%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°Stand up, speak out and act¡±: A critical reading of Australia¡¯s White Ribbon campaign
%A Kate Seymour
%J Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology
%@ 1837-9273
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0004865817722187
%X The White Ribbon campaign has come to occupy a central position in Australia¡¯s efforts to address violence against women. This article critically examines key elements of the White Ribbon awareness-raising campaigns, paying particular attention to the conceptualisation of gender, masculinity, and equality. It is argued that White Ribbon¡¯s reliance on a binary view of gender, together with its emphasis on the attitudes and acts of individual men, contributes to the obscuration of men¡¯s collective advantage. Acknowledging the intersectional positionings associated with hierarchies of power and privilege, this article calls for deeper engagement with the complexities of gender and violence; a commitment to both engage with and transcend the interpersonal
%K Gender
%K gender equality
%K masculinities
%K violence against women
%K violence prevention
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0004865817722187