"Unraveling the Knot of Gender Violence" is the topic of a free public lecture by sociologist Allan Johnson on Thursday, Nov. 8 at Sonoma State University .
Johnson, the author of "The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy" will speak from 4 - 7 p.m. in room 3001 of the Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center. He will discuss how to make positive changes to eliminate male violence against women.
"Few subjects provoke as much defensiveness, discomfort, and confusion as does men's violence against women, " Johnson writes. "Millions of women are weary from the struggle to prevent violence, and many well-intentioned men do nothing because they can't see how to acknowledge what's going on without inviting guilt and blame simply for being men."
"A more productive approach begins with new ways to think about violence that are more likely to include - and keep - both men and women in the conversation," he says.
Johnson is a professor of sociology and women's studies at Hartford College for Women of the University of Hartford, Connecticut. He has worked on issues of social inequality since 1972.
