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‘Real men don't hit women’ : constructing masculinity in the prevention of violence against women Michael Salter

By: Material type: ArticleArticleSeries: Australian & New Zealand Journal of CriminologyPublication details: Sage, 2016Subject(s): Online resources: In: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2016, 49(4): 463-479Summary: This paper examines the dependence of many violence against women VAW primary prevention campaigns and programs on regressive notions of ‘real masculinity’. It describes how the scope of VAW primary prevention has narrowed over time from a dual focus on structural gender inequality and gender norms to a largely normative approach that subsumes gender inequality to gender norms. (from the author's introduction). Record #4705
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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2016, 49(4): 463-479

This paper examines the dependence of many violence against women VAW primary prevention campaigns and programs on regressive notions of ‘real masculinity’. It describes how the scope of VAW primary prevention has narrowed over time from a dual focus on structural gender inequality and gender norms to a largely normative approach that subsumes gender inequality to gender norms. (from the author's introduction). Record #4705