Jackson Katz emphasizes that addressing violence against women requires looking at the societal systems that perpetuate it, rather than viewing perpetrators as isolated individuals. He argues for men's active involvement in confronting misogyny within their peer groups. With the political climate shifting under Trump's re-election, Katz feels a heightened urgency in his work, as recent occurrences have regressed the progress made in preventing violence against women. He highlights funding cuts to important gender-based initiatives and the impact of normalizing harmful attitudes towards women.
"Perpetrators aren't individual monsters; they are people reflecting a system. We need to address that system to end violence against women."
"By voting for someone with a history of sexual abuse, it has a normalizing effect on his behavior and has unleashed a firehose of misogyny."
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