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Unmasking the Connection: Toxic Masculinity, Sex Buying, and Human Trafficking. September 12, 2024.

Unmasking the Connection: Toxic Masculinity, Sex Buying, and Human Trafficking

Key Points

  1. Toxic (or unhealthy) masculinity plays a role in sex buying, sexual exploitation and human trafficking.

  2. Challenging demand and discouraging sex buying amongst men is an important part to combatting exploitation and trafficking.

  3. Some men respond well to interventions and stop their behaviour but broader engagement with men in general is needed to change the culture.

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Additional Resources


Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline:

1 - 833 - 900 - 1010 OR TEXT 233733

(The Hotline is operating 24 hours, 7 days a week)

For more information about the Human Trafficking Hotline:

https://www.canadianhumantraffickinghotline.ca/


Websites

EmpowerMen

We engage men and boys to prevent sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of women, girls and 2SLGBTQ + individuals. We activate individual men and communities through education, online engagement, law enforcement, support services and research to challenge the cultural norms of sexual exploitation. We believe that men play a crucial role in this work to promote the health of our communities.

www.empowermen.ca


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Article

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“The Man Box: A Study on Being a Young Man in the US, UK, and Mexico – Key Findings”.
Heilman, Brian, Barker, Gary and Harrison, Alexander (2017).

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