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Renounce the Monster Male and his Mission of Violent Oppression, 2017
2017
Digital billboards
4 of 6 from
remember 1967
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July 2017
UK-wide
Lesbian activists of the 1960s characterised aggressive dominant male behaviour as sub-human or monstrous.
On the cover of the socialist journal
Gay Left,
the dominant male was depicted as a King Kong figure labelled
Monstrous Male.
His chief characteristics were listed as
Decisive, Assertive, Aggressive, Stud, Strong, Butch
and
Cool.
By lampooning patriarchal power, lesbian activists aimed to lessen its impact and embolden people from all walks of life to renounce gender-based oppression.
