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Rethinking the significance of attitudes in preventing men's violence3 against women
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.
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Australian journal of social issuesVolume
43Issue
4Season
SummerPagination
547 - 561Publisher
Australian Council of Social ServiceLocation
[Sydney, N.S.W]ISSN
0157-6321eISSN
1839-4655Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2008, Australian Council of Social ServiceUsage metrics
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