If you are a man, you need to actively contribute to making the world a safer and better place for women. It is not enough to simply say you will not partake in the behaviors that end with us getting attacked or killed. You cannot be a bystander.

A Boston University alumna of the Gastronomy Program discussed the ways masculinity and femininity are shaped by the food industry in an event Friday about her book "Diners, Dudes & Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture.”