DISMANTLING MALE VIOLENCE AND RAPE CULTURE
A SURVIVOR-LED COURSE FOR MEN
Join us for this 5 week online course to support you with the insight, knowledge, ideas and tools to navigate sexism, challenge rape culture, nurture the best parts of masculinity and actively make real change.
Having curated and taught this course, since 2021, we are now launching our updated and most exciting men’s learning course: Dismantling Male Violence and Rape culture: A Survivor Led Course for Men.
This course will be held over 5 weeks (one session every Thursday evening).
This course will be an open, honest, compassionate space where we collectively learn through discussion, questioning and challenging ourselves. Led by women who are survivors (of rape, sexual violence and domestic abuse) who have extensively worked within survivor services and campaigns to end male violence – offering you the opportunity to ask ask any uncomfortable questions or those you have felt unable to ask in a non-judgemental space.
Although we will explore difficult topics and we will have challenging conversations, we will also be learning from a place of joy, connection and humour.
There aren’t enough spaces built like this, but if we build them together then we can both understand and support each other from a place of empathy and radical care.
This is an exciting opportunity to deeply learn in a different way; where we unlearn as a community and a collective rather than with division, defense, fear and blame.
It can feel overwhelming seeing violence and abuse and not knowing what to do. When so many men are causing extreme harm and you feel powerless to stop it, it’s hard to know how and where to begin challenging this behaviour in everyday life. This course has been lovingly built to help you face these challenges powerfully.
We need you to see the severity of danger women and marginalised genders face. We need you to see the very real violence we all experience, by men. We need you to understand the real impact of sexism and the patriarchy.
If you want to address the actions of men and actively create a world where women are actually safe to walk the streets – then we invite you to come to this course and join a beautiful community of men, learning how to work towards ending male violence and sexism.
Course content
Understanding what sexism and misogyny looks like right now. What is the impact of this epidemic on all genders?
How patriarchy maintains power dynamics, gender roles and male violence. How sexism impacts men.
What is rape culture and how it shows up in ways you don’t always see.
How to actually intervene in situations of violence and aggression.
Unpacking the fear of rejection and vulnerability.
Nurturing positive masculinity.
Starting difficult conversations, navigating defensiveness and helping other men unlearn rape culture.
Connecting to the experiences of survivors/women and know how to actually be an ally.
Exploring the complexities of sexuality, sex work, porn and kink.
Prevention work, exploring accountability and community response.
How to challenge male violence and rape culture on a wider scale.
This course is for men over 18. It is aimed specifically for cismen however, trans men and nonbinary people who benefit from male privilege (and who are comfortable in a space that directs content at cismen) are very welcome.
Course details
The course will be held online on zoom every monday evening for five weeks from 6.30pm – 9pm (UK time) and each week.
It will start as soon as places are filled.
The sessions will be recorded so If there is one session you can’t make or are ill you can catch up.
Course cost
£90 Option to pay in installments.
The Facilitators
Meggan and Bryony bring over 26 years of combined experience in human rights, crisis and trauma services, and male violence prevention, earning multiple awards for their impactful work. Their previous roles span casework, key support, training coordination, consultancy, program facilitation, project management, and supervisory positions. They have worked within safe houses, sexual violence and domestic abuse services, trafficking and sexual exploitation support, homelessness services, and mental health care.
Both have actively challenged police accountability: Meggan served on the UK’s first Independent Rape Scrutiny Panel, while Bryony was the only female Independent Advisor on the Police and Crime Panel, overseeing the work of the Police Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset. Bryony also spent three years at Unseen, supporting survivors and advising the UK’s Anti-Slavery Partnership on police operations.
They have led and contributed to numerous campaigns focused on domestic violence, rape and sexual violence, anti-trafficking efforts, detention centers, and workers’ rights.
As survivors of rape, sexual violence, grooming by a trafficker, and domestic abuse, Meggan and Bryony offer much more than just professional expertise—they bring a profound understanding of trauma, accountability, and systemic injustice. Their lived experience informs their compassionate work helping individuals and communities to navigate the complex and the difficult.
Both have actively challenged police accountability: Meggan served on the UK’s first Independent Rape Scrutiny Panel, while Bryony was the only female Independent Advisor on the Police and Crime Panel, overseeing the work of the Police Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset. Bryony also spent three years at Unseen, supporting survivors and advising the UK’s Anti-Slavery Partnership on police operations.
They have led and contributed to numerous campaigns focused on domestic violence, rape and sexual violence, anti-trafficking efforts, detention centers, and workers’ rights.
As survivors of rape, sexual violence, grooming by a trafficker, and domestic abuse, Meggan and Bryony offer much more than just professional expertise—they bring a profound understanding of trauma, accountability, and systemic injustice. Their lived experience informs their compassionate work helping individuals and communities to navigate the complex and the difficult.
Testimonials from previous course participants
“Bryony and Meg’s course expertly explains how the actions of all men contribute to the dangers women face in society, but crucially, how we can act now to make positive changes. It’s not easy to confront the issues explored, and nor should it be, but Bryony and Meg manage to lead sessions with warmth and wit, making for an enjoyable and rewarding experience. The course should be compulsory for every man, but as it isn’t, you should use your initiative and sign up now.”
Jared
“The course is challenging in all the best ways. The content and learning of the course was well researched, well delivered and hard hitting (again in the right way) but what the course did so well was create a safe where people could be honest… about the impact of the information, about their own observations and experiences and about their privilege (which can often be the hardest thing for people to reflect on). I would have considered myself well informed before starting the course but my understanding was greatly expanded and coming away I feel a stronger sense of responsibility to act and well-equipped to do so.”
Danny
“The course helped me to question and challenge my concepts of masculinity in very deep and tender ways that feel genuinely life changing. There were such a wide range of discussion points and the attentive ways Bryony and Meggan facilitated the space opened up the possibility of very rich discussions in the group.”
Joe
“Meggan and Bryony showed kindness and compassion in their facilitation space for men to reflect on the culture they’ve been raised in, without softening the impact of male violence and rape culture. After this course I had resources from Bryony and Meggan as well as shared experiences from other male bodied people, which helped me to reflect on my own life and add evidence that I am not alone in feeling the impact caused by patriarchal masculinity.I am truly grateful for this experience.”