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Tina Sideris

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Tina Sideris

Dr Tina Sideris is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist.

Pervasive: A placard at a Cosatu march calls for an end to gender-based violence, which is ‘a subset of a possible range of behaviours’ including kindness. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
EVOLUTION

Male violence is much more than primal impulses

Relying on evolutionary theories to explain gender violence ignores the environmental and social factors that influence such behaviours

  • Tina Sideris
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A boy’s diary

When, as part of a study on men’s practices, grade seven boys of a remote rural area of Nkomazi in Mpumulanga were invited to keep journals, they responded with enthusiasm. One…

  • Tina Sideris
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