Becoming involved Nicole Westmarland; Anna-Lena Almqvist; Linn Egeberg Holmgren ...
Men’s Activism to End Violence Against Women,
07/2021
Book Chapter
Odprti dostop
Why and how some men become active in speaking out about men’s violence against women is a question which arouses considerable interest and curiosity. Yet it is a topic there has been relatively ...little research on to date, even though critical studies on men and masculinities has grown considerably as a field of research since the turn of the century. Where research has been carried out in this area, it has largely been based on contexts such as the United States and Australia rather than on European countries. Most of the data within this chapter comes from the interview sample,
The need for men’s involvement Nicole Westmarland; Anna-Lena Almqvist; Linn Egeberg Holmgren ...
Men’s Activism to End Violence Against Women,
07/2021
Book Chapter
Odprti dostop
Men’s violence against women and girls is a problem crossing all social groups. Globally, it constitutes a leading cause of the premature death of women and children, with its impacts ricocheting far ...into all communities (Westmarland, 2015). Many have argued that men must engage further in the movement to end violence against women. However, there is relatively little knowledge available about structural and individual factors that might enable and support this engagement. This book aims to develop an understanding of the factors that enable men to actively take a stance against men’s violence against women. Based on a survey and
Getting more men involved Nicole Westmarland; Anna-Lena Almqvist; Linn Egeberg Holmgren ...
Men’s Activism to End Violence Against Women,
07/2021
Book Chapter
Odprti dostop
In his book on anti-sexist men, Christian wrote in 1994 that the men whose life stories are presented in his book are probably an ‘untypical minority’ (1994: 4), but that he hoped it would be a road ...that more men will travel down in the future. Unfortunately, it remains the case today that the stories that are contained within our book still represent a somewhat ‘untypical minority’. Indeed, one of the primary purposes of this book is to see how this may become a more common route for more men in the future, and it is this topic that we
