How Men Can Help: A Guide to Undoing Harm and Being a Better Ally

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The book for any and all men who want to learn more about gender inequality, how it affects you and the people around you, and, crucially, what you can do to help. Recent years, and a number of high profile stories, have reminded us just how dangerous our patriarchal society is for women. But while men are most frequently the cause of the violence, they are often left out of the conversation when it comes to solutions. Now, in this accessible and inclusive new book, award-winning journalist and campaigner Sophie Gallagher explores how men can help change our world for the better. Looking at everything from rejecting the #NotAllMen defence, to understanding violence as a spectrum, and putting masculinity under the microscope, Sophie offers insight into the most harmful lessons we have all been taught and how we can unpick these together. In addition to useful societal analysis, Sophie offers men practical advice on conversations to start, roles to play, and behaviours to avoid. How Men Can Help is an essential book for anyone looking to understand the past, be better in the present, and try to improve the future for women and men everywhere.

Sophie Gallagher is an award-winning journalist who has written extensively on the subject of violence against women, and started a campaign to criminalise cyber-flashing - the unsolicited sending of sexual images, which has now been made illegal. Before becoming a freelance writer, she was Deputy Lifestyle Editor at theIndependent and has also written forHuffPost UK, the BBC,Grazia,Financial Times, and many other publications. She was voted Lifestyle Journalist of the Year at the Words by Women awards.

'Thoughtful, empowering and important' -- Mishal Husain 'Sobering, thought-provoking and action-provoking ... I can't recommend it highly enough' -- Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio Five Live