Jack C. Stratton, teaching students that 'men generally gain power from sexism'

frederickharttt · 2012-10-18T16:46:12+00:00

Pure hate prose.

Sasha_ · 2012-10-18T17:09:21+00:00

Meet Jack.

Jack C. Stratton teaches students about sexism at Portland State University. He does so using a method he describes as 'indirection'.

"When men truly inquire into the lives of women, we come face to face with a horrible reality that just cannot be true," says Jack. "Convenvenience stores sell magazines showing naked women bound and hung from trees." Because up to a quarter of women will have experienced rape or sexual assault, he advises that teachers 'write the number of the local rape crisis hotline on the board and tell them that if they feel the need, they can call."

Male students may feel that they're being subjected to 'male-bashing' in his class, says Jack, but "does this begin to compare with the actual experience of a woman who is brutally beaten by her ex-husband? NO!...I make a point not to hide my feelings about the women in my life who have experienced male violence, and at the same time honor the real emotional reactions of men [in my class] who do not want to face...my outrage, sadness and disgust."

Jack is also on the board of NOMAS, the National Organisation of Men Against Sexism. Jack also works closely with NCADV (the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence) on 'supporting mothers' and helping DV agencies understand that some in the 'fathers rights' movement 'support the sexual abuse of children'. He is, says NCADV, one of the 'responsible men stepping forward to challenge the abusers’ lobby and support protective mothers' (1).

A staunch proponent of the Duluth model of domestic abuse, in 'Busting the Myth of Fatherhood', Jack explains how 'virtually all children witness or are aware of domestic abuse [by fathers]," and that there is "a virtual war of men's violence against women," and adds that "men are nearly always the batterers in domestic violence", and that there is 'no evidence' that fathers have any positive influence on a child's development, indeed "all the studies show...the opposite."

Jack likes to provide sources for his papers. Many of his footnotes lead to papers hosted on 'The Liz Library'. This is a website which "promotes the postive side of fatherlessness' and describes how 'fatherlessness is not really a risk, the evidence doesn't support that," "the negative affects of father-absense are nothing but rhetoric from fathers rights groups," Warren Farrell "promotes father-daughter incest," fathers rights groups promote 'propaganda'. "Most fathers still do very little child care and even when men do spend a substantial amount of time with their children, the quality of involvement is not high, and therefore fathers' involvement is not an important or necessary element of children's development."

How do you like Jack? A little? A lot? Not much? Well, remember:

Jack's teaching our sons and daughters...

Title	Jack C. Stratton, teaching students that 'men generally gain power from sexism'
Author	Sasha_
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Date	October 18, 2012 4:13 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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