Publications
Fact sheets
The Man Box factsheets
- Fact sheet: About the Man Box
- Fact sheet: Impact of the Man Box
- Fact sheet: Life Satisfaction, Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Fact sheet: Bullying, Violence and Sexual Harassment
- Fact sheet: Recommendations
The Unpacking the Man Box factsheets
- Fact sheet: What is the Man Box?
- Fact sheet: Impact of Man Box attitudes
- Fact sheet: Impact of the Man Box sub-pillars
- Fact sheet: Recommendations
Learning tools
- Some facts to guide a discussion about violence with adolescents
- Teacher Resource: Man Box Moments – Everyday sexism– Discussion activity aimed at Years 9 and 10
- Teacher Resource: Man Box Moments – Rites of passage– Discussion activity aimed at Years 9 and 10
- Teacher Resource: Man Box Moments – Challenging harmful language
- Parents Tip Sheet– Practical tips to talk to your son about positive and healthy masculinity
Submission to the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children
Blog posts
- Opening the Man Box
- Unpacking the Man Box creates safe spaces for boys to become their true selves
- Winning hearts and minds through COVID-19
- The Men’s Project partners with Just Voices
- Unpacking The Man Box report finds too many young men constrained by rigid masculinity
- The Men’s Project work more vital than ever
- Role models can free our men and boys from the Man Box
- Raising sons to embrace healthy, positive masculinity
- Supporting boys and men to be their best selves
- The Men’s Project releases The Man Box research
Other reading
- The Men’s Project – Position Paper
- The Men’s Project – Glossary
- Our Journey with Boys and Men
- XY Online
- “Misogyny is a human pyramid” by Emma Pitman (Meanjin)
- “48 Things Men Hear In A Lifetime (That Are Bad For Everyone)” (Huffington Post Video)
- “About the boys: Tim Winton on how toxic masculinity is shackling men to misogyny” (The Guardian)
- Actor Justin Baldoni wants to start a dialogue with men about redefining masculinity – to figure out ways to be not just good men but good humans. In a warm, personal talk, he shares his effort to reconcile who he is with who the world tells him a man should be. And he has a challenge for men… (TED)
- ManUp: three part ABC series and awareness campaign with Gus Worland examining Australian masculinities and the number one cause of death among Australian men aged 15 to 44 – suicide.
- “Toxic masculinity: Will the ‘war on men’ only backfire?” by Hayley Gleeson (ABC)
- “Women, Men and the whole damn thing” by David Leser (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- “Why good men need to reclaim masculinity from the toxic cliché of power and aggression” by Darren Saunders (ABC)
- Our Watch Men in Focus Report
- VicHealth Healthier Masculinities Framework
Where to get help
1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)
24 hour, National Sexual Assault, Family and Domestic Violence Counselling Line for any Australian who has experienced, or is at risk of, family and domestic violence and/or sexual assault.
MEN’S REFERRAL SERVICE 1300 766 491
Takes calls from Australian men dealing with family and domestic violence matters. http://mrs.org.au/
MENSLINE AUSTRALIA 1300 78 9978
Supports men and boys who are dealing with family and relationship difficulties. www.mensline.org.au
LIFELINE 131 114
24 hour, national hotline that can help put you in contact with a crisis service in your State.
13 YARN 13 92 76
Crisis support line for and run by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. www.13yarn.org.au
POLICE or AMBULANCE
000 in an emergency for police or ambulance
TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING SERVICE 131 450
Gain access to an interpreter in your own language (free).
KIDS HELP LINE 1800 551 800
Telephone counselling for children and young people.
E-mail and web counselling www.kidshelp.com.au