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Can Violent Men Actually Be Reformed? Uncut with Dr Brian Sullivan

2025/5/29
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Brian Sullivan: 我最初是出于经济原因开始从事家庭暴力干预工作,后来对施暴者如何为自己的暴力行为辩解产生了浓厚的兴趣。我对法庭强制项目对家庭暴力男性的有效性进行了博士研究。我目前在自己的培训咨询公司Sakura工作,为警察、惩教部门、男性行为改变团体和家庭暴力组织提供培训。在我看来,当男性试图为自己的暴力行为辩解时,这实际上是一种形象管理策略,目的是让自己看起来更好,同时贬低受害者。这些男性拥有一种关于男性特权、男性权利以及控制女性和儿童的信仰体系,当女性挑战或不遵守这些时,他们会升级行为。男性通过最小化、否认、责备和辩解来掩盖错误,这表明他们知道自己的行为是错误的。施暴男性通常在童年或青少年时期有一个榜样,通过不尊重和虐待伴侣来得到自己想要的东西,并且他们没有受到惩罚。社会干预应尽早介入,阻止男孩们逃避不当行为,家长需要更了解他们的孩子在做什么,尤其是在接触色情内容方面。即使是初犯,也可能长期存在虐待行为,因为他们的信仰体系已经存在很长时间。我对男性改变抱有希望,高风险、高危害的男性在正确的约束、环境和条件下是可以改变的。对于有长期虐待历史的连环施虐者,需要采取全面的干预措施,包括停止暴力、停止虐待和停止胁迫控制,这需要长期努力。施暴者可能存在心理健康问题、药物滥用问题、就业和住房问题,需要综合干预。我不喜欢“男性行为改变项目”这个术语,因为即使男性停止了明显的身体虐待,受害者仍然可能感到恐惧。情感暴力、言语暴力、心理暴力和胁迫控制可能非常非身体化,但仍然非常可怕,因此我们需要深入研究施暴者的信仰体系。停止暴力项目需要长期进行,可能需要一年以上的时间,并且需要熟练的人员。我希望看到高风险、高危害的男性参加停止暴力项目、虐待父亲项目、酒精和药物干预,以及必要的心理健康干预。由于缺乏熟练的工作人员,有时很难为男性干预项目配备人员,因此需要解决许多系统性障碍和阻碍。这些项目本身的效果较差,需要成为社区对家庭暴力综合协调应对的一部分。除了项目之外,还需要对这些男性进行个人辅导。

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TV shows like Adolescence, conversations about the ‘Lost Boys Report’ and Red Pill Men have contributed to society trying to understand what makes boys and men becoming violent perpetrators so that we can end men’s violence. Domestic and male violence is something that we have spoken to many experts about on this podcast over the past 6 years. We’ve learnt that the most dangerous time for a woman fleeing violence is when she actually leaves. We’ve spoken to victim survivors and family members of victims of abuse and learnt about the early warning signs of violent perpetrators. But, today’s conversation addresses the belief systems that violent men have and the programs and systems in place to keep women and children safe and whether they actually work.

Joining the podcast today is Dr Brian Sullivan. Dr Brian is an academic and the founder of Sicura Domestic Violence Training and Support. He has been working with men who use violence in men’s behaviour change programs for almost 25 years. Brian has joined the 3rd season of the podcast ‘There’s no place like home’ to address the changes that are needed in our conversations about violence and ask the right questions - why does he do it? And how do we help the next person leave safely?

We speak about:

How perpetrators use ‘justifications’ to control their image management The underlying belief systems of male privilege, entitlement and control  Can violent men be truly rehabilitated?  The systemic barriers that need to be addressed to actually reduce violence The measures we can take right now to stop children going down dangerous paths and following dangerous influencers There are more reports about former partners than current ones The problem with how ‘breaches’ are currently handled How perpetrators use children as a weapon

 

You can find more information from Dr Brian Sullivan here

You can find season 4 of ‘There’s No Place Like Home’) podcast

If you or a loved one are experiencing violence, help can be accessed  https://1800respect.org.au/)

 

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