Working in #SexEducation over the past few years has made me feel even more passionately about December 6th and the anniversary of the #MontrealMassacre where 14 female STEM students were killed because they were female and in STEM. It causes me a lot of heartache and terror, if I’m being honest to hear so much vitriol being shared by young men against women* (*including trans, non binary, and gender non-conforming in the overall umbrella!) Something is happening, and it’s happening very quickly. The visible emergence of Men’s Rights Advocates (eek!) and the body count connected to the #Incel movement (bright red warning signs flashing everywhere!), pick up artists (I know that’s kind of outdated, but that seems like what Andrew Tate is doing?) and the Jordan Petersons of the world and the creepy bitcoin bros following them around like rock stars… I don’t know what the answer is (other than comprehensive sex and #Relationship education including #MentalHealth literacy and critical thinking skills). But masculinity is at a point where men need to lower their entitlement and realize that the world doesn’t resolve around them. (For those of you who would call out #WhatAboutTheMenz and their #feelings in response to this, you’re missing the point, feminism has been fighting for men to be able to express their emotions for YEARS!! These are issues that feminism would like to fix, but entitled young men have come to see anything less than their greatest expectations as a reflection of any group who has historically been marginalized and oppressed being somehow “against” them.) So Mastodon, what do we do about this? How do we start to repair this breakdown between men’s perceptions and realities of what they “deserve”. Obviously overthrowing capitalism and making billionaires illegal is part of it, but there’s more to it as well! Any great articles, podcasts, documentaries, thoughts, or programs that I should check out? And let’s #SayTheirNames again: Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical engineering student Barbara Daigneault (born 1967), mechanical engineering student Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968), chemical engineering student Maud Haviernick (born 1960), materials engineering student Maryse Laganière (born 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department Maryse Leclair (born 1966), materials engineering student Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967), mechanical engineering student Sonia Pelletier (born 1961), mechanical engineering student Michèle Richard (born 1968), materials engineering student Annie St-Arneault (born 1966), mechanical engineering student Annie Turcotte (born 1969), materials engineering student Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958), nursing student