ABSTRACT

Thus far, this book has clearly established men’s responsibility for the grave and protracted abuse of large numbers of women in all sectors of society and throughout the world. It has also shown how this abuse causes untold suffering to the children who live with it and is often linked with direct child abuse. Given that we know this enormous harm is being perpetrated by men, it seems an indictment that, in the past, there has been so little concern or direct intervention focused on violent men. Now, this is beginning to alter. The $64,000 question is being asked in Britain: can anything effective be done to help, persuade or require these men to change their unacceptable behaviours and attitudes?