GC: Are men entitled to male-only spaces?

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[–]slushpilot 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I don't actually know the "My Brother's Keeper" program but just by the name it sounds like it was designed to keep misguided and frustrated young men from falling into gangs. I could be wrong but I don't think that has much to do with who experiences more discrimination, but with who ends up jailed or shot. (A classic scene by the way.)

There is no shortage of organizations I know of that are specifically oriented around helping women, and black women especially, to overcome discrimination and break through into spaces where they're not commonly represented. Just 3 that I found off the cuff right now:

I know you were talking about Obama, but there's all kinds of stuff out there now. Maybe it takes a program for one group to make more programs for other groups to follow as an example. Don't look to the past, look at what's possible now.

You can have a program for LGB kids as LGB people are a marginalized group

I really wish there was a club for oddball teens who weren't really into sports and had some nerdy interests when I was growing up. I honestly believe a lot of kids calling themselves "enby" or "queer" these days are just doing it because they don't fit in anywhere else, and that's where all their friends are. There really isn't another program for the weird ones. And if these are just kids, why are programs like this specifically oriented around sexuality? (It doesn't matter to me what kind of sexuality; I just think it's a little weird to promote, it sounds like hey kids come join the school's sex club!)

[–]womanual[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There is no shortage of organizations I know of that are specifically oriented around helping women, and black women especially, to overcome discrimination and break through into spaces where they're not commonly represented.

But we don't need organizations specifically oriented around helping men, because men are already represented in almost every professional space.

[–]slushpilot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But we don't need organizations specifically oriented around helping men

No we don't, and I'm not suggesting that either.