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Reconstructing violent rural masculinities : responding to fractures in the rural gender order in Australia

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posted on 2010-01-01, 00:00 authored by Bob PeaseBob Pease
Men's violence against women is higher in rural communities compared to urban areas and many writers have identified the increased vulnerability of women in rural areas when addressing men's violence. This article will explore the implications of the emerging scholarship on rural masculinities for understanding how rurality invokes different modes of masculinity associated with men's violence in the context of rural restructuring. While the socio-cultural aspects of rural areas generate stronger enforcement of gender roles that perpetuate gender inequality, rural restructuring challenges dominant forms of masculinity, and this has contradictory consequences for reconstructing masculinities. Consequently, while many rural men are endeavouring to preserve traditional masculinity in the face of the rural crisis, other men are exploring alternative masculinities that are incompatible with men's violence against women.

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Journal

Culture, society & masculinity

Volume

2

Issue

2

Season

Fall

Pagination

154 - 164

Publisher

Men's Studies Press

Location

Harriman, Tenn.

ISSN

1941-5583

eISSN

1941-5591

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2010, The Men's Studies Press

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