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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1995)
Mens issues still misunderstood By Michael E Endicott In response to Susan l.ien's commentary (ODE. July 11) In my commentary (OI>E. Max l i I said nothin?,: .ilmut ra|n> or objii tificntion hs the media. and I made no judg ments about women’s servo os I stated tile fac ts as the\ exist and made very pointed com ments about the mentalitv required to ask the question Are all men potential rapists'" I also pointed out the inequali ty inherent in spending hun dreds of thousands of dollars on women-spin tfit programs and support structures while makmg no real effottin ill of the men on this campus In far t I implied that the combi nation of over zealous rape awareness tact it s that impugn the character of all men solely based on their gender, the University's support of male exclusionary programs and the lack of Uni versity-sponsoreri support systems for men const i* tuted a hostile environment for men. This has been translated into the angry. white male s\ n drome bv people such as Susan Lien, and is the shallow rent - tion ol ideologues who r an not see that the gender world is at least two-dimensional Susan must have missed my commen tary (ODE, May Z-t) in which I wrote. "I do not advoi ate for a reduction of financial and ideo logical support for women and their issues Susan's ( ommentarv is ,i study in one-dimensional, sex ist thinking. She restates the dogma of victimization in the areas of rape and objectification while dutifully attacking me because she thinks I disagree She presents a list of risk OPINION management strategies she savs are spot ifi< iti wtiimm anti sums up with. Women alter their lives i« avoid danger," Who doe* not do this' Wiiat she does not sav ts that men are tun (* as likely to In- victims of v iolent crime, ant! three times as likely to be murdered faery risk management dor ision women have to make men have to make as well, and still w e are beaten, mutilated, robbed and murderer! signifi cantly more often than w omen 1 hese are the things that her conditioning dims not allow her to si-o or a< t ept She sins the media "convey a sense of approval or t on went of violent in ts against women ~ I agree with her on this point tint most oi what site says about the snbjer t is uncritically accepted sesisi dogma What she dor's not say is that 95 per cent of all people killed on tele vision and in film are men! Our children grosv up learning that men are nothing more than dis posable objects, esprx ially if a woman is m danger What does growing up as a disposable ubjrs t mean for men' It means that as we groyv older, our suicide rate increases dramatically College-age men commit suicide at a rate siv times higtier than women in the same age group As boys la-gin to feel ihe pressures of the male role and begin to.express their sexuality, suit ide rates explode Women attempt sin t ide to get help, men attempt suicide to die her ause yye think no help is available We can see plenty of exam pies of men as disposable otijei Is in our six iety Men m ( mint fur 74 pert ent of the t' S homeless population. 95 pen ent of iht prison popuia lion and W percent of all «a i u palumal deaths* Men die of the 1 5 leading i ausex of death on average almost 2 % time*, more than women Men ire far more likely to tm alcoholic s and drug abuser* The Inst example of one dimensional sexist thinking proffered bv Susan is Nufende Although men are tvvue as like Iv to !*• a v n tim of x lolent crime, if vou an' a male. Naferide is not for vou In fa*!. Safe ride Is Imi ause of you Vou are the threat, you are guilty t>v gender alone The state has an obligation to prole* ! all of its citizens, not just women Open Saferide There is « way t«i do it that is equitable for all and meets the needs of our campus community This university needs some ha lam e in how it deals with gender issues The current situ at ion merely rein fori es the ill loo-destructive stereo!V pes of male as perpetrator and female as victim These stereotv pes ire politically expedient for people sm h -is Susan, hut thev margin abate tht* spec trum of the male experience The Men s ( enter attempts to address some of those inequities m a male foe used socially responsible way that addresses the fact that gender issues are multidimensional 11 you are interested in lie* tuning a mem tier of the Men's ( enter or would like more information about us you may t onlact us at mee^gladstono or at i‘ () Box f i<*2. Kugene. 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