Facing Patriarchy: From a Violent Gender Order to a Culture of Peace

257 Pages·2019·1.715 MB·English

by  Professor Bob Pease

‘Facing Patriarchy is a highly accessible, critical examination of the urgent
problem of men’s violence to women, linking it to other forms of violence,
and making strong contributions to stopping it.’
– Jeff Hearn, author of Men of the World and
editor of Unsustainable Institutions of Men
‘In the struggle for sex/gender justice, Bob Pease’s title is on target – the
key is Facing Patriarchy. His radical analysis demonstrates over and over
that we will not make serious progress against men’s violence and a host of
other problems without a deep critique of patriarchy. In a cultural moment
where academic jargon and political euphemisms are designed to derail
radical feminism, Pease’s book is a welcome addition to our toolkit for
challenging men to be fully human.’
– Robert Jensen, University of Texas at Austin, author of
The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men
‘In this current era of populism, a rabid anti-feminist backlash, and a rising
right, this is a much needed book. Pease’s ground-breaking offering reminds
us of the importance of emphasizing a rich gendered understanding of
men’s violence against women. Indeed, as he correctly points out, we
cannot understand and eliminate woman abuse without recognizing that
a substantial number of male actions, values and beliefs are micro-social
expressions of broader patriarchal forces. Facing Patriarchy is destined
to become a classic piece of feminist scholarship, one that every man
must read.’
– Walter S. DeKeseredy, West Virginia University

FACING PATRIARCHY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bob Pease is currently Adjunct Professor in the Institute for the Study of
Social Change at the University of Tasmania and Honorary Professor in the
School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University. He was
formerly Chair of Social Work at Deakin University and Professor of Social
Work at the University of Tasmania. He has been involved in profeminist
politics with men for many years, was a founding member of Men Against
Sexual Assault in Melbourne, and continues to be involved in commu-
nity education and campaigns against men’s violence against women. He
has published extensively on masculinity politics and critical social work
practice. His books include: Recreating Men: Postmodern Masculinity
Politics (2000), A Man’s World? Changing Men’s Practices in a Globalized
World (edited with Keith Pringle, 2001), Men and Gender Relations
(2002), Migrant Men: Critical Studies of Masculinities and the Migration
Experience (edited with Mike Donaldson, Ray Higgins and Richard Howson,
2009), Undoing Privilege: Unearned Advantage in a Divided World (2010),
Men and Masculinities around the World (edited with Elizabetta Ruspini,
Jeff Hearn and Keith Pringle, 2011), Men, Masculinities and Methodologies
(edited with Barbara Pini, 2013), Men, Masculinities and Disaster (edited
with Elaine Enarson, 2016), Radicals in Australian Social Work: Stories of
Lifelong Activism (edited with Carolyn Noble and Jim Ife, 2017), and Critical
Ethics of Care in Social Work (edited with Anthea Vreugdenhil and Sonya
Stanford, 2018).
FACING PATRIARCHY
FROM A VIOLENT GENDER ORDER
TO A CULTURE OF PEACE
Bob Pease
Facing Patriarchy: From a Violent Gender Order to a Culture of Peace was first
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Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
James Baldwin

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements | x
Introduction: Facing patriarchy .................................. 1
PART ONE: RETHINKING FRAMEWORKS AND POLICIES
ADDRESSING MEN’S VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
1 The limits of public health approaches to violence against
women prevention ............................................ 17
2 The limits of gender equality policies for violence against
women prevention ............................................32
PART TWO: LOCATING MEN’S VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN WITHIN THE PILLARS OF PATRIARCHY
3 Transnational and intersectional structures of patriarchy ......... 51
4 Patriarchal ideology and hegemonic gender beliefs ...............65
5 Homosociality and patriarchal peer support among men ..........77
6 Coercive control and familial patriarchy .........................92
7 Patriarchal masculinities and masculine selves ..................108
PART THREE: LINKING MEN’S VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN TO OTHER VIOLENCES BY MEN
8 Gendering men’s public violence against men .................. 125
9 Gendering militarism, war and terrorism ....................... 137
10 Gendering global warming and environmental violence .......... 152
PART FOUR: OVERCOMING A VIOLENT GENDER ORDER
11 Disrupting men’s complicity in the pillars of patriarchy .......... 167
12 Fostering a feminist ethic of care in men .........................181
References | 197
Index | 233