men, masculinities and gender politics

Welcome to XY online

Latest articles

Men's roles in sexual violence and exploitation in prostitution and their prevention 22 Jul 2010

I focus in the following on men’s roles in sexual exploitation and violence in prostitution and their prevention. I focus particularly on men’s involvements as buyers of commercial sex – in other words, on male ‘prostitute users’ or ‘clients’ or ‘Johns’, on the sexual violence and coercion involved here, and on how to prevent these.

Read more...
Domestic violence and gender - An XY collection 20 Jul 2010

There is a persistent debate, in both community and academic circles, regarding domestic violence and gender, and in particular, whether women's domestic violence against men is as common or as serious as men's domestic violence against women. The following articles are useful contributions to this debate. While they acknowledge women's domestic violence, they show that the claim of gender symmetry in domestic violence is not supported by the evidence.

Read more...
Man-friendly Feminism? 08 Jul 2010

Read more...
CFP: International conference on men and masculinities (Quebec, March 2011) 06 Jul 2010

Dear friends and colleagues,

Read more...
New Publication: The report on the Global Symposium on Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality 04 Jul 2010

The report on the Global Symposium on Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from March 30th – April 3rd, 2009, is now available for download on the Promundo website.

The Symposium brought together 439 researchers, activists and practitioners from 77 countries to exchange experiences and forge collective actions for engaging men and boys in achieving gender equality and social justice.

Read more...
The Patriarchal Pity Party: MRA Trolls and their list of "Misandrist" quotes 02 Jul 2010

The world of misogynist men's rights activist online trolls isn't as huge as one might think. The question posed to Yahoo Answers below is made by a guy named Nifty. He is the Yahoo friend of Doodlebugjim in his current incarnation. If you don't recall who Doodlebugjim is from a previous post (a mention in comments, actually), I'll update you below. And then we'll move right along to Nifty's question and a rebuttal response.

Read more...
Gail Dines: How “Pornland” destroys intimacy and hijacks sexuality 29 Jun 2010

In today’s world, sex has become commodified and industrialized. We see it all the time in print publications, television commercials, cable television shows, major motion pictures, and adult entertainment. Pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry that misuses and abuses sex and represents it in disturbing ways. Pornographers sell and produce films based on teen sex, torture porn, humiliation, and/or racist caricatures.

Read more...
The Heart of Justice 26 Jun 2010

This was written for a newsletter published by an organisation* working to make custody decisions in Australia centered on what is in the best interests for children, based on principles of justice and compassion, not in service to abusive husbands and fathers. It is for one woman in particular. May her daughter be returned to her soon, removed from the custody of the man who has abused them both.

*Here is the link to that organisation: www.safety4parentsandkids.org.au

The Heart of Justice

Read more...
SheAskedAndISaidYes

Also in XY...

  • Articles - Over 200 articles on a wide variety of issues, sorted by author or date
  • Blog - Read the XY blogs
  • Write / Publish - How to contribute to XY.
  • Links - A comprehensive collection of over 600 online resources
  • The Men’s Bibliography - A comprehensive bibliography of writing on men, masculinities, gender and sexualities
  • What is XY? - Who we are, what we do
  • Image gallery - All the images on XY
  • Contact - Get in touch with XY
  • Donate - If you think XY is a good thing, send us some money!

You can also:

  • Subscribe to the RSS feed RSS feed
  • Join XY on Facebook
  • Follow XY on Twitter

    • Log in