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In Jackson Katz’s essay “Guilty Pleasures: Pornography, Prostitution, and Stripping” (Chapter 10 of the linked book) from 2006, the title explains it all. Well, sort of. Katz goes in detail to explain the view of pornography from the feminist perspective, including both the view of the feminists that are for or adamantly against the pornContinue reading “On “Guilty Pleasures” by Jackson Katz”

Jackson Katz –  “Violence Against Women – it’s a Men’s Issue” Jackson Katz begins his TED Talk by explaining the way that we as a society have begun taking men out of the conversation about sexual and domestic abuse. In turn, we focus on the victim, women, and what they are doing to be placedContinue reading ““Violence Against Women – it’s a Men’s Issue””

Jackson Katz was born May 7, 1960 in Swampscott, Maryland. Katz is currently married to his wife, Shelley, and has a son named Judah. He is an activist in masculine studies, specifically focusing on the way that norms have focused on creating a culture of “misogyny, homophobia, and violence” (182). Prior, Kats studied at UMassContinue reading “Jackson Katz”