The #MeToo movement has broken a decades-long culture of silence around sexual assault and harassment and taken down a number of powerful men, including Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, TV host Matt Lauer, politician Al Franken, and 30 some others . But according to writer , the thing that ties together all of these individual incidents is a culture of power and privilege held in place by particular ideas about masculinity.
Okun is the editor of , a magazine that chronicles the social transformation of masculinity. In the book (Interlink Pub Group/ 2017) Okun presents essays from the magazine that touch on how masculinity shapes various themes, including men鈥檚 health, gun culture, fatherhood, violence, and more.
Host Frank Stasio talks with Okun about the past, present and future of the profeminist men鈥檚 movement. Okun reads from his book at on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m.
