It’s important for men to have safe spaces that they can be vulnerable with each other. This enables them to breakdown rigid gender stereotypes like “men have to be stoic and not show emotion” and create supportive and positive friendships. Matt Brown talks about how he helped to create these spaces for men in his community to “take off their masks”, and the importance of men taking responsibility for doing it themselves and not expecting women to do it for them.
Component/Capability: 2: Create social change
Communicating for Connection – Safe & Equal
Sending nudes and sexting – eSafety Commissioner
Allyship in Action – Zoe Belle Gender Collective & Women’s Health in the North
The inclusion of trans and gender diverse people must be central in all of our prevention efforts. This framework provide prevention practitioners the tools and information they need to be more inclusive by understanding what drives violence against trans and gender diverse people, identifying transphobia and transmisogyny, and how we can start embedding trans and gender diverse people in our primary prevention initiatives. Find more resources on the Zoe Belle Gender Collective’s Publications page.
Storytelling or Systems Change – Dusseldorp Forum
Beyond ‘The Talk’ – La Trobe University
Rainbow Mob Are My Mob – VACCHO & Rainbow Health Australia
Towards Gender Transformative Change: A guide for practitioners – Women’s Healthy Vic
Driving Change – Safe & Equal
How to Use Language to Change Gender Stereotypes – Urska Jez
Being aware of how stereotypes are embedded in our language is important. Small things can make the difference between people feeling included or not. This video explains how with some simple changes and practice we can take action to shift gender stereotypes.