Noted feminists have called Stoltenberg's most well known book, Refusing to be a Man , the most powerful challenge to the sex-class system ever written by a male writer.
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Men Against Violence, EWU Women's Studies, the EWU Cultural Diversity Task Force, among others, along with such community organizations as Youth for a Safe Spokane. EWU holds two sexual assault awareness weeks during the academic year and conducts numerous sessions in residence halls, at the EWU Women's Center and elsewhere to help educate the Eastern community about sexual assault, which is a largely under-reported crime. Just like in the larger society, many students believe it can't happen to them. We all need to learn as much as we can about this issue and the societal conditions that foster this behavior. For these reasons, Vines said, they are bringing Stoltenberg to the Eastern campus and to the Spokane community.