Research Catalog

Title

Why men hurt women and other reflections on love, violence and masculinity / Kopano Ratele.

Author

Ratele, Kopano

Publication

Johannesburg, South Africa : Wits University Press, 2022.

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Details

Description

x, 298 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"This book seeks to imagine the possibility of a more loving masculinity in a society where structural violence, failures of government and economic inequality underpin much of the violent behavior that men display. Enriched with personal reflections on his own experiences as a partner, father, psychologist and researcher in the field of men and masculinities, Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity is Kopano Ratele's meditation on love and violence, and the way these forces shape the emotional lives of boys and men. At the core of these critical and deeply insightful texts is the question of why men hurt women they love. Ratele contends that many men in our society suffer from a painful, unrecognized, yet consequential love hunger that sets in during boyhood. This need for love may lie at the root of some of the male violence that damages the lives of women, children and men themselves."

Subject

• Men > Social conditions
• Man-woman relationships
• Masculinity > Social aspects
• Men
• Gender identity
• Masculinities
• Gender expression
• Masculinity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-290) and index.

Call Number

JFE 23-215

ISBN

• 9781776147632
• 1776147634
• 9781776147649
• 1776147642

OCLC

1343117823

Author

Ratele, Kopano, author.

Title

Why men hurt women and other reflections on love, violence and masculinity / Kopano Ratele.

Publisher

Johannesburg, South Africa : Wits University Press, 2022.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-290) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 23-215