Liberating Masculinities – Free Book

Liberating Masculinities, by Kopano Ratele, is finally free. Yes. mahala. Tu tjia. Thank god for free books. As far as I am concerned, books by academics, who are paid to write books, should be free. Or dirt cheap. That’s the attractive thing about HSRC Press. Free downloads. So, then, liberate masculinities. Share the book. Read … Continue reading →

Jeff Hearn Explains Understandings of Gender and Implications for Research

In this short video from GenPort, Jeff Hearn, gives a short introduction on the concept of gender. Hearn is a globally leading thinker on men and masculinities. He has been a regular visitor to South Africa since 1997, and worked with South African-based gender and masculinity researchers such David Blackbeard, Rachel Jewkes, Graham Lindegger, Robert Morrell, Kopano Ratele, and Tammy Shefer. An … Continue reading →

Liberating masculinities

  Liberating masculinities is a new book by Kopano Ratele. This is what he says in the first chapter, “Men no longer rule over their families”. I often address groups of men and women, go on radio and appear on television to talk on the subject of masculinity and femininity. So I have come to … Continue reading →

South African researchers release a study on how South African families think about gender (in)equality at home

Here is a journal article on how South African parents and children talk about and do gender and gender equality at home. The researchers visited families to hear how parents and children talk with each about equality, masculinity and femininities. Parents were asked questions such as ‘Do you think there should be a difference in … Continue reading →

Roundtable on “Current and Future Work on Men and Masculinities”, Durban, May 28, 2016

The Interdisciplinary Initiative on Studies on Masculinities (IISM) will be hosting a roundtable on Current and Future Work on Men and Masculinities in Durban on Saturday May 28, 2016. Here is a blurb about the roundtable, including the list of panellists. The roundtable will be hosted as part of the International Conference on Community Psychology … Continue reading →

African Boys, Men and Masculinities Reimagined – Programme

  Two weeks ago we posted an announcement for the Symposium on African Boys, Men and Masculinities to be held at the University of Western Cape (UWC) on May 4, 2016. Here is the draft Programme Since the announcement a new speaker, Monique Huysamen, had been added to the programme. A doctoral candidate at UCT, Ms Huysamen … Continue reading →

African Boys, Men and Masculinities Reimagined – A One-Day Symposium

A one-day symposium on how to think, study, approach, represent, and engage the complex lived experiences of African boys, men and masculinities will be held at the University of Western Cape (UWC) on May 4, 2016. The organisers are the psychologist Kopano Ratele of the University of South Africa and the South African Medical Research Council, and … Continue reading →

Equal at Home

Rebecca Helman and Kopano Ratele of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and University of South Africa have been doing a study to understand how different types of families do gender equality and/or inequality in their homes. The policy brief related to the study can be found here. To mark Valentine’s Day this year the … Continue reading →

Nurturing Wellness among Men

Here is a recording posted by the folk at The Voice of the Cape, 91.3FM, of the interview by Mishka Darries of Kopano Ratele, a professor at the University of South Africa who co-facilitates a men’s group with Shahieda Jansen in Cape Town; Jackie Geduld, a psych postgraduate student at the University of Western Cape … Continue reading →

Suspend Initiation into Manhood for 3 Years, Professor Says: Newsroom: Men in the Frame with Eben Jansen and Kopano Ratele

Suspend initiation schools into manhood for 3 to 5 years and think, says Professor in this video clip from Newsroom: Men in the frame, with Eben Jansen and Kopano Ratele. Watch. Continue reading →