Let’s put together a hypothetical scenario. Let’s say you’re five dudes attending the University of Ottawa, and you decide to express your collective dissatisfaction with the leadership of 24 year-old student federation leader Anne-Marie Roy in the middle of student federation elections.
Mic Mac Mall in Halifax, N.S. was recently forced to take down an ad campaign for back-to-school shopping. While no one complained about the idea of shopping or of school beginning in the fall, many people were upset about the sexist overtones (and undertones, and, really, just tones) of the ads.
Wow! Look how far we’ve come as a country. Almost half our leaders are ladies! Cue the marching band and drop that “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED” banner. We’ve done it! Congrats women’s rights activists, the fight is over! What could be more indicative of a win for the movement than having almost half the country’s provincial leaders come from your team?
At one point in Skyfall, Bond meets Sévérine, who asks his help in escaping a life of captivity and sexual abuse. She does not seem sexually interested in Bond. Later that night, Bond sneaks into her shower and has sex with her.
Are you a man who can’t ever just hang with the boys and talk about guy stuff? If you’re a man at Simon Fraser University, by this time next year those worries could be a thing of the past as you crack a beer in your brand new, $30,000 “men’s centre.”
