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For information about or to schedule a college lecture, please
contact: Lordly & Dame, 51 Church Street, Boston,
MA 02116, Telephone: (617) 482-3593, Fax: (617) 426-8019. To
schedule non-college lectures or trainings, please send initial
inquiries via e-mail message to JacksonKatz@aol.com.
Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in
Masculinity
A multimedia presentation. In this lecture, Jackson Katz uses
clips from his film, Tough Guise, to illustrate how mainstream
media images - from sports, television, Hollywood film, and
music video - help to promote violent masculinity as a cultural
norm. The intent of this lecture is to provide students, teachers,
and anyone else with conceptual and practical tools for reading
media images critically - especially those connected with masculinity
and violence. Both negative and positive images are included.
To learn more about the video, Tough
Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity, please
visit the Media Education Foundation.
More Than a Few Good Men: A Lecture on American
Manhood and Violence Against Women
How can we encourage men to attend programs on sex and gender
issues? How can we encourage men to move beyond defensiveness
on the subject of date rape and other forms of gender violence?
How can we educate men about these issues without blaming them
for centuries of sexism and gender oppression? In More Than
a Few Good Men, Jackson Katz addresses these topics head-on.
This acclaimed program inspires men and women to confront one
of the most serious problems facing college students at the
turn of the century: men's violence against women. The subjects
he covers include rape, sexual harassment, abuse in college
dating relationships, and other forms of gender-based discrimination
and violence. Traditionally, these issues have been considered
"women's issues." More Than a Few Good Men, by contrast,
focuses on the lives and attitudes of boys and men. In a provocative
presentation that interposes irreverent humor with unpleasant
reality, Katz stimulates dialogue between the sexes by helping
to illuminate how the problems of individual women and men are
linked to larger social forces. More Than a Few Good Men is
not the typical lecture about men behaving badly. With his witty,
engaging, and personal speaking style, Katz:
- Shares stories from his pioneering gender violence prevention
work with U.S. Marines, professional and collegiate athletes,
and college fraternities.
- Illustrates how the sports culture, comedy, advertising,
and other media depictions of men, women, sex and violence
contribute to pandemic levels of gender violence.
- Conveys a cutting edge analysis of masculinity and sexual
politics.
- Shows, with humor, how homophobia prevents many men, and
women, from dealing honestly with sexism.
- Draws connections between the campus culture of drinking
and the incidence of sexual assault.
My Gun's Bigger Than Yours: Images of Manhood
and Violence in the Media
An illustrated slide-lecture. This slide-lecture is regularly
updated with images from popular culture and is presented in
an interactive style where the audience has the opportunity
to participate in dialogue about the images presented. Subjects
covered include professional wrestling, sports, Hollywood film,
advertising, and music videos.
It's the Masculinity, Stupid: White Males, Iconic
Images, and Presidential Politics
An illustrated slide-lecture. This slide-lecture is an original,
entertaining, and cutting-edge analysis of political imagery
and rhetoric in an era of gender upheaval. Typical presentations
about gender in politics focus on women and how their voting
patterns and electoral participation are changing the face of
American politics. It's the Masculinity, Stupid, by contrast,
focuses on the gendered nature of men's voting patterns and
choices. Special attention is paid to imagery from presidential
campaigns from 1972 to the present. This presentation is extensively
illustrated with photo-ops, political cartoons, newspaper headlines
and a variety of symbolic political imagery.
Possible lecture/training titles for Jackson Katz appearances:
(Note: this list is intended to provide sponsoring organizations
with a range of possible titles for talks and trainings. Event
titles are not limited to this list. Please check with Jackson
Katz before deciding on a title.
More Than A Few Good Men
Tough Guise
Men, Women, Sex and Violence
Taking It Personally: Why Gender Violence is an Issue for Men
Bad Boys and Bystanders
Violence and Silence
Men, Masculinities and Media
Drink Like A Man
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