Toxic Masculinity in the Congo
December 13, 2018
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as posted by the channel“Even if I beat her, she was mine. There was nothing she could do about it.”
That’s a man in Kitchanga, the Democratic Republic of Congo, reflecting on the way he used to treat his wife. He’s speaking to a classroom filled with other men, all of whom are enrolled in the Fatherhood Program, an organization run by a Congolese man who hopes to change the country’s conception of masculinity. Its motto“Peace in the world begins at home.” Read more
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