We need men to stand up for the missing middle - the percentage of “good” men - to rise against GBV and deal with the intrinsic challenges of gender relations.
Ndlovu’s grief suddenly became a key moment in the documenting of this horrific event. A man accessing his emotions and expressing them in full view is not something you see every day.
One wonders where the non-violent, protective and responsible men of our society are while this war is waged against the vulnerable.Gary da Silva, national chairperson of Fathers4Justice, said some men who could be making a difference are increasingly feeling alienated from society. However, Kumalo asked a pertinent question: why are “good” men passive about the violence perpetrated daily against women in South Africa yet worried about their reputations?“We have to really think about the narratives of ‘it’s not all of us’. Patriarchy and toxic masculinity is what fuels violence in South Africa and is manifested in the type of hate crimes and various forms of violence we experience as South Africans,” Kumalo said.
Musinyali added that the judicial system worsens the situation by “maliciously applying maternal preference during child care litigations”. “Personally, I have been fighting to be part of my child’s life since she was born six years ago. In the end, without any justification, she put the child in the custody of my maternal grandparents I was granted visitation on Saturdays and Sundays between 8am and 5pm .
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