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Acclaimed anti-violence educator Jackson Katz argues that the epidemic of male violence that plagues American society needs to be understood and addressed as part of a much larger cultural crisis in masculinity. Whether he's looking at bullying and school shootings or gay bashing, sexual assault, and violence against women, Katz makes a powerful case that male violence, misogyny, and homophobia are inextricably linked to how we define manhood as a culture. The film gives special attention to how American media have glamorized increasingly regressive and violence masculine ideals in the face of mounting social and economic threats to traditional white male heterosexual authority. Katz's innovative cultural approach to gender violence prevention has been adopted by the NFL, the NCAA, and the U.S. Marine Corps.
Sections: Introduction | Hidden: A Gender | Upping the Ante | Backlash | The Tough Guise | The School Shootings | Constructing Violent Masculinity | Sexualized Violence | Invulnerability | Vulnerability | Better Men
Duration: (Full) 82 min, (Abridged) 57 min
ISBN: 1-893521-66-4
Date Produced: 1999
Subtitles: English
Discussion Guide
Transcript
Transcript (abridged)
Filmmaker Info
Executive Producer, Director: Sut Jhally
Producers: Susan Ericsson, Sanjay Talreja
Editors: Sut Jhally, Susan Ericsson, Sanjay Talreja, Jeremy
Smith
Writers: Jackson Katz, Jeremy Earp
About Jackson Katz
Jackson Katz is one of America's leading anti-sexist male
activists. An educator, author and filmmaker, he is internationally
recognized for his groundbreaking work in gender violence
prevention education with men and boys. He has lectured on hundreds
of college and high school campuses and has conducted hundreds of
professional trainings, seminars & workshops. He is the
co-founder of the Mentors In Violence Prevention (MVP) program, the
leading gender violence prevention initiative in professional and
college athletics. Visit Jackson Katz's site at
www.jacksonkatz.com.
Jackson Katz is available for speaking engagements at colleges by
contacting Kevin MacRae at
Jackson Katz.
"Illustrated with movie clips and quotes from popular slasher films
to inane Howard Stern comments, Tough Guise offers strong
statistical and analytical evidence regarding the very real crisis
arising from the widespread depiction of inaccurate and unhealthy
stereotypes of male masculinity. Highly recommended."
- Video Librarian
"Violence Prevention begins with a fearless look at the cultural
factors that encourage violence, especially school violence.
Tough Guise needs to be watched by every high school and
middle school student in America."
- Mary Atwater | Violence Prevention Coordinator | Jefferson
County, Colorado
"One of those rare films that viewers will keep with them long
after they leave the classroom."
- Kristine Zentgraf | CSU-Long Beach
"An excellent resource and a must-have video for all school and
universities."
- Charisse Jackson | National Conference for Community &
Justice
"In this video laced with images from a range of media, Jackson
Katz presents the well-supported argument that popular culture
promotes an image of masculinity as ruggedly individualistic and
violent, with harmful effects for both women and men. Katz reviews
examples of negative portrayals of men and discusses such topics as
the school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, and Jonesboro,
Arkansas. However, a particular asset of this video is that it also
offers alternative, more healthful images of masculinity from such
movies as Good Will Hunting and Boyz 'N the
Hood."
- Patricia H. Hinchey | Associate Professor of Education at
Pennsylvania State University
"Tough Guise critically explores more contemporary media
representations of masculinity, including altnernative images of
men that counter sexist stereotypes."
- Donna Lee King, Teaching Sociology
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