The protests carried on for days and continue to simmer in a country whose social fabric has been torn by toxic masculinity and a violent colonial past.
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Is right-wing violent extremism the new fifth wave of modern terrorism? If so, there’s no doubt the impacts of COVID-19 will only help accelerate the radicalization of its adherents.
Although society portrays a woman who earns a living as free and empowered, outdated values and stereotypes still promote discrimination against female breadwinners.
Bullying tactics are increasingly under scrutiny, yet the display we saw during the first U.S. presidential debate is proof that some men still think those old rules are still at play.
The artist’s body of work, through its very public focus on queer masculinity, offers alternative ways of thinking about what being a man is.
New research shows some stereotypical ideas about what it means to be a man have a particularly harmful effect on men’s behaviour.
The extended COVID-19 social isolation could be an opportunity for parents to have an impact on how boys are schooled in masculinity.
Until we acknowledge that toxic white masculinity is fuelling mass murders, aggrieved white men will continue to commit them – and we’ll all continue to pay the price.
The school playground is not just a place to have fun. It’s an important space to claim power and this is often done through violence.
How two massive opposing forces - the shift towards a sustainable world and the force that thrives on inequality - are unfolding at a global level.
Set in the army during apartheid, the South African film Moffie is a masterpiece. Oliver Hermanus, a black filmmaker, explores how toxic white masculinity breeds racism and homophobia.
In the early 20th century, elite boys’ schools fostered military cadets, encouraged martial virtue among those they saw as future defenders of the empire and nation, and prized toughness.
Two interventions proved effective in reducing men’s perpetration, but not women’s experiences of violence.
What people value in their God, they value in life. Today, this might mean men can conclude that if they are right, they, too, have the right to be dominating.
Thirty years after the Montreal Massacre that killed 14 women, new threats such as the incel movement pose dangers to the feminist movement.
The South African child support grant is progressive in its gender-neutrality, yet men make up only 2% of those who collect it.
For every 100 men, up to 25 have raped or pressured a woman into sex.
Research shows construction workers are at higher risk of mental illness and suicide than people in other jobs. Addressing this must start with dismantling the ‘macho’ culture on work sites.
Research has a distinctive role to play because it gives pointers on what is needed to create long-term change.
A feminist scholar wrote about her online dating experiences. She wasn’t expecting the avalanche of negative anti-feminist comments.
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Research Professor, Masculinities Studies, School of Education, University of Calgary
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Professor of Sociology, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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