Rob Okun, Author at ihtbd

Don't Sit This Election Out. Your Country Needs You!

By Rob Okun ● Commentary ● October 31, 2022

“If someone says, ‘I was making a statement by not voting,’ then respond, ‘Well, I can’t hear it!’”

‘Proud Men' vs. ‘Loud Boys'

By Rob Okun ● Commentary ● August 25, 2022

On Women's Equality Day, this Man Demands All Men Stand Up and Step Forward!

It's Maddening Gender is Still Not Central in Mass Shootings Debate

By Rob Okun ● Commentary ● May 27, 2022

How many more lonely, alienated, disconnected, (usually) white males perpetrating murder and then suicide need we witness before admitting the irrefutable fact that the shooters are all male?

The Slap Heard ‘Round The World'

By Rob Okun ● Commentary ● March 30, 2022

How tragic that Smith didn’t simply comfort his wife—and turn the other cheek, rather than slap Rock's.

Where Are the “Other” White Men?

By Rob Okun ● Commentary ● March 21, 2021

We cannot ignore a flashing caution light, especially one that turned blood red on January 6.

One Man Asks: Are We Finally Ready to Put Shooters’ Gender at Center of Gun Debate?

By Rob Okun ● Commentary ● August 15, 2019

“It’s the masculinity, people.”

A Letter from Men...to Men: Stand Up For Women's Reproductive Rights!

By Rob Okun ● Commentary ● June 10, 2019

It’s painful to admit that I have fallen short, missed the mark—that I have not been a better ally to women in the struggle to maintain their reproductive rights.

Students: Time is Ripe to Add Gender to Gun Debate

By Rob Okun ● Commentary ● March 21, 2018

I’d welcome hearing high school students’ thoughts in a cross-generational dialogue that included how we raise boys and how we navigate the culture of violence in which we live.

“Where Are The Men?” - Hiding in Plain Sight for 40 Years

By Rob Okun ● Commentary ● February 8, 2018

Almost entirely absent from the global conversation is an examination of the system that allowed men like Weinstein to thrive—a system that is male-dominated, male-identified, and male-centered.

Mass Shooters and Men's Will to Change

By Rob Okun ● Commentary ● November 16, 2017

The NRA considers most men tacit supporters, and unless they hear otherwise, they have us right where they want us—silent!

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