AlexCat203While many men have supported women’s struggle for equality, there is a lack of education about men active in feminist activism. Why do you think this is?
There are many male feminists in our history, but they are overlooked for the same reasons that women in our history are overlooked. They are viewed as weak and unimportant by the dominant males. The involvement of men in the feminist movement is so important because with their help we can open the minds of other males to the ideas of feminism, but because the history of women is eliminated from our education then of course any history showing support of women is also eliminated.
What institutional changes are needed to be inclusive of a diversity of gender identities?
Institutions need to better incorporate intersectionality into their curriculum for the “average” history classes not just the women studies classes. For example, professors and curriculum writers for classes such as cinematography need to put more effort into discovering and teaching about films produced by women and minorities. If the generation being educated never learns about women’s history then who will? It will just become a repetition of the past just as Judy said.
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