logic.
Read More8 Things White People Really Need to Understand About Race
Feeling defensive about racism? There’s a good chance you’re missing some of this info – and it’s all crucial for white people to understand.
Read More10 Ways Men Can Combat Sexist Entitlement in Public
When we pair the entitlement that men too often feel with the everyday misogyny that women face, we have a dangerous combination. And we cannot expect women to be the only ones leading men to change. If we do, then we are surely contributing to the wider problem. So here are 10 simple ways that men can combat sexist entitlement in public.
Read MoreStop Saying Affirmative Action Disadvantages White Students
When I do Q&A sessions with young people, a White young person will usually ask, “How do you feel about Affirmative Action? It’s not fair that I will have less of a chance of getting into college because of what happened in the past!” Ask any White person how they feel about Affirmative Action, and you’ll probably hear that it is “unfair.” This is just not true.
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