The Benefits of Patriarchy

Alan Parley Buys
Nov 6 · 4 min read
Photo by Jonathan Francisca on Unsplash

In my first social work practice class at Utah State University, a professor taught us an important lesson. He asked the class how we might respond if a client told us that they had just broken up with their significant other the previous night. One of the students in the class responded that they would say something like, “That must be really hard.” My professor’s response to this was, “What if they say, ‘No way! I’m thrilled it was such a…

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Alan Parley Buys

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Creator of feministmasculinity.com. Advocate for survivors of gender-based violence.

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