Ending the Silence : : The Origins and Treatment of Male Violence against Women / / Ronald Thorne-Finch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Thorne-Finch, Ronald,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)

Police statistics, government studies, and media reports all indicate that male violence against women is escalating. But very little has been done to understand the deep roots of the phenomenon. Until that happens, no means to eradicate male violence will be effective. To this end Ron Thorne-finch offers an incisive analysis of the causes of male violence against women, and places the issue in a political context. He argues that men’s emotional, physical, and sexual violence are all inextricably linked: to end the violence we must address the effects of academia, the family, the media, the military, the peer group, pornography, and sport in creating violent men. The women’s movement has played a pivotal role in breaking the silence about male violence and providing the political pressure to compel state funding for victim and offered programs. But Thorne-Finch argues that changes in the current state response are unlikely to occur unless more men take individual and collective responsibility for male violence. He provides a detailed examination of the responses among North American men in encouraging and resisting male violence against women. Male violence must not remain ‘just’ a women’s issue. Thorne-Finch calls upon men to become more active in the struggle to end it. In a skilful balance between clinical intervention, social analysis, and political action he offers both the professional and the layperson a way to proceed in the struggle to end violence against women.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. How Bad Is the Problem? -- 2. The Effects of Male Violence -- 3. Why Are Men Violent? -- 4. A Critique of the Traditional Treatments of Male Violence against Women -- 5. The State Response -- 6. Responses among Men -- 7. Where Do We Go from Here? -- Appendix 1: North American Pro-Feminist Men's Group Contacts -- Appendix 2: Suggestions on Forming a Pro-Feminist Men's Group -- Notes -- References -- Index