"Language usage always has a political context." — Jackson Katz
"Language usage always has a political context."
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Jackson Katz
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19 Quotes by Jackson Katz
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There's been an awful lot of silence in make culture about this ongoing tragedy of men's violence against women and…
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We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our…
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Sociopathy is the extreme manifestation of the way we socialize boys in our society,
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Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not…
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The argument that 'boys will be boys' actually carries the profoundly anti-male implication that we should expect bad behavior from…
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We need to redefine strength in men, not as the power over other people, but as forces for justice.
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When media coverage sets up a binary opposition between 'the accuser' and 'the accused,' there is no longer a victim…
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The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.
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In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.
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As governor of California in 1970, Reagan endeared himself to millions of conservatives nationwide when he publicly rebuked the anti-war…
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For millions of women and men around the world, the playwright Eve Ensler is a beloved figure. She represents the…
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Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.
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I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.
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Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to…
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I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.
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We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and…
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In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?'…
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