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‘I’m a red-blooded male’: Understanding men’s experiences of domestic abuse through a feminist lens (2023)
Journal Article
Westmarland, N., & Burrell, S. R. (2023). ‘I’m a red-blooded male’: Understanding men’s experiences of domestic abuse through a feminist lens. Criminology & Criminal Justice, https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958231210985

The ways in which gendered expectations of women are used to maintain power and control by male perpetrators of domestic abuse are now well understood. It is also increasingly recognised that men can be victims of domestic abuse. This has led to call... Read More about ‘I’m a red-blooded male’: Understanding men’s experiences of domestic abuse through a feminist lens.

Engaging men and boys in gender justice through pro-feminist podcasts: Potential benefits, challenges, and risks (2023)
Journal Article
McInerney, W., & Burrell, S. (2023). Engaging men and boys in gender justice through pro-feminist podcasts: Potential benefits, challenges, and risks. Masculinites and Social Change, 12(2), 160-183. https://doi.org/10.17583/mcs.10618

This article explores pro-feminist podcasting as an emergent approach to engaging men and boys in gender justice. In recent years, an increasing number of podcasts have surfaced which implicitly or explicitly espouse pro-feminist praxis. However, sch... Read More about Engaging men and boys in gender justice through pro-feminist podcasts: Potential benefits, challenges, and risks.

'Cause We’re All Just Part of the System Really': Complicity and Resistance in Young Sportsmen's Responses to Violence Against Women Prevention Campaigns in England (2021)
Journal Article
Burrell, S. (online). 'Cause We’re All Just Part of the System Really': Complicity and Resistance in Young Sportsmen's Responses to Violence Against Women Prevention Campaigns in England. Sociological Research Online, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804211049463

In recent years, initiatives to prevent men’s violence against women on university campuses in England have been growing. However, there remains a lack of institutional recognition about the gendered dynamics of this abuse and the importance of engag... Read More about 'Cause We’re All Just Part of the System Really': Complicity and Resistance in Young Sportsmen's Responses to Violence Against Women Prevention Campaigns in England.

#MeToo or #MenToo? Expressions of backlash and masculinity politics in the #MeToo era (2021)
Journal Article
de Maricourt, C., & Burrell, S. (2022). #MeToo or #MenToo? Expressions of backlash and masculinity politics in the #MeToo era. Journal of Men's Studies, 30(1), 49-69. https://doi.org/10.1177/10608265211035794

Since #MeToo took the Internet by storm in 2017, it has had transnational social and legal ramifications. However, there has been little research on the repercussions of this movement for the ways in which masculinity has been politicized as question... Read More about #MeToo or #MenToo? Expressions of backlash and masculinity politics in the #MeToo era.

COVID-19 and Masculinities in Global Perspective: Reflections from Promundo's Research and Activism (2021)
Journal Article
Barker, G., Burrell, S., & Ruxton, S. (2021). COVID-19 and Masculinities in Global Perspective: Reflections from Promundo's Research and Activism. Men and Masculinities, 24(1), 168-174. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184x211000385

COVID-19 has affected individuals and communities in gendered ways. A spike in men’s violence against women has been documented in multiple settings. Women have faced disproportionate job losses in many countries. Men have died at higher rates from C... Read More about COVID-19 and Masculinities in Global Perspective: Reflections from Promundo's Research and Activism.

Which feminism? Dilemmas in profeminist men's praxis to end violence against women (2019)
Journal Article
Burrell, S., & Flood, M. (2019). Which feminism? Dilemmas in profeminist men's praxis to end violence against women. Global Social Welfare, 6(4), 231-244. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40609-018-00136-x

Much of the work to engage men in preventing violence against women across the globe is profeminist—it is informed by feminist perspectives and done by or in collaboration with women and women’s organisations. Men involved in this work typically are... Read More about Which feminism? Dilemmas in profeminist men's praxis to end violence against women.

The contradictory possibilities of engaging men and boys in the prevention of men's violence against women in the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Burrell, S. (2018). The contradictory possibilities of engaging men and boys in the prevention of men's violence against women in the UK. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 2(3), 447-464. https://doi.org/10.1332/239868018x15375304850617

Contemporary initiatives to engage men and boys in preventing men's violence against women in the UK are modest but growing in prominence, and attracting increasing interest from policymakers. This article discusses findings from qualitative research... Read More about The contradictory possibilities of engaging men and boys in the prevention of men's violence against women in the UK.

The invisibility of men's practices: Problem representations in British and Finnish social policy on men's violences against women (2016)
Journal Article
Burrell, S. (2016). The invisibility of men's practices: Problem representations in British and Finnish social policy on men's violences against women. Graduate journal of social science, 12(3), 69-93

This paper investigates British and Finnish government policy discourses around men’s violence against women. Finland and the UK were selected for comparison because of the historically contrasting relationships between the women’s movements and the... Read More about The invisibility of men's practices: Problem representations in British and Finnish social policy on men's violences against women.