Men, Masculinity and Social Welfare (Paperback)

Chapter 1 Men talking about masculinities; Introduction; Praxis and the process of men writing about men; | The political; The theoretical; Why should a man write about men?; Men and feminisms; AOP and hegemonic masculinities; Outline of this study; Chapter 2 Masculinities and social welfare organizations; The discourse of social welfare in the 1990s; Men as welfare workers; Virtuosity, managerialism and masculinity; Organization sexuality; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Child protection; Introduction; Men and boys who abuse; Who is given responsibility for child abuse?; Masculinities, femininities and child abuse; Young people and children in the care system; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Child care and families; Introduction; Back to basics or back to the bunker?; Right-wing ideologies and the riots of the 1980s; The men’s rights movement; The work of Robert Bly; Do families need fathers?; Do children need fathers?; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Adult violence; How far is violence gendered?; Men’s violence to other men; Women and crime; Sexual violence by men on men; Welfare agencies’ responses to men’s public violence; Men’s violences to women; The problem of language: family violence or woman abuse?; Why do men physically and emotionally abuse women?; Difference and diversity; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Adult care; Introduction; Informal carers; Receivers of care; Abuse of adults receiving care; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Men against oppressions: woman abuse; Introduction; Agency responses to woman abuse; General implications for men’s anti-oppressive practice; Respecting and preserving resources for women and other oppressed sections of society; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Men against oppressions: child sexual abuse; Explaining men’s sexual violences; Preventing men’s sexual violences; Scandals in caring?; Services for children and young people who have been sexually abused; Conclusion; Chapter 9 Men and social welfare; A framework for men’s practice Problems of men working for change;