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Type: Journal Article
Title: Rethinking the Significance of Attitudes in Preventing Men's Violence Against Women
Other Titles: Australian Journal of Social Issues
Authors: Flood, Michael
Pease, Bob
Year: 2008
Citation: No 4 Vol.: 43
Notes:  The concept of attitudes has been an important component of campaigns to address men's violence against women. Attitudes have been examined in relation to men's perpetration of violence, women's experience of violence and community and institutional responses. In this article we argue that there has not been sufficient interrogation of the limitations of attitudes in understanding and addressing men's violence. We propose a social constructionist approach to attitudes and emphasise the need to locate attitudes within the context of familial, organisational, community and social norms which support violence against women. Furthermore, we argue that to prevent violence against women, we must develop interventions beyond cultural and attitudinal change to encompass changes in structural relations and social practices. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN: 0157-6321
Physical description: Pages 547-561,524
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