The Bro Code

Roll Red Roll: Sexual Assault Does Not Just Go Away, Neither Should This Story

June 16, 2019 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

June 16, 2019 “I can’t wait for this story to go away…” is uttered by a radio personality towards the end of the film Roll Red Roll, the true crime documentary exposing over 400 texts and digital data … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: 50 Shades of Abuse, A Thin Line, abuse, boys will be boys, Brock Turner, Bystander Moment, campus safety, circle of 6 app, depravity, documentary, Don't Get Raped, film, gender and media portrayals, gender violence, impaired victims, It's On Us, Jackson Katz, Me Too, Media-Education-Foundation, Men Can Stop Rape, Nancy Schwartzman, PBS/POV docs, rape culture, Roll Red Roll, safety, sexual assault, social media assault, Steubenville, The Bro Code, toxic masculinity, Victim blaming

Sexism in Video Games: Tropes, Trolls and Terrific Upstanders

June 13, 2012 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Update YET AGAIN: Oct. 15, 2014 Reprising Anita Sarkeesian's important words, "The most radical thing you can do to support women online" given the cancellation of her Utah State University event … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Anita Sarkeesian, anti-bullying, APA, Bailey Shoemaker Richards, benevolent sexism, bullying, Bystanders, Chell, female gamers, Feminist Frequency, GDC 2012, hate speech, Kickstarter, Lara Croft, media vitriol, misogyny, MMO, MMORPG, objectification, rape culture, Samus, school climate, SeX-Box Exposure to sexist video games, sexism, sexism in video game culture, sexism in video games, sexist attacks, sexualized violence, target women, The Bro Code, Tropes vs Women, Upstanders, video games, violence against women, violence and video games, women and media

Love Is Respect: Teen Texting Tools Aim To Dial Down Dating Abuse

October 4, 2011 by Amy Jussel 14 Comments

Feb. 2, 2015 Update February marks the beginning of "Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month" and given the powerful PSA from "No More" on domestic violence in the Super Bowl yesterday that I wrote about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: A Thin Line, break the cycle, Chris Brown, dating abuse, douchebag jar, DV, DVAM, Elin Waldal, gender and media portrayals, GirlCaught, girls as boy toys, Humane Education, Jackson Katz, LINA, LIR, Liz Claiborne, Love is not abuse, Love is respect, masculinity, Media-Education-Foundation, media-literacy, MEF, Men Can Stop Rape, Nat'l Dating Abuse Helpline, October Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Packaging-Boyhood, Predatory practices, Raising Girls Amidst Meat Marketing, rape jokes, Rihanna, sexting, Sexualization, SPARK! summit, stop disrespecting women, TDV, teen dating violence, texting, The Bro Code, The Good Men Project, Thomas Keith, Tornado Warning, turning boys into monsters, verbal abuse, violence, violence against women, what about the boys, Words Wound, XY Online

The Bro Code: Media, Masculinity & Misogynistic Misfires

September 29, 2011 by Amy Jussel 19 Comments

Update Sept 3, 2015 From the maker of The Bro Code and Generation M, Thomas Keith announces his newest film trailer via Media Education Foundation titled, "The Empathy Gap: Masculinity and the Courage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Adonis-Complex, anti-grinding, APA task force sexualization girls, boys, boys to men, buffed boy, do no harm, Gender, gender and media portrayals, gender wars, GirlCaught, girls as boy toys, Humane Education, IHE, Ikea Man World, Jackson Katz, Jenna Marbles, man cave, masculinity, Media-Education-Foundation, media-literacy, MEF, Men Can Stop Rape, Packaging-Boyhood, Parents TV council, Plan-International, Playboy Club Petition, Pop culture impact on kids, Pornification, Predatory practices, Raising Girls Amidst Meat Marketing, rape jokes, Sexualization, SPARK! summit, stop disrespecting women, teen dating violence, The Bro Code, The Good Men Project, Thomas Keith, turning boys into monsters, violence against women, what about the boys, XY Online

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