Chris Green on Sexism

November 19-21st some of us are organising an online conference “Engage: masculinity, patriachy, feminism. “

Keep the dates free , and if you want to register please get in touch.

I have been working on anti sexist politics for more than 40 years.

I should have been working harder on it and challenging myself and others more.

I’m going to start writing about some of the stuff. All the blogs are short.

Privilege and Doing More to Change

Today from a friend’s facebook page : “2022 and women are still being told to shut up and sit down- Our voices are silenced and our injuries are minimised. Everyone turns a blind eye………… It isn’t normal and it isn’t how it should be ……. I am so so tired, and nothing has improved…..” A…

24th Jan 2022

Men and Contraception

Contraception has been, and still remains, a massive stumbling block to equality. in the 1980’s I thought about the gendered nature of contraception and as a result had a vasectomy. It was quite unusual for young single men ( I was 24 ) to decide to take such an irreversible step. The average age of…

26th Mar 202126th Mar 2021

Men’s Pledges to End Violence against Women and Girls

For 16 years White Ribbon has been asking men to sign the pledge “Never commit, never excuse and never remain silent about mens violence against women” White Ribbon has recorded some 60,000 pledges. Sometimes men have added comments about why they are pledging. Each of the phrases below starts with the phrase: I want to…

23rd Mar 202123rd Mar 2021