Over 400 students at Cal Poly gathered on Nov. 9 to protest the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. The main message of the protest was to bring awareness to the fact that Donald Trump has been accused of sexual assault multiple times, and will be on trial for it in December. Things were very tense between the seemingly all white male Trump supporters and the protesters.

Post Election Protest

The protesters marched from Mott Lawn to the University Union where they then staged a sit in. They were chanting multiple sayings during the march and once inside the union including "no mean no, yes means yes" highlighting the importance of consent, "join the fight" and "love trumps hate".

Chant at Post Election Protest

Pascal Purro is the student lead of the Men & Masculinity team. He and the rest of the team are working to interview males at Cal Poly now to see what the culture of masculinity looks like to them and how they would like to see it change. He wants to give men a space to talk about their values and privileges and how those can make our campus a better place.

Pascal - Men & Masculinity Team Lead

Second-year Business major Jen Maxin has noticed that there is a need not only at Cal Poly, but in our community as a whole to address masculinity and to give men a space to express themselves outside of our rigid, gendered society. This problem reaches far beyond our campus and our community, and can be seen nationwide as tensions grow about our presidential election. This election is polarizing when it came to masculinity, as one of the most quintessential examples of troubling masculinity was elected to be our next president.

Jen - Masculinity From a Woman's Perspective

Fifth-year communications major Brandon Covarrubias is a member of the Men & Masculinity team and was present during protests. This election has brought toxic masculinity and sexual assault to the forefront of our problems, and Covarrubias acknowledges that this is exasperating an already detrimental perception of what it means to be a man in our society. The team believes that this program will be crucial to addressing this problem at Cal Poly.

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