Pages tagged "Social Factors"
Boys at Risk conference to explore roots of male violence
The topic of male violence will come under scrutiny at a conference in Santa Fe, where academics, authors and researchers in the field will be asking ‘what makes men violent?’
What is at the core of the problem? What has been overlooked? Why are 90 per cent of people in federal and state prisons for committing violent acts male?
Read moreWhy body mass index and sexual orientation study raises health concerns for lesbian and gay people
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
Read moreMale victims of female violence speak out
Three stories about male victims of family and domestic violence hit the Australian media this week in the space of 24 hours. Each story was very different, but they all shared a common, and surprisingly rare feature: they all involved a man speaking out about his experience.
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