Watching The Tough Guise Analysis

Watching the Tough Guise video featuring Dr. Jackson Katz was very informative. At one point in the video he discusses how the dominant group of white heterosexual men is not identified as one of the traits of violent people. In the video, he states that “one gender, men, perpetrate approximately 90% of the violence” – something that the media does not feel the need to report, as it is overlooked as a basic fact. He compares this to how we in the United States think of race, how the word conjures up “African American, Latino, Asian American, Native American, etc.” Similar, when we hear the term sexual orientation, we immediately assume that the speaker is referencing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender. And finally, when we hear gender,