Of Mindsets and Men: Tackling Masculinity, Patriarchy, and Privilege in Delhi
@article{Gilbertson2020OfMA, title={Of Mindsets and Men: Tackling Masculinity, Patriarchy, and Privilege in Delhi}, author={Amanda Gilbertson}, journal={Men and Masculinities}, year={2020}, volume={23}, pages={266 - 287} }
As efforts to engage men and boys in gender justice work have proliferated across the globe, so too has evidence of the potential for this work to reinforce rather than deconstruct gender inequalities, resulting in calls to assess the assumptions that underpin this work. Although a significant amount of male-based gender justice work is based in the Global South, analytical literature on efforts to engage men and boys and on pro-feminist men has been largely confined to the Global North. This…
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