Jackson Katz

Most people aren't familiar enough with what actually goes on in professional wrestling to know just how badly women are treated in WWE narratives.

A society that respects women needs to elect leaders who care more about women's lives than they do about their or their company's bottom line.

Men are every bit as gendered as women.

Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.

Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem. It gives a lot of men an excuse not to pay attention.

During his runs for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has done a good job of mimicking Reagan's anti-government diatribes and 'better days ahead' rhetoric.

Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn't something that gets switched off because the game clock expires.

In the alternate universe of conservative talk radio, the killing of Bin Laden coincidentally happened on Barack Obama's watch. He had to be kicked dragging and screaming into authorizing it, and even then he made lots of mistakes.

In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.

The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.

Language usage always has a political context.

The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.