BLOG #4
1a/b. (Ch. 1) This idea behind that the United States (society) continues to produce thousand of physically and emotionally abusive men. This is something that really makes sense to me. I completely agree with it. I never made this connection that we were making men to be this way, but, we are just by how men are portrayed in the media, strong, dominate. I think that since men are boys they are in a sense “programmed” to show this dominance over women, which leads boys when they become older to have this control over women, and some men show it through violence. This traditional way of raising men, is what is hurting women, we have to raise and teach this new generations of boys that violence towards women is not the answer. We have to break this traditional norms of how to raise boys, because if we do not we are going to continue to produce physically, emotionally abusive men.
2a. (Ch. 2) “…once you are aware of the degree that women that women suffer because of gender violence you cannot go about your business and pretend that everything is fine.” To me I believe that this is one of the most significant things that Katz says in the chapter, or maybe just something that I can really connect to a male in my life. I was recently talking to a friend and I was telling him about the reading and telling him about the crazy statistics about women violence. And to him it was absolutely shocking to realize these numbers, and how high they were. He was completely convinced that numbers for abused women had gone down, and that those high numbers did not exist, he was not aware of the real situation. Now, that he knows he wanted to get involved, he was asking me of things that he could do. I also think that he is not the only person like this, with this misunderstanding. So letting people know is a big step for people to take action.
2a. (Ch. 5) When Katz talks about still some women cannot confront men or hold them accountable about men violence. Katz talks about this struggle for women that idea that women do not want to be held accountable for bashing on men or being known as the man hater. I can really connect with this because prior to have taken other women studies course. I as always really skeptical about “trashing” on men because I was scared of what they would think of me I would not want them to think I hated them. But, is reality is that you have to be proud of what position you stand on issues, because if you set the example people will follow. I believe that a lot of women have a hard trouble understanding this idea, because I was one of these females. So I believe women should be proud about what they believe, and not care about the reactions of others because in a lot of situations they are not even true.
