WORKING WITH MEN
SEE BELOW FOR DIFFERENT COURSES, WORKSHOPS & ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE, AS A MAN TO FIGHT MALE VIOLENCE.
There is often a separation between work with and by men, and work with and by survivors. This division is part of the reason, as a society, we fail to fully understand each other’s experiences and why we are missing the complexities of the roots of male violence.
As survivors of rape and male violence, we have always believed there needs to be spaces where we are working with men – to understand each other’s relationship to sexism, patriarchy, rape culture, masculinity and male violence and to fight for liberation collectively.
We had been building ideas for how to make this space possible for many years, finally curating our first online course for men, in 2021; Dismantling Male Violence and Rape Culture: A Survivor-Led Course For Men. Holding a space where survivors of rape and male violence work with men, to curate a space where they can actually ask questions about our experiences, be allowed to get it wrong, be vulnerable and learn directly from lived-experience.
We have since evolved our work to include a diverse range of different projects and spaces that support men to take action and do the work.
Ways
To Get
Involved
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Man:
Sleec ACADEMY
dismantling male violence and rape culture through anti-violence work, radical accountability, action and collective care
SLEEC ACADEMY FOR MEN is where you can access programs, courses, workshops and resources on resistance work against male violence.
It provides a range of different learning materials from courses, workshops and resources to 1 to 1 accountability programs and 1-1 learning sessions.
These spaces seek to strengthen, support and nurture your relationship to self, integrity, accountability practice, as well learn to be a traitor to patriarchy and how to dismantle male violence and rape culture
This space is for men (and non binary people that benefit from male privilege and are comfortable learning in a space largely catered to cis men).
COURSES & Programs
We run our core course: Accountability, Anti-violence & Collective care: A One Year Foundation Program, twice a year, as well as our, independent learning courses, 1-1 programs and action resources.
In these courses we make space for discussions, unlearning, relearning and challenging each other from a place of compassion, trust, humility and openness. We invite honesty and vulnerability with each other, where we can all make mistakes, get it wrong, and unpack the messy and the difficult.
These spaces are shaped to give men the tools and knowledge to understand and actively dismantle rape culture, male violence and misogyny, while also addressing their own harmful behaviour, their own internalised patriarchy, and how to hold themselves and others to account.
We want it to be a place where men can ask the uncomfortable questions to those who have direct lived-experience of rape and sexual violence, questions that may not have been appropriate to ask elsewhere. This kind of deep connection breaks down barriers that block real understanding of complex experiences.
Workshops
We offer lives workshops open to all as well as private workshops for groups who want us to bring a workshop to them.
These spaces are to explore and unpack your relationship to patriarchy, sexism, rape culture, male violence and masculinity as well as how to interrupt misogyny and male violence. It is also the space to gain insight and knowledge, to ask questions, to share personal experiences and find real ways to take action.
Past sessions have included conversations on ‘power dynamics in sex, dating and relationships’, ‘radical consent and boundaries’, ‘how to actively challenge misogynistic behaviour in men’, ‘the impact of patriarchy on men’, and ‘how to start and hold difficult conversations about male violence’. We sometimes have speakers with specific expertise and experience to co-facilitate, such as Lewis Wedlock.
Structurally, the space is a mix of discussion, reflective work and unpacking experiences and harmful behaviours.
We offer both online and in person, group workshops and 1-1 learning.