The review was conducted by Silas Thielmann as part of his social work student placement. It found that there was no support in the literature for the above position and that the literature showed quite the opposite. He found that the trauma that men experience in the form of chidhood sexual abuse is being under addresed by the range of professionals that deal with mental health, and that there is a case for social workers, mental health workers, and counsellors to more actively screen and work with men’s childhood sexual abuse.

Professional responses to male survivors of childhood sexual abuse

Views from a group of

Occupational Health Nurses

“The workplace setting has the potential to reach large numbers of healthy men who are otherwise difficult to reach normally … Arguably [this is] the one area where men’s health screening takes place.”

(Furber, cited in Harrison & Dignan, 1999)

Occupational Health Nurses and Mens Health

Also, if you know of any relevant research not included please forward it to us, ideally in the form referred to on the cover letter.Canterbury Men’s Centre MENS HEALTH BIBLIOGRAPHY Nov 2010

The State of Men’s Health in Canty

Fathers and Anti Male Bias in the Family Court (PDF)

Praha 2007

Abstract
This thesis examines the responsibilities and roles of fathers who practise a shared care arrangement in order to get a better understanding of how traditionally perceived women’s and men’s tasks are divided between the father and the mother after separation. Special emphasis is given to gender equality in responsibilities and roles traditionally ascribed to women and men, to decide in which aspects, fathers who practice shared care can be seen as ‘new fathers’. Previous research projects on fatherhood have indicated that in two-parent families it is typically the mother who takes the major responsibility for private sphere duties such as nurturing or domestic labour, while the father’s role lies in providing and financial support (Cohen 1993) (Ranson 2001) (Segal 1990). For this reason the actual existence of the ‘new father’ in society has been doubted.

In-depth interviews conducted in New Zealand with fathers who were in a shared care situation showed that their responsibilities and roles changed after separation and became equalized between both parents. New circumstances, a gender equal attitude and a wish to be a part of the children’s lives made the fathers become responsible for nurturing aspects of parenting and day-to-day care. This thesis suggests that study of ‘non-traditional’ family arrangements where ‘conditions’ have changed challenge the current scepticism of the ‘new father’ and brings new perspectives to the discussion about changes in gender division of roles and responsibilities within the family.

New Fathers and Shared Parenting

NZ Men and Mental Health Services

Hei Hei Men’s Research Report (Full Text PDF, 767Kb)

Abstract

This research project presents a new paradigm for men who work tirelessly to maintain adult relationships, often only to see them eventually breakdown because of circumstances that they unwittingly experienced during childhood. The project considers how early childhood challenges can affect close relationships as adult men. It will identify the effects and present them in a bio-psychosocial framework. Also, the project will suggest that change and modification of early childhood experience is possible, changes occurring through a suggested safe eclectic counselling model, thereby offering these men freedom from relationship challenges. Finally it will consider the ethical and Christian perspectives of counselling, from a New Zealand viewpoint.

Overcoming Relationship Challenges for Males (Full Text PDF, 767Kb)