Name: Healthy Masculinity as a Form of Decolonization
Start: 2024-10-22T10:30:00-0400
End: 2024-10-22T11:45:00-0400

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Tuesday October 22, 2024 10:30am - 11:45am EDT

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Reinforcing rigid gender norms upholds a system of abuse perpetrated by a system of abuse. By eradicating “the man/woman box” (as described by Tony Porter, A Call to Men), the ability to distinguish authority from influence would become much more normalized in society. Not only would this enhance a culture of safety and accountability as a means of preventing domestic violence, but this would also ensure that positions of power remain unwelcoming to abuse. The role of healthy masculinity is not to teach young boys the concept of ‘consent,’ but rather, it is to resist the occupying force that requires people to be abusive in order to be seen as masculine.

Speakers

Talha Kahf

Student, IU School of Social Work/Fridas Flowers

As an aspiring social worker, Talha Kahf has fueled his passion for the field of social justice with his efforts to reclaim parts of his Western Asian culture that were stolen and appropriated as a result of colonization. He is currently enrolled at the IU School of Social Work, and... Read More →

Tuesday October 22, 2024 10:30am - 11:45am EDT
Boardroom

Prevention

2024 ICADV Fall Conference

Talha Kahf

Attendees (45)

2024 ICADV Fall Conference

Talha Kahf

Attendees (45)

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