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Michael Barrett

Be the Man You Want to Be

As we have discussed since the very beginning of this class with the “man box,” our popular culture continues to glorify men with physical …

A Generation of Silent Victims

To me, the scariest statistic regarding sexual assaults on college campuses is that 90% of victims do not even report their case. …

America’s War on Drugs

I believe black men are incarcerated more because the war on drugs, which has been ongoing for multiple decades, targets black people. …

Can Gays Be Manly?

Throughout my life, I have met homosexual men who do not display stereotypical feminine, sensitive characteristics. They are highly athletic, macho, and …

Ice Hockey’s Manly Supremacy

The roots of ice hockey trace back 4,000 years ago to Egyptians and Ethiopians in 1,000BC, eventually reaching its modern form in …