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CHALLENGING PATRIARCHY: UNSETTLING MEN & MASCULINITIES
Cornwall, A. and Edström, J. - IDS
Virtual Bulletin 5
Challenging
Patriarchy presents contributions to the evolution of thinking on men and
masculinities in Gender and Development, drawing on three IDS Bulletins published
over a period of more than a decade: Men, Masculinities and Development (2000),
edited by Andrea Cornwall and Sarah White, Sexuality Matters (2006), edited by Andrea
Cornwall and Susie Jolly, and Undressing Patriarchy (20014) edited by
Jerker Edström, Abhijit Das and Chris Dolan.
Men, Masculinities
and Development
addressed a vital disjuncture in the emerging field of men and masculinity
studies: a turn to the personal that was decoupled from the political,
resulting in a lack of attention to the structural implications of male
privilege. In engaging with the 'queering of development', Sexuality Matters
queried the heteronormative assumptions of gender and development and
explored the politics and erotics of male same-sex and trans sexualities with a
development lens. Returning to and amplifying the structural preoccupations of
the 2000 Bulletin, Undressing Patriarchy grappled with the feminist
concept of patriarchy by connecting perspectives
from feminist, sexual rights and masculinities fields to address questions of
intersectionality and structures of constraint to gender equality.
Over this
period, our work – and these IDS Bulletins - has been consistently
supported by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). We dedicate
this virtual issue to the memory of our late friend and colleague from Sida, Dr
Paul Dover, who tragically passed away in September this year and whose article
contributed to the 2014 Bulletin we also include here.
Click on each article to access the full text.
Bringing Men
into Gender and Development? Feminist Perspectives
From 'Woman-Blind' to 'Man-Kind'
Should Men Have More Space in Gender and
Development?
Sylvia Chant
Missing Men? Reflections on Men,
Masculinities and Gender in GAD
Andrea Cornwall
'Did the Earth Move?' The Hazards of
Bringing Men and Masculinities into Gender and
Development
Sarah White
Which Men, Why Now? Reflections on Men
and Development
Ruth Pearson
Masculinities,
Sexualities, Pleasures, Power and Patriarchy
'Race', Culture, Power, Sex, Desire,
Love: Writing in 'Men who have sex with men'
Andil Gosine
'Terms of Contact and Touching Change:
Investigating Pleasure in an HIV Epidemic'
Jill Lewis and Gill Gordon
'Sodomy in India: Sex Crime or Human
Right?'
Sumit Baudh
Homophobia and Patriarchy in
Nicaragua: A Few Ideas to Start a Debate
Patrick Welsh
Sex Work Undresses Patriarchy with
Every Trick!
Meena Saraswathi Seshu and Aarthi Pai
Challenges for
Men and Masculinities in an Unequal World
The Male Order Development Encounter
Jerker Edström
Gender and Development Cooperation:
Scaling up Work with Men and Boys
Paul Dover
Poor Man's Patriarchy: Gender Roles
and Global Crises
Alexandra Kelbert and Naomi Hossain
A Radical agenda for Men's Care Giving
Gary Barker
Male Engagement in Deconstructing
Institutional Violence in Kenya
Phil Erick Otieno
The Spectacle of Men Fighting
Alan Greig