Allan Johnson will discuss healthy relationships between men and women at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 3 in Whitley Auditorium on the Elon University campus.
Johnson consults with corporations and universities on issues of gender and diversity. He is the author of “Privilege, Power and Difference” and “The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy.” He will discuss what men and women can do to change a patriarchal cultural system that awards special privileges to men and assigns a lesser status to women. In his lectures, Johnson says confronting gender inequality is not about assigning blame or making men feel ashamed. He argues instead that the real issue is understanding the system of assigned privileges and deprivations and acting in ways that counter it for the benefit of both women and men.
Sponsored by the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and Women’s and Gender Studies, this event is free and open to the public.
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