{"id":171,"date":"2019-12-03T19:08:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T00:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/svmfkpu\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=171"},"modified":"2019-12-03T19:08:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T00:08:40","slug":"ams-of-ubc-sasc-healthier-masculinities-program-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/svmfkpu\/chapter\/ams-of-ubc-sasc-healthier-masculinities-program-2\/","title":{"raw":"AMS of UBC SASC Healthier Masculinities Program","rendered":"AMS of UBC SASC Healthier Masculinities Program"},"content":{"raw":"<h2 class=\"import-Subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center\">Basics<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Target audience: students<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Run by the UBC AMS student union as a division of the Sexual Assault Support Centre.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Two mandates\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Engage men as active allies.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Foster communities and conversations of healthier masculinities.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>20 volunteers per year divided into smaller groups run monthly \u201cLet\u2019s Talk\u201d discussion groups, special events (this year was a full day of workshops called \u201cLet\u2019s Come Together\u201d), and outreach (this year created a bystander intervention video with real student stories).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>One 30hr\/week staff coordinator also runs \u201cmen\u2019s circle\u201d discussions on masculinity and mandatory workshops for every UBC fraternity member.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Funded by student fees\u2013the SASC receives $9\/student and Healthier Masculinities receives a portion of that funding (original initial funding was a civil forfeiture grant).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Best outreach among men is word of mouth.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2 class=\"import-Subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center\">Messaging and Branding<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Healthier masculinities are a diverse process not a singular final product.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>For \u201cmen and masculine-identifying people\u201d to include masculine-leaning or male-aligned nonbinary people.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Do not hide the intersectional feminism! But consider when creating branding that words like feminism and patriarchy are \u201callergy\u201d words for men and can lead to disengagement.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Program volunteers have been harassed by men\u2019s rights activists:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Need to consider the current political climate when designing program materials<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2 class=\"import-Subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center\">Goals\/Strategy<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Target change at norms of masculinity to change men\u2019s behaviour.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Masculinity norms = what it is to be a man and how a man must act:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Need to address norms of masculinity that facilitate sexual violence, not just add consent as an add-on to the patriarchy.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Asks men\u2013what ideas was I raised with and how do I critically engage with and reframe them?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Strategies for engaging men\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Acknowledge men\u2019s anxieties and desire to do the right thing.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Directly acknowledge preconceived notions of what consent training is to defuse resistance.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Bystander intervention as a positive \u201chero\u201d role for men.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Men respond to numbers and scholarly citations\u2014need it to be \u201cproven\u201d<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Good tactic to address challenging statements is \u201cwhere did you learn that?\u201d.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Research shows that men-only spaces are more effective in changing attitudes and intentions than mixed-gender spaces.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How men act is highly influenced by what they think their peers\u2019 perception of them will be<\/li>\r\n \t<li>But men underestimate other men\u2019s discomfort with sexist language \u2013 this is called <em>pluralistic ignorance<\/em>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Teach men that you can always not laugh or ask questions even if not able to directly address a comment.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h2 class=\"import-Subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center\">Basics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Target audience: students<\/li>\n<li>Run by the UBC AMS student union as a division of the Sexual Assault Support Centre.<\/li>\n<li>Two mandates\n<ul>\n<li>Engage men as active allies.<\/li>\n<li>Foster communities and conversations of healthier masculinities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>20 volunteers per year divided into smaller groups run monthly \u201cLet\u2019s Talk\u201d discussion groups, special events (this year was a full day of workshops called \u201cLet\u2019s Come Together\u201d), and outreach (this year created a bystander intervention video with real student stories).<\/li>\n<li>One 30hr\/week staff coordinator also runs \u201cmen\u2019s circle\u201d discussions on masculinity and mandatory workshops for every UBC fraternity member.<\/li>\n<li>Funded by student fees\u2013the SASC receives $9\/student and Healthier Masculinities receives a portion of that funding (original initial funding was a civil forfeiture grant).<\/li>\n<li>Best outreach among men is word of mouth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"import-Subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center\">Messaging and Branding<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Healthier masculinities are a diverse process not a singular final product.<\/li>\n<li>For \u201cmen and masculine-identifying people\u201d to include masculine-leaning or male-aligned nonbinary people.<\/li>\n<li>Do not hide the intersectional feminism! 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