Fiji: 'Men under spotlight, told to understand'

Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2009-06-15 00:08

Article here. Excerpt:

'Men enjoy power, privilege and status at the expense of women, a fact that contributes to persistent and widespread gender-based violence.

Stephen Fisher, an Australian trainer on masculinities at the Chisholm Institute [hyperlink added], Melbourne, was speaking at the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre’s (FWCC) Pacific Regional Meeting on Violence Against Women at the Naviti Resort on the Coral Coast in Fiji.

Fisher said the concept of masculinities was a major factor that reinforced male behaviour normalising demeaning and violent treatment of women.

Many men enjoy maintaining their dominance role in their personal relationships and in and this is expressed through their masculinity, Fisher said.'

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... how terrible his relationship with his dad was. Unless of course it was good but his dad was a feminist. Anything's possible I suppose.

I went looking for an email address for this guy on the web site of the school he works at but "oddly enough", access to staff emails is not open to the public. Good thing for him I guess, given the sort of bigotry this man is "teaching" others.

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Submitted by mcc99 on Mon, 2009-06-15 15:43

manonthestreet

Good to hear that men in Fiji are keeping up the standards. Lets hope they continue just as they are doing. I like the sound of these men.

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Submitted by trotter on Mon, 2009-06-15 16:23

sure has a lot of male hatred inside,

and he seems to want to talk about how it
feels to be gay while having to deny it?

teach a man to fish and he will feed himself for a lifetime,
give him a long enough rope ...

i guess this drivel is what passes for serious excuse making in
the world of female victimization (2k+) in fiji now. feminists
really need to learn a new song.

all that v.a.w.a. wording makes me think we are funding this krap.
tell me i'm wrong, please, but who here would be surprised?

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Submitted by daveinga on Mon, 2009-06-15 17:04

Self loathing man. Maybe we should contact him and explain the virtues of MANN. Maybe our site will enable him to take the tampon out of his crotch.

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Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2009-06-15 20:09