The following article originally appeared on the author’s Man Up! blog and has been reposted with the author’s permission. David Belt is the Man Up! Program Coordinator for the Missouri Organization to Counter Sexual Assault.…
I recently read an article that talked about how victim-blaming attitudes are still so prevalent. The article began by talking about the rape case in Australia where the man was acquitted based on the fact…
“So why is there only a women’s center and not a men’s center?” “How can a man benefit from a women’s center?” These are just a couple questions the Women’s Center staff at UMKC receives from men who…
“Why didn’t she just leave?” “How could she stay with him?” These are the kind of questions that one hears when someone admits to being in an abusive relationship or when someone hears about a…
Not long ago, I stumbled across an article about a 19-year-old student from New Zealand who had put her virginity up for auction to pay for her education, supposedly agreeing on a sum of roughly…
Who would have thought that Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson would be the next wave of celebrities taking a stand against the media and our culture’s obsession with perfection? It seems like whenever there is a…
Many women today are “going green” which means that they’re buying reusable water bottles, products that are organic or chemical free, and doing a lot of recycling. Unfortunately, it’s generally not very cheap to be…
On Tuesday, April 27, a group of about 30 local arts supporters gathered at the Diastole in downtown Kansas City to discuss the state of women in the arts in Kansas City. The event was…
Last night the UMKC Women’s Center hosted the march and rally, Take Back the Night. It all began in the UMKC quad with everyone gathering to make posters for the march and enjoy some free…
“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes’; they will say, ‘Women don’t have what it takes.’” —…