Men's role in feminist movement
unclear; argued by men, feminists
By Chris Norred
Of Um timer Bid
In the face of the changing
feminist movement, men may
be wondering where they fit in
to the scheme of things.
University Women's Referral
and Resource Service Director
Becky Bilyeu said men are
generally supportive of the
goals pursued by women's
groups.
During the Eugene "Take
Back the Night" march, which
usually takes place each winter,
men aren’t allowed to march
along with the women. "If men
want to be supportive, they
stand and hold signs and meet
us at different points along the
route.” she said, ‘if men are
alongside, it defeats the
purpose.”
Bilyeu recounted a friend's
experience in a similar march in
Portland where men were
allowed to march along. "She
marched right behind a man —
she was angry. It’s not very
often women get to do that —
have a space that's just theirs.”
There are some women's
groaps that are very receptive to
working with men. Bilyeu said,
while other groups don’t want
men involved at all. This
schizophrenia in the women's
movement is harmful to both
sexes' causes, she said.
This being the case, how do
men decide where they fit in
respect to a movement that’s
unsure if they fit at all?
“Separatist movements are
part of the ongoing political
struggle — a stage the move
ment goes through," said Ran
dall McGowen, a University
history professor and former ad
visory committee member for
the University’s Center for the
Study of Women in Society.
"I’m more willing to accept that
stage because I see the final goal
as desirable.
"The problem is that men
I
define the women's movement
as a movement for women. If
you re-define the movement as a
movement changing the world,
we are trying to work together
to create a world that is richer
and fuller,” McGowen said.
"Men's alienation from the
women's movement is a pro
blem for men.”
But Jim Petersen. Playboy Ad
viser columnist at Playboy
magazine, said he believes men
are not trying to find a niche in
relation to the women’s
movement.
"The only two men really
seriously troubled by it are Phil
Donahue and Alan Alda," he
said.
In the early 1970s. when the
modern women's movement
lUmfidc b, t«rr«iM litlT
rose and took hold, men tried to
respond with a cooperative
“men’s movement."
Local artist Andre Carpenter
was a member in one of the very
first men's movement groups at
Berkeley. Calif., in 1970
Carpenter currently is involved
in men's groups in Eugene and
wants to write a book titled, "A
Call for a New Kind of Man. Not
Brute. Not Wimp.”
“Mon were trying to make
amends for what women were
accusing men of: being
chauvinistic pigs when we
should be nice and suppor
tive." Carpenter said.
"At that time we were work
ing on developing our nurtur
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