Jackson Katz’s powerful diction communicates the issue of men’s roles in gender abuse through phrases such as “John is … close to dropping off the map of our psychic plain” and “we need more men who have the courage and the strength to start standing … with women.” To start off, Katz logically demonstrates how men who beat women aren’t focused on enough. Through the use of different grammatical structures, Katz displays how, when a woman is beaten, the attention the problem receives is slowly shifted from the man who did the beating to solely the woman who was beaten. This causes two things to happen. Firstly, it makes gender abuse seem like women’s problem, “giv[ing] men an excuse to not pay attention” to this important issue. Secondly, it
