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Without an Agenda, With a Clue: The New “Male Feminist Network” Contributes to Gender Discourse on Campus
By ERIC WARD
This fall, Gideon Mausner ’11 founded the Male Feminist Network. Unlike the other feminist organizations on campus, the group identifies with no wave, and has no political, economic, or activist agenda. Its mission is to create a safe space on campus where men in the Yale community can meet and discuss their relationship to masculinity, women, and each other. ...
Why Yale Students Don’t Understand Date Rape
In a conversation with a normally non judgmental and mothering friend, I alluded to the date rape of someone we both knew; my friend rolled her eyes and asked, “What does that even mean?” Her reaction is not unique for this campus. Many Yale students approach the topic of date rape with a disconcerting blend of hesitancy and cynicism. Neither Yale, nor its students, can be blamed in full for this ambivalence—few issues on American college campuses are as contentious, or as pertinent, as that of date rape. ...
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