Kimmel Women Activism

Activism For The Equal Treatment of Women

This year, for the dignity initiative program, we welcomed Dr Michael Kimmel who is a sociologist specializing in gender studies. During his lecture at the conference center of spring creek Collin College, he emphasized on what the society need to do in order to empowered women in today’s society.

Dr Kimmel started his lecture by showing that women live have changed in many different field throughout the years including the gender visibility, the work place, the balance work and the sex. In fact, contrary to 1900s where women were passives and less likely to participate to men activities, these recent years has shown an evolution in the presence of women in the work place and certain poll like the measure of the entitlement of pleasure by Alfred Kenzie (41% in 1954 vs 90% in 1996). Along with that, men live has also changed; however, what has not changed is the ideology of masculinity that remain the same.

Dr Kimmel went over what is it to be a good men and the issues tied to it.

Most men tend to answer that being a good man is to have honor, integrity, stability and being the provider, and being a real man is being tough, strong, get rich etc. All these principles created a psychology built around four main rules of the real men which are: no sissy stuff, be a big wheel, be a sturdy oak, and give “em Hell”. The problem related to this way of thinking is that those notions are taught by others groups of men and this an obstacle to the empowerment of women. The evolution of a gender cannot be done without the support of the

other.
Dr kimmel finished by proposing a solution to the problem. According a study done by the psychologist John Gotman alias the marriage doctor, the more equal the relationship is, the more the couple last. He found that the secret is all about one thing: “SHARING”. Men that share the family chores with their women live a stronger and happier relationship. As a man, we would like to see our mom, sister or daughter shrives; therefore, we don’t necessarily need to change, but, remember those act that will contribute to the well-being of our relationship.
As men, the only way to contribute to the unequal treatment of women in the society is to support them and forget those old fashioned ideology of masculinity. I personally think that women hold a powerful role in this process. Women has to acknowledge the power they detained in educate the new generations. For example, I love my parents, especially my mother, more than everything in the world and I always thought I was educated by a queen, so, I would always treat women like princesses.