‘Men who came to our clinic had the same kinds of feelings and reactions that women had.’ The piece below was written by Seattle psychologist Valerie Tarico for Washington Initiative for Boys and Men. We are extremely honored to have been entrusted with … Continue reading →| AwayPoint
Victimhood hierarchies operate just like any other human hierarchy. People at the top are given more airtime, their ideas are taken more seriously, they are more likely to get resources, they are more able to hurt you. Continue reading →| AwayPoint
The conspicuous contempt exuded by some of the progressive left isn’t winning hearts or minds. Progressives say we want to win elections and shape the future of our country. We say we want to create greater equity and broad prosperity, … Continue reading →| AwayPoint
Some birth control options are 100 times more reliable than others. Continue reading →| AwayPoint
I don’t see any way to deny the validity of male voices in abortion conversations without broadly trashing the human capacity to empathize and perspective-take and wrestle with moral questions. Continue reading →| AwayPoint
The people paying for this ad campaign are the same ones promoting homophobia, advocating against reproductive healthcare for women, and funding politicians to protect the good old pecking orders: rich over poor, men over women, pasty white people over everyone with more melanin. Continue reading →| AwayPoint
Leading with a diaphragm that will fail 1 in 5 women during a single year over an implant that will fail 1 in 2000 leads to less reproductive empowerment, not more. One might think of it, in fact, as a form of stochastic coercion; you don’t know who is going to get forced by contraceptive failure into a baby they didn’t want, but you know for sure that someone will. Continue reading →| AwayPoint
Being excluded activates the same brain pathways as physical pain. A few days after Thanksgiving 2022 a sad little article flitted across my newsfeed. After a group of friends removed a 13-year-old Italian girl from their group chat (as a … Continue reading →| AwayPoint
Abortion access—or lack thereof—affects the lives of men almost as much as the lives of women. Why are we treating men as mere allies? Allyship used to mean people who shared a mutual interest or who faced a common threat, … Continue reading →| AwayPoint
I usually hate listening to my interviews, but even I enjoyed this one. Chris Charbonneau is a forty-year reproductive rights leader. Her handprints are on virtually every important innovation in the Planned Parenthood sphere for decades. That includes them spinning … Continue reading →| AwayPoint