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Where are the Men?
Paula Goldman, Director of Imagining Ourselves
United StatesGALLERYCONVERSATION
In October of 2007, the Imagining Ourselves project was awarded the Social Impact award  from the Anita Borg Institute for...
A few months back, a friend of mine came to visit the offices of the International Museum of Women in San Francisco. I introduced him around to our fantastic team, and then he and I left the office together to grab a cup of coffee. Before we even got to the elevator, he grabbed my elbow.
It's a very important subject, indeed. So important, in fact, that we curated a whole segment in the Imagining Ourselves exhibition on "Young Men.
I must admit, this issue is one that still troubles me greatly. There is no doubt in my mind that it is of limited value for women to discuss things only amongst themselves. For the conversation to be sustainable, it has to be inclusive.
I think about this from a personal perspective as well. Like many young women of my generation, I did not grow up thinking of myself as disadvantaged because I was a woman. In fact, the idea of working only with and for women seemed limiting to me. As a young girl, I never would have predicted that I'd spend six plus years working on a project like Imagining Ourselves.
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