Suggest a resource Men who hold traditional views about gender
roles and the “place” of women are more likely to be violent,
international research shows. It’s these traditional views that
are being challenged by a new programme from Family Planning
that focuses on young men, their parents and their teachers.
“There is a clear link between the more strongly held ideas of
traditional masculinity and a greater likelihood of that
individual man using domestic violence against women. Violent
men hold different attitudes than the majority of men who do not
use violence,” Family Planning Chief Executive Jackie Edmond
says. “A significant element of our It’s About Mana programme
encourages young men to question traditional male values – ideas
such as that real men are always in control, have uncontrollable
sex drives, deserve a certain entitlement or respect, and that
women are objects. Questioning like this – holding these
outmoded ideas up to the light - will protect against
relationship violence. If young men are