In this piece, I explore the relationship between masculinity and misogyny in School Daze, arguing that Lee links the two and sees the formation of masculine identity as inseparable from the subjugation of women. What is the path out? This is not resolved in the film, but the stakes could not be higher: Lee links the question to slavery and emancipation. Again, the resolution, such that it is, is located in the interrogative. What would masculinity mean if it emerged out of an intimacy between men and the intimacy of the masculine self with itself?