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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Contact:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Ben Mincks</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">NCBI Missoula</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">541-6891</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="mailto:ben@ncbimissoula.org"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">ben@ncbimissoula.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">The Mask You Live In: Free Community
Screening</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">7:00 pm</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Monday, November 9, 2015</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">The Silver Theater</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">2023 S. Higgins</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="h.4mzggogebou8"></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">What does it mean to “be a man”? The cultural definition of
manhood is changing in positive ways. Being a man should mean to be kind,
respectful, and brave. Yet many boys still grow up with messages about manhood
that encourage them to denigrate women, use violence against others, and
suppress their emotions in unhealthy ways. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a name="h.j9jr0itoribb"></a><span style="font-size:12pt">Unhealthy
ideas about masculinity have other negative impacts:</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:0.5in"><a name="h.5ovpalrzwp1v"></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Compared to girls, boys are two times
more likely to flunk or drop out of school<a href="file:///C:/Users/kmcguire.MC/Desktop/mask%20you%20live%20in/Mask%20You%20Live%20In%20Press%20Release.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><sup><sup><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext">[1]</span></sup></sup></a></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:0.5in"><a name="h.oocrfpmpyqfa"></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Every day three or more boys commit suicide<a href="file:///C:/Users/kmcguire.MC/Desktop/mask%20you%20live%20in/Mask%20You%20Live%20In%20Press%20Release.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><sup><sup><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext">[2]</span></sup></sup></a></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:0.5in"><a name="h.bc3810eoma18"></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">93% of boys are exposed to internet
porn before age 18<a href="file:///C:/Users/kmcguire.MC/Desktop/mask%20you%20live%20in/Mask%20You%20Live%20In%20Press%20Release.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><sup><sup><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext">[3]</span></sup></sup></a></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-left:0.5in"><a name="h.gnqnk9plk75y"></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Of all mass shootings in the U.S. in
the last 30 years, 99% were committed by men and boys<a href="file:///C:/Users/kmcguire.MC/Desktop/mask%20you%20live%20in/Mask%20You%20Live%20In%20Press%20Release.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><sup><sup><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext">[4]</span></sup></sup></a><a name="h.vhe5ofuu9dns"></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">NCBI
Missoula and Missoula City-County Relationship Violence Services are partnering
to spark community dialogue about this crisis. The two organizations are
hosting a free screening of the acclaimed documentary “The Mask You Live In,”
followed by a brief, interactive discussion.
The film seeks to get to the root of these staggering statistics by
examining the effects of unhealthy masculinity in our society. <a name="h.broop31hn7yj"></a><a name="h.pf9ol36ihy9w"></a><a name="h.lr7eehbn4e7m"></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">The Silver Theater, formerly the World Theater, was
purchased by the Silver Foundation this year. The Foundation is providing the
space for free, as the lobby is still in the process of renovation. The theater
can seat 235 people. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">The film screening is part of the Not In Our State Sexual
Assault Summit, which is hosted by the University of Montana on November 8-11. </span></p>
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