A Critical Stocktake of Community-Based Healthy Masculinities Programs in Victoria, Australia
Michael Flood,
Shelley Hewson-Munro,
Amanda Keddie
Abstract:Programs that engage men and boys in health promotion and violence prevention are proliferating. Many aim to foster “healthy masculinities”, using education and support to involve men and boys in adopting more positive or gender-equitable forms of selfhood and relating. This paper offers a critical stocktake of 15 such programs in one state in Australia, assessing them against common standards for gender-transformative programming among men and boys. The programs are diverse in their aims and approaches and th… Show more
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