Cultural changes catalyzed by the modern multicultural women's movement have helped improve the lives of a generation of men. Far from trapping men, feminism has helped to free us from unhealthy, confining roles and has allowed us to explore a wider range of experiences and emotions than were available to our fathers and grandfathers. Women's studies is not the enemy. By turning a critical eye on the gendered aspects of social, economic, and political life, women's studies also brought the studies of various masculinities into sharper focus and has given men greater and richer tools for understanding our complex and diverse racial, ethnic, class, and sexual experiences. The men's health movement is a direct outgrowth of the feminist-led women's health movement.
Safer campuses are good for men, too.
In fact, a lot of men don't realize how many of our female peers are survivors of violence, both within their families and in dating relationships. Anything that allows women to come to terms with their experiences is good, both for them and for the men in their lives. Women who feel safe are a lot more fun to be around than women who feel themselves under constant threat. Gender relations are not a zero-sum game. Traditional definitions of masculinity that connect it with machismo, hard drinking, and risk-taking behaviors are bad for men, as revealed by levels of alcoholism, drug addiction and drunk driving that are much higher among men than among women.