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Rethinking masculinities: Dev Ramsawakh understanding diverse and intersecting masculinities to end gender-based violence (GBV)

By: Ramsawakh, Dev.
Contributor(s): The Learning Network, Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, Western University.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Learning Network Brief.Publisher: London, Ont : Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, Western University, 2025Description: electronic document (13 pages) : PDF & HTML.ISBN: 978-1-998746-03-3.Subject(s): COLONISATION | GENDER DIVERSE | DISABLED PEOPLE | INDIGENOUS PEOPLES | INTERSECTIONALITY | IWI TAKETAKE | LGBTQIA+ | MASCULINITY | RACISM | TAKATĀPUI | TĀNGATA WHAIKAHA | TAIPŪWHENUATANGA | TĀNE | TRANSGENER | WHAKAHĀWEA IWI | INTERNATIONAL | CANADAOnline resources: Download resource, PDF | Read in HTML Learning Network Brief, 46, April 2025Summary: This Brief outlines diverse examples of intersectional masculinities, aiming to deepen our understanding and efforts to address GBV. It begins by examining how colonialism has shaped dominant understandings of gender and masculinity. The Brief then explores diverse cultural perspectives on masculinity. The impacts and unique expressions of GBV are then highlighted to demonstrate how power dynamics and GBV operate alongside an intersecting spectrum of masculinities across gender diversity, race, disability, class, and age. Finally, it concludes by sharing and drawing from underrepresented models of masculinity to challenge colonial constructions of masculinity for a more inclusive approach to addressing GBV. (From the Brief). Record #9188
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Learning Network Brief, 46, April 2025

This Brief outlines diverse examples of intersectional masculinities, aiming to deepen our understanding and efforts to address
GBV. It begins by examining how colonialism has shaped dominant understandings of gender and masculinity. The Brief
then explores diverse cultural perspectives on masculinity. The impacts and unique expressions of GBV are then highlighted
to demonstrate how power dynamics and GBV operate alongside an intersecting spectrum of masculinities across gender
diversity, race, disability, class, and age. Finally, it concludes by sharing and drawing from underrepresented models of
masculinity to challenge colonial constructions of masculinity for a more inclusive approach to addressing GBV. (From the Brief). Record #9188

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