men as allies
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Tuesday November 27 10:30-11:30 AM Central Time Presenter: Molly Zemke Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS) Facilitator: Rose Hennessey Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV). . Men as allies. To prevent violence against women. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
To prevent violence against women
MEN AS ALLIESTuesday November 2710:30-11:30 AM Central Time
Presenter: Molly ZemkeDomestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS)
Facilitator: Rose HennesseyWisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV)
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About the presentersHistory of DELTAAgenda
OVERVIEW
Rose Hennessy, MPHWisconsin Coalition Against Domestic
Violence
Molly ZemkeDomestic Abuse
Intervention Services
1 in 4 women have been the victim of extreme physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime
1 in 5 women have been the victims of sexual assault in their lifetime
Victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) can experience physical injuries, post traumatic stress disorder, absenteeism, increased risk of several chronic illnesses, and death
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) Summary Report.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2010
CONTEXT FOR OUR WORK
Hundreds of agencies and coalitions across the nation are dedicated to supporting survivors of IPV Shelters Advocacy Counseling Legal assistance Support groups
Primary prevention seeks to stop the violence before it occurs by looking at the factors that lead to gender-based violence
CONTEXT FOR OUR WORK
Individual factors: Belief in strict gender roles Desire for power and control Homophobia/heterosexism
Community/societal factors: Weak sanctions for perpetrators Negative portrayal of women in the media Social norms supportive of violence Institutionalized sexism
Int imate Partner Violence: Risk and Protect ive Factors. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/int imatepartnerviolence/riskprotectivefactors.html
. 2010
RISK FACTORS FOR PERPETRATION
What are characteristics society would say make up a “real man”?
MASCULINITY AND VIOLENCE
What are characteristics society would say make up a “real man”?
MASCULINITY AND VIOLENCE
Tough
Unemotional
Good with women
In control
Dominant
Strong
Successful
Boys and men experience peer and societal pressures to conform to the “man box”.
Men who step outside the “man box” are negatively portrayed as being feminine or gay.
The “man box” places unrealistic expectations on boys and men at the expense of their wellbeing and the wellbeing of women.
MASCULINITY AND VIOLENCE
Men perpetrate the majority of violence against intimate partners, but the majority of men are not perpetrators
Benefits to women and menMany men want to get involvedMen have influence over other men IPV is community issue
WHY WORK WITH MEN
Can’t live up to the “man box”Men know and love womenSocial justice issueBetter relationships with women and other men
MOTIVATIONS FOR MEN
Other men as leadersWomen doing the work
WHO SHOULD WORK WITH MEN
What do you want to accomplish by educating or engaging men?
Who do you want to educate?How do you want to educate them?What do men want to do?
GOALS FOR WORKING WITH MEN
Well-meaning men and male privilegeFrustration with slow changeLots for men to lose by stepping outside the “man
box”
CHALLENGES
Focus on storiesStay positiveHave check-insMeet them where they’re atSeek leadersDevelop trust and build relationshipsMake action easierTrust the processProvide incentives
Adapted from Men Can Stop Rape, From Theory to Pract ice
STRATEGIES
Bystander intervention (BI) Seeks to empower bystanders to intervene when they hear
disrespectful language and see abusive behavior. Men who are likely to commit violence tend to over-identify
with traditional masculine values. This makes them especially sensitive to what other men think.
The focus is to provide the majority of men who are uncomfortable with this behavior with the permission and skills to confront it.
This can change the peer culture that tolerates and promotes violence against women.
(Link to a Bystander Intervention exercise as well as other prevention exercises can be found at http://
www.wcadv.org/ourwork/prevention)
PROMISING APPROACH
Men Can Stop Rape http://www.mencanstoprape.org/
A Call to Men http://www.acalltomen.com/
Tony Porter, TED Talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td1PbsV6B80
Rus Funk, Reaching Men: Strategies for Preventing Sexist Attitudes, Behaviors and Violence , 2006 http://www.rusfunk.com/
VAWnet.org Special Collection: Men and Boys: Preventing Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence http://www.vawnet.org/special-collections/EngagingMen.php
RESOURCES
Molly Zemke, DAIS Email: [email protected] Phone: (608) 251-1237 ext. 306 Web site: www.abuseintervention.org
Rose Hennessey, WCADV Email: [email protected] Phone: (608) 255-0539 Web site: www.wcadv.org
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DISCUSSION