Addressing masculinities to tackle violence against women in Ireland: Findings from the PositivMasc Study

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dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Claireen
dc.contributor.authorBolton, Roberten
dc.contributor.authorÓ Súilleabháin, Fiachraen
dc.contributor.authorLeane, Máireen
dc.contributor.authorFennell, Carolineen
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Councilen
dc.contributor.funderHorizon 2020en
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T14:54:04Z
dc.date.available2024-05-22T14:54:04Z
dc.date.issued2023en
dc.description.abstractDespite decades of policy intervention, violence against women (VAW) remains an intractable societal problem with deleterious effects. Concerns are increasingly being raised about the extent to which VAW is being experienced at younger ages. A survey carried out across the European Union found that one in three women in Europe has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since age 15 (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights [FRA], 2014). The same survey found that 26% of the Irish sample had experienced physical and/or sexual violence by any partner and/or non-partner since age 15 (FRA, 2014). It is widely recognised that a key factor in explaining the prevalence and experience of VAW lies in the attitudes and beliefs that young people hold about the acceptability of, or tolerance for, VAW. Understandings of gender norms - that is, the socially constructed ideas that circulate in a society about what is considered appropriate behaviour and roles for men and women - are central in shaping these attitudes. Multiple studies show that men who hold gender inequitable beliefs based around what we might term ‘traditional’ ideas of masculinity are more likely to perpetrate VAW (Flood and Pease, 2009; Salazar et al., 2020). It is therefore vital that we know more about how young people’s constructions of gender and masculinities underpin their understandings and perceptions of VAW, in order to challenge societal attitudes and structures which contribute to the continued tolerance of VAW.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationEdwards, C., Bolton, R., Ó Súilleabháin, F., Leane, M. and Fennell, C. (2023) 'Addressing masculinities to tackle violence against women in Ireland: Findings from the PositivMasc Study. University College Cork: Cork.en
dc.identifier.endpage68en
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/15899
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::ERA-NET-Cofund/741874/EU/ERA-NET Cofund Promoting Gender Equality in H2020 and the ERA/GENDER NET Plusen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ucc.ie/en/media/research/iss21/PositivMascProjectReport2023.pdfen
dc.rights© 2023, the Authors.en
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectMasculinitiesen
dc.subjectViolence against womenen
dc.subjectToleranceen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.titleAddressing masculinities to tackle violence against women in Ireland: Findings from the PositivMasc Studyen
dc.typeReporten
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