Attitudes / Perception / Awareness Content Topic Results
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March 2012
Etiquette for ASL Students and Signers
Publisher(s):This page gives etiquette tips for those who know sign language or ASL and wish to interact in the Deaf community.
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February 2012
The Masculinity Conversations: An Interview with Dr. Rachel Griffin on Masculinity and Race
Publisher(s):This conversation with Rachel Griffin, Ph.D. is split into two parts. Part 1 focuses primarily on her research concerning Black masculinity and the NBA. Part 2 continues the conversation about race and masculinity and delves into the figure of the Black nerd.
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January 2012
Effects of Domestic Violence on the Workplace: A Vermont survey of male offenders enrolled in batterer intervention programs
This report informs policy makers and employers about the way Vermont workplaces are affected by domestic violence. It provides important information to help employers make decisions about policy and procedural responses to employees involved in domestic violence.
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January 2012
The Basics: What Every Reporter Needs to Know about IPV
Publisher(s): This is a tipsheet for reporters to help them report sensitively and accurately on issues involving intimate partner violence.
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January 2012
Hanging Out or Hooking Up?
Publisher(s):This safety card challenges teens to consider how their significant other treats them, identifying dynamics of healthy relationships and signs that may indicate abuse. Tips are provided to those wanting to support a friend who may be facing relationship abuse, and the card is written in gender-neutral terms. (Available in English and Spanish)
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January 2012
Pyramid of Discrimination and Violence
Often, people assume that sexual violence and harassment are a fact of life. However, much of what we accept as inevitable is in fact the expression of values and attitudes that can evolve. This pyramid represents a continuum of abuse, highlighting the ways in which common attitudes and beliefs uphold and form the basis for more extreme acts of violence.
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January 2012
Going To Places That Scare Me: Personal Reflections On Challenging Male Supremacy
Publisher(s):In this article, a white male activist discusses his experience of being confronted by women activists as sexist and addressing these concerns.
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January 2012
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and HIV-Affected Intimate Partner Violence, 2011
Publisher(s):This represents an increase of more than three times 2010's six LGBTQH IPV homicides. This dramatic increase in reported IPV homicides illustrates the severity and deadly impact of LGBTQH IPV. Also in the 2011 report, NCAVP analyzes person-level data for the first time. Person-level data allows NCAVP to assess which LGBTQH survivors faced disproportionate rates of violence and service discrimination as compared to overall LGBTQH survivors.
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January 2012
Toward Healthy and Whole: Rethinking Gender and Transformation for Bois of Color
Publisher(s):This document describes the Brown Boi Project approach to gender transformation. Gender transformative learning builds an environment where mental health resources are de-stigmatized, new models for masculinity emerge, and boys of color are able to develop an empowering sense of self.
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January 2012
Supporting and Caring for Our Latino LGBT Youth
Publisher(s):This report explores the experiences of 1,937 LGBT youth who identified as Latin@, many of which live at home with their families. Respondents described their lives at home and at school.
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January 2012
Telling the Full Story: An Online Guide for Journalists Covering Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This Online Guide is a reissue of the 2000 publication, The Domestic Violence Handbook for Journalists, and provides resources and information to reporters who cover domestic violence homicides.
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January 2012
Mobilising Men in Practice: Challenging sexual and gender-based violence in institutional settings
Publisher(s):This guidebook presents tools, stories, and lessons learned in mobilizing men to challenge sexism, rape culture, and violence in institutional settings.









