Jackson Katz Jackson Katz- Violence Against Women- Violence Against Women
For this exercise you will write a “mini-essay,” about four paragraphs in length, using APA formatting (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
*You don’t need all the components of APA. No abstract, title page, or tables and figures. Just include a heading, running header, correct in-line citations, and a References Page.
Your task in this mini-essay is to synthesize ideas from:
1. Jackson Katz- Violence Against Women
Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called “women’s issues.” But in this bold, blunt talk, Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men’s issues — and shows how these violent behaviors are tied to definitions of manhood. A clarion call for us all — women and men — to call out unacceptable behavior and be leaders of change.
Jackson Katz is an educator, author, filmmaker and cultural theorist who is a pioneer in the fields of gender violence prevention education and media literacy. He is co-founder of Mentors in Violence Prevention (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (MVP), which enlists men in the struggle to prevent men’s violence against women. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, MVP has become a widely used sexual and domestic violence prevention initiative in college and professional athletics across North America. Katz and his MVP colleagues have also worked extensively with schools, youth sports associations and community organizations, as well as with all major branches of the U.S. military.
From TED Links to an external site.Talks
Click the box below to play the video. It is about 18 minutes long.
https://www.ted.com/talks/
2. Kimmel’s The right of almost-men
3. The Feministing blog post http://feministing.com/
And your purpose is to demonstrate the following skills:
Explain ideas from sources using summary, paraphrase and quote.
Create continuity between paragraphs using transitions and other rhetorical markers.
Synthesize ideas from texts by explaining what they have in common and where they diverge.
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