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Using Masculinity to Stop Sexual Violence: Must Women Be Weak for Men to Be Strong?

My Masculinity Helps. By Marc A. Grimmett and David Hambridge, North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 2013. 32 min. Price provided upon request. www.mymasculinityhelps.com/about/about-the-film/

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The author thanks Kizzie Walker at Syracuse University Counseling Center for her helpful comments.

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Chapleau, K.M. Using Masculinity to Stop Sexual Violence: Must Women Be Weak for Men to Be Strong?. Sex Roles 73, 86–89 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-015-0498-5

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