Quotes by Robert Jensen

About Robert Jensen:

Robert William Jensen is a professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin College of Communication. He joined the faculty in 1992 after completing his Ph.D. in media law and ethics in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in media law, ethics, and politics.
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Those four effects described above—shaping a male-dominant view of sexuality, initiating victims, contributing to difficulty in separating sexual fantasy and reality, and providing a training manual for abusers—are at work just as much with men w...

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MacKinnon captures this is in her succinct lesson on the grammar of pornography and male dominance: 'Man fucks woman; subject verb object.

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The world does not need white people to civilize others. The real White People's Burden is to civilize ourselves.

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Whiteness–the whole constellation of practices, beliefs, attitudes, emotions that are mixed up in being white–is the problem. Whiteness is degraded and depraved[…] To the degree that we accept any of the meaning that the dominant society gives ...

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Our goal should be not to redefine masculinity, but to abolish it.

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I could settle for being a man, or I could struggle to become a human being.

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But too often men react to women in positions of power with misogyny, often in sexualized terms. I have heard men in such situations talk about how "I'd like to fuck that bitch and teach her a lesson," for example. That kind of reaction demonstrates ...

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Author Bio

  • NameRobert Jensen
  • DescriptionAmerican professor of journalism
  • BornJuly 14, 1958
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • AwardsRome Prize