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- The answer is yes. The cultures and institutions that prepare for and deliver organized armed violence on behalf of the State or non-State armed groups are predominantly constructed by men, led by men and filled with men.
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Mar 15, 2018 · Mainly men. Is it mainly men who are responsible for the horrors of war? The answer is yes. The cultures and institutions that prepare for and deliver organized armed violence on behalf of the State or non-State armed groups are predominantly constructed by men, led by men and filled with men.
There is much talk about violations, cruelty and brutality in the public discussion of war, but very little talk about men. Yet, factually speaking, it is mainly men who are the practitioners of organized violence as its ideologues, planners, technical designers, and its workforce at the sharp end.
Apr 23, 2019 · “War is one of the very few places where men can express love for each other without inhibition”, he said. This perspective presents a link between the altered dynamics of conflict settings and the constraints of rigid gender norms in civilian life.
Sexual violence against men is one of the least told aspects of war. Yet men and boys are victims too of abuse that is frequently more effective at destroying lives and tearing communities apart than guns alone.
May 14, 2019 · Let’s take a closer look at men’s relationship to violence, to what we might call ‘the masculine condition’. From Sigmund Freud via Hanna Arendt to Slavoj Zizek, thinkers of the modern era have taken an innovative and critical look at human violence.
May 21, 2024 · In recent years we have seen this play out in different conflict settings – from Ukraine and Haiti to Palestine and Sudan – where prevailing gender norms, popular notions of victimhood, and exclusionary protection measures conspire to expose men to the prey of traffickers and criminal gangs.
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Mar 28, 2022 · The article analyses how masculine social norms shape the idea of survivors/victims in International Politics. It will conceptually analyse how masculine social norms have been normalised through militarism and militarized masculinity in international politics. In this process, it will locate how international politics has conceived male ...