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The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help (How to End Domestic Violence, Mental and Emotional Abuse, and Sexual Harassment) Paperback – Illustrated, April 16, 2006

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"An honest, intellectually rigorous and insightful work that challenges readers to truly engage in a political discourse that can change lives, communities and nations."

--Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes

"Jackson Katz is an American hero! With integrity and courage, he has taken his message--that the epidemic of violence against women is a men's issue--into athletic terms, the military and frat houses across the country. His book explains carefully and convincingly why--and how--men can become part of the solution, and work with women to build a world in which everyone is safer."

--Michael Kimmel, author of Manhood in America, spokesperson, National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS)

"If only men would read Katz's book, it could serve as a potent form of male consciousness-raising."

--Publishers Weekly

"This book leaves no man behind when it comes to taking violence against women personally....After reading this book you can see how important it is to be a stand-up guy and not a standy-by guy, no matter what race or culture you come from."

--Alfred L. McMichael, 14th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps and now serving as the Sergeant Major of NATO

"A candid look at the cultural factors that lend themselves to tolerance of abuse and violence against women."

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"These pages will empower both men and women to end the scourge of male violence and abuse. Katz knows how to cut to the core of the issues, demonstrating undeniably that stopping the degradation of women should be every man's priority."

--Lundy Bancroft, author of Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

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Katz is cofounder of the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program (MVP), and his focus is on prevention—his intended audience is not violent men who need help changing their ways, but all men, who, he says, have a role to play in preventing male violence against women. His basic assertion is that rape, battering, sexual abuse and harassment are so widespread that they must be viewed as a social problem rooted in our culture, not as the problem of troubled individuals. He urges men to directly confront the misogynistic attitudes and behavior of their peers. Some men may find Katz's advice occasionally baffling: he is full of directions about what not to do (such as paternalistic actions that deprive women of their autonomy). He wants to bring men into the larger discussion of pornography (which, he points out, has been dominated by women) and get them to look at its impact on themselves. Katz also presents eye-opening exercises and discussions from the MVP model that engender productive discussion among participants—usually high school or college students. If only men would read Katz's book, it could serve as a potent form of male consciousness-raising.
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Katz, an antisexist male activist, repositions violence against women as a broader cultural issue, not just a women's issue. Arguing for a "far-reaching cultural revolution," Katz explores those aspects of American culture that promote violence against women, focusing separate chapters on pornography, prostitution, and other sex-related businesses as well as sexual violence in the military, the music industry, and athletics. He catalogs the troubling statistics regarding domestic violence, sexual harassment, and other acts of violence and hostility by men against women, but he is most powerful when detailing encounters with men and women speaking about their personal experiences. Based on his work with gender violence, the book also offers advice on how men can ally with women to curb violence and change those aspects of the "boys will be boys" attitude on male aggressiveness and masculinity that can lead to violence and abuse. This is a candid look at the cultural factors that lend themselves to tolerance of abuse and violence against women. Vanessa Bush
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sourcebooks; Illustrated edition (April 16, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1402204019
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1402204012
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.76 x 9 inches

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JACKSON KATZ, Ph.D., has long been a major figure and thought leader in the growing global movement of men working to promote gender equality and prevent gender violence. He is co-founder of the multiracial, mixed-gender Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program, one of the longest-running and most widely influential gender violence prevention programs in North America, and the first major program of its kind in the sports culture and the military. Katz is one of the early architects of the “bystander” approach to prevention. He is the creator of the award-winning Tough Guise video series and author of numerous articles, as well as Man Enough? Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the Politics of Presidential Masculinity. His TEDx talk: Violence against Women – It’s a Men’s Issue, has nearly 5 million views. An acclaimed public speaker, Katz has delivered thousands of lectures and conducted trainings in all 50 states, 8 Canadian provinces and on every continent except Antarctica.

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Great Book

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Love this book. Should be required reading in high schools.

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THIS IS THE GREATEST WINGS ALBUM EVEN BETTER THAN BAND ON THE RUN

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For anyone to say or think that Venus & Mars is not a good album(and thank God that by the majority of great reviews on here for this album,you are very clearly much in the minority!) has to be deaf & dumb! This is one of the *GREATEST* solo/Wings Paul albums he ever did! It's a great rock album and he also has some great hard rock songs on it he wrote and it's Beatles quality because every song is very good & if anyone wants to know what a true music genius Paul really is,just listen to the *music* in the great Letting Go!

My mother only liked classical music,Beethoven,Bach & Mozart,no rock & she played their music on the piano.When I was playing this album and she came into the room when Letting Go was on,she asked me is that Paul McCartney and I said yes and she said Oh that music is brilliant,he's a music genius like Beethoven!

And my sister who is 4 years older than me and had a big diverse music collection since she was a mid teen,bought Venus and Mars when it came out,and I remember listening to it with her,and her friend and my best friend and we all loved it! My sister still says years later that Venus and Mars is one of the best rock albums she ever heard and that it's unique and she knows no album like it!She always said his 1971 Ram album was a very good album too,although I like this album much better. Paul's best post Beatles sounding music was from 1970-1975,with this being his last true great album.After this he wrote some good music but he never wrote the same great quality music again for some reason.

His first solo album McCartney where he played every instrument by himself (and he played them all great) is very good,Red Rose Speedway and Band On The Run are very good albums too,and he produced all of these great albums by himself and co-arranged the music on Venus and Mars by him self also.

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From a pro firefighter, "Men should read this book!"

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 6, 2016

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As a male and professional firefighter working in a hyper masculine and sexist environment I found this book to be incredibly enlightening and encouraging as I work to embrace a healthier definition of masculinity and to fight the negative influences associated with my workplace and in broader culture as I build a better me. This book sparked immense interest in and better understanding of gender and violence issues to which I was mostly blind before. It led me to purchase and read Men Speak Out by Tarrant, A Call To Action by Jimmy Carter, and so much more material as I aimed to educate myself and realign my perspectives and behaviors. I gained valuable insight and perspective into the world of the women in my life. I have now embarked on a mission to do my part through self evaluation and peer education to fight sexism and be sure I am no longer part of the problems of our culture. I think especially for guys who align themselves with stereotypical definitions of masculinity, who are interested in being real men and creating a stronger and healthier self, and who want to work to build a better world for the women (mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, etc.) and men (fathers, brothers, sons, husbands) they love, this book is a must read. I purchased the book on kindle, liked it so much and felt it was so important to my own transformation and endeavors I bought a hard copy so that I can loan it to the important men in my life.

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This book pissed me off...

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Look, I know how huge a problem physical abuse of women is in our society and all first world societies that operate under the delusion that men and women are equal. We are not equal, we are quite different from each other. Equality under the law does not mean that men and women are "equal," like some kind of equation.

If you do a search in this book for "abusive women," you get NO hits. Not one. In a 500 page book on gender violence, this author does not mention once that woman can and are abusive toward men, but for the purely practical reason of size, they do not beat men up. My ex-wife like destroying my possessions, throwing pickle jars at me (I once cut my foot so badly I needed a hospital), slapping me in public, threatening me with a knife, and then there is the verbal abuse which really hurts more than the physical. Yet, this is not mentioned once. Do a search in this book for "abusive women" and you get nothing. Do one for "abusive men", and you get upward of 100 hits.

I am only going to say one other thing, and this is his assertion that gay men somehow have "male privilege", and he sites the Matthew Shepard murder as an example. This is idiocy. I've never met a woman who cannot adopt kids like gay men cannot. I've never met a woman who cannot marry the man (or woman) she loves. I have never met a woman who cannot make life or death decisions about their partners if they are dying. In high school in Utah, I heard kids say, "let's go find some gay students and beat them up for fun." GAY MEN do not have "male privileged" as this author asserts. They are regarded as far less than women
who love other women, who tend to fascinate men for reasons I personally, as a heterosexual male, do not understand.

Okay, so Katz hits you over the head for 400 pages about how women who are victims of crime. This is true, unfortunately. That pornography is sick and abusive is true, and I've always thought that, and gotten some crap thrown at me by male friend who called me a "feminist" because I do not like going to strip clubs or red light districts. Men can be pigs. But, I also want to point out that Cosmo and almost all women's magazines have TWO main issues for women: sex and losing weight. Most men's magazines that are not pornographic emphasize the same things, possibly replacing weight loss with "getting ripped pectorals." Sex sells, for women and men. The women on the front of Cosmo are just as scantly clad as the women in the men's magazine right next to it.

It is not that Katz does not make good points. But, this book also doesn't touch on the millions of non-abusive men who get divorced and find themselves unable to see their children because of the sexism of custody laws. There are millions of good men out there who lose the opportunity to be a good father because they get divorced. I've known women addicted to heroin and without jobs who still win custody over an established man with steady work and no heroin because the courts almost always find in favour of the women. This is even more pronounced outside the United States. In Canada and the UK, it is a given that a divorced man is going to only babysit his kids once in a while. Usually these men are not abusive.

Mr. Katz, if you read this, I think you have made your point. But, 400 pages of making the same point kinda hurts the head after a while. I would not buy this book. You can get all his ideas on his website, and it is presented in a much shorter form!

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A Solid Base To Build A Movement

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I read this book 12 years ago. It changed my life. As a man I’d wanted to do something about violence against women for years but I didn’t know how. Following reading this book I started an organisation called Men Against Violence in the UK which took off beyond what I could have ever hoped for.

This book is the Bible for grassroots men’s anti-violence activism.

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Angel

Challenging men to raise to their potential

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 27, 2015

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A must read for all women and particularly men to understand why it's important for them to join in the feminist movement and help eradicate violence and sexism towards women. Great eye opener, greatly expressed and argued and with so much insight and honesty. As a woman it made me feel validated. It validated all the hurt and pain endured. It validated my right and anger and of all women and those that love them including males at those men that are conditioned and some to dangerous means. Society needs to change and I support the fight. I learned a lot from the book and it was food for thought and one that I treasure, one that I want many men to read. It doesn't shame anyone but brave enough to be frank about a much neglected and silenced issue which is detrimental to both men and women. It redefines masculinity and strives for a healthier meaning to it that doesn't limit men of their potential as human beings. It shows how issues effects us sociologically and how society shapes us. It calls men to start and look with the man in the mirror and to change and challenge what needs too and make a difference so that we all can live as equals and have healthy relationships and ways of relating to one another. It strives to cut down on oppression and violence against women as well as the sexual objectifying of them and degradation. Women are also those that men love; their mothers, sisters and daughters and we need to protect them as well as giving value and respect to all women so that nobody suffers. Women have suffered at the hands of men for too long and social conditioning is hurting both genders. We need to reunite in the fight, not separate from one another. This book is a voice for those that are silenced, it fights for equality, it challenges males to reject social conditioning and male taught behaviours and it does so with passion, conviction and honesty. This is an awesome book. It's so important to have people use their power for the better.

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D. CHESTERS

'All Men' need to know this stuff, a real eye opener!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 9, 2013

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Jackson lays it on the line guys, if there are women in your life that you love, or boys you want to grow up to be considerate men, then pass this one round to your peers and family. If there is violence of any nature in the world you can bet most of it is perpetrated by MEN, It's a disturbing fact, but demonstrably true.

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excellent

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Great read, everyone should read it, very well written. I have ever since look for books of the same author.

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Five Stars

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Great book about one of the ugliest error in our society. Every man's must read.

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