Title: What is a man's role in gender equality activism? | Plan International
Headings: What is a man's role in gender equality activism?
What is a man's role in gender equality activism?
1. Acknowledge male privilege
2. Show solidarity
3. Understand that the causes of gender inequality are universal
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4. Challenge negative masculinities
5. Have an intersectional lens
6. Help transform power dynamics
7. Share your platform - support girls in taking the lead
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Content: However, feminists too have at times taken a hardline, separatist stance, seeing the challenge of achieving gender equality as resting exclusively with women, ignoring the issue of men and their socialisation within the patriarchal system. Thankfully, this is changing. Most gender equality advocates now realise that solidarity and an understanding of intersectionality are essential to achieving our shared objectives. But there are other steps I’d like to share with men, boys and non-binary people who support gender equality to help take the movement forward. 1. Acknowledge male privilege
Men must begin by acknowledging the privileges we have been born into as a result of the patriarchy - the system of society and government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. The patriarchal system has historically placed the masculine at the centre of the universe, favouring men and excluding women. Often men are not aware of this system because we have always enjoyed these privileges. This system has marked relations and forged unequal power between the genders. This is clear in most countries in the political, economic, cultural and social spheres, and is a regressive system that must be challenged.