PacSun Selling Racy T-shirts
Judy Cox was shopping with her son in a mall in Utah. When they walked past the PacSun store something caught Cox’s eye. Staring back at her on a t-shirt marketed to boys in junior high was a half naked woman in erotic positions. Outraged by the shirts, she complained to the store’s manager, requesting them be taken down. The manager’s response was that it had to be approved by corporate before he could remove the items from the window. Cox then preceded to purchase every last shirt in the…
Minnesota Vikings Kicker Harassed for Stance on Marriage Equality
One sports organization that seems to have the biggest problem with marriage equality is the NFL. I guess it’s because the sport is seen as a somewhat modern day gladiator match, men putting their bodies through the ringer in hopes of achieving a shiny trophy. Bigotry and bullying isn’t really anything new in the sports world as of late. Stories of teammate hazing in the NFL and using racial and gay slurs in the NBA all made the headlines last year. So Chris Kluwe, former Minnesota Vikings kicker, wrote an…
Singer Akon Gives Men a Bad Name
One of those TMZ cameras caught up with Akon and asked him some questions about relationships and marriage. His response even shocked the gossip site. Akon believes that the reason the divorce rate is so high in America and why domestic disputes happen are because we as a country haven’t adopted polygamy. Akon goes on to explain: “If America adopted that [polygamy] culture there would be less domestic disputes. The average guy in the world has a main girl and they got a side chick. And then they got a…
Real men take on underwear ads
You have no idea how happy I was to see this! There have (thankfully) been tons of body image projects for women – and more are surfacing every day – but we’ve been seriously lacking initiatives that portray the bodies of everyday males. The Sun did us all a favor and took overly-sexualized, overly-dramatized, overly-everything underwear ads for men and put everyday anonymous men in those same scenarios. To be honest, I think they look great and I would love to see more diversity in male models! I hope we…
Project Unbreakable: Male Survivors of Sexual Assault Speak Out
“Men can’t get raped.” It’s a horribly sexist and insensitive thing to say, especially to someone who has been sexually assaulted. Yet, it’s a common response, regardless of how wrong it actually is. It is estimated that one in six males are victims of sexual assault. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), 54% of incidents are not reported to police, so it could even more. Although most sexual assault victims are female, males are much less likely to come forward and seek help and support. Male survivors often…
