06/05/2019 EVENT REVIEW: Gillette Discussion, Oxford — Good Lad Initiative

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Feruar 21, 2019 (/log/2019/2/21/kqqzgpzcjei7pajwdda8o9p7jrxz)

VNT RVIW: Gillette
Dicuion, Oxford
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Y   M AT T   D I C K I N  O N ,   G L I   V O L U N T   R   OX F O R D

arlier thi month, GLI co-hoted a pulic dicuion 
evening aout maculinit at Oxford Univerit’  We Believe: The Best Men Can…
Can…
alliol College, creating pace to dicu the mot 
controverial advert of 2019 et: Gillette’ 
#TheetMenCane campaign (view the ad, right). 
Along with fellow organier UN Women Oxford 
(http://www.faceook.com/unwomenoxford/) 
(UNWO), a tudent-led ociet engaging oung people 
in gender equalit work, a capacit crowd of ixt 
turned out to diect the ad, it meage aout 
tomorrow’ men, and the acklah it faced. 

The evening’ excitement kicked off with a warm 
welcome from UNWO Chair mil Captick and former 
GLI Oxford co-ordinator Tom Hornrook. The room fell 
into penive ilence upon creening the advert 
followed  the invitation to join four facilitator-
guided dicuion circle  GLI volunteer Hugh 
Palmer. Theme included poitive maculinit a 
promoted  Gillette, acklah, corporate motive, 
and how the advert fit the igger picture of pat and 
future action againt harament and violence againt women.

The night wa a reounding ucce, with divere view openl and repectfull aired, and one attendee travelling 
from a far afield a Warwick! The overwhelming conenu wa one of upport for the advert' central meage 
that men need to get involved in preventing violence. However, one particularl intereting viewpoint quetioned 
whether the advert made enough effort to encourage peronal intropection, or if there wa too much emphai on 
individual act of “heroim”  policing the action of other men. 

The evening’ greatet achievement were engaging a 
wider mixed-gender audience, increaing GLI’ 
viiilit to the communit and forming a friendhip 
with a fantatic iter organiation working for 
common goal in Oxford and eond.

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