I think that there is a place for men to come together and form groups to talk about men-stuff without women present. I think about what consciousness-raising groups did for women in the 70s, and I wonder if a lot of men I know would have more interesting thoughts re: patriarchy and awareness of their own thoughts, feelings, crap, etc. if they could have the kind of conversations about masculinity, sex, work, identity and what their own personal desires might be that women like my mom were having 40 years ago. I think that our society already has plenty of "rah rah go dudes" but if men wanted to find safe spaces to be un-patriarchal together, that could only make the world better. But no, that's not what these UChicago dudes are doing.