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Alankaar Sharma
@alankaarsharma.bsky.social
Social work educator and researcher. Masculinities, child sexual abuse, sexual violence, sexuality and sexual rights. He/him.
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New publication discussing the role of effeminophobia (i.e. disdain of feminine-identified gender presentations among boys/men) in shaping meaning-making of #ChildSexualAbuse experiences for boys and men victim-survivors. emerald.com/insight/cont.... #MaleSurvivors #CSA #masculinity
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One of the implicit promises of fascistic misogyny is that stripping freedom from women will give men more freedom.

But it's a lie. Men aren't free in a patriarchal system. And in a sex-segregated patriarchal system, they spend more of their time around other men who seek to control them.
April 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Sexual Violence and Assault in Rural Australia: A Scoping Review of Regional, Rural, and Remote Contexts. New open access publication in Trauma, Violence, and Abuse journal. doi.org/10.1177/1524...
#SexualViolence #SexualAbuse #IPV
April 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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With its spotlight on the ‘manosphere’, Adolescence begs the question: how do we raise good men?
By Professor Michael Flood
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Dropbox copy: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o53eu...
With its spotlight on the ‘manosphere’, Adolescence begs the question: how do we raise good men? | Michael Flood
Schools, social media platforms, governments and communities can all play a role, but parents can still be powerful influences on the kinds of men their boys will become
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Adolescence writer calls for 'radical action' not role models
BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Adolescence: Netflix series writer Jack Thorne wants 'radical action not role models'
The writer behind the year's most talked-about TV show discusses the changes he hopes it will inspire.
www.bbc.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
In this interesting new article, Lucas Gottzén argues that "feminist scholarship should ... develop models that help men critique neoliberal politics and late capitalism, rather than merely encouraging men to recognize a shared ontological vulnerability." doi.org/10.1332/3033...
Vulnerability, sovereign masculinity and male identity politics in the manosphere
Critical masculinity scholars have recently suggested that men recognizing their own vulnerability, as well as the vulnerability of others, could be a tool for feminist masculinity politics. These arg...
doi.org
March 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Reproductive futures within a context of uterus transplants in India - "Reproductive biopolitics is used as a lens to think through the value of wombs in relation to the bodies they inhabit, and the pressures the marketisation of wombs puts on both recipients and donors."
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Reproductive futures within a context of uterus transplants in India
Reproduction is considered a core event in a cisgender heterosexual woman’s life. Several hierarchies exist within the field of reproduction, with reproduction being privileged among people from do...
doi.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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We systematically delved into Tate’s messaging on Telegram and his website so you don’t have to!
While contrasting to his vile click baity, misogyny vids @ tweets, Tate’s self-help advice is insidious ideological scaffolding that leads to + celebrates misogyny

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January 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
For men survivors, the experience of disclosing child sexual abuse #CSA is a complex and relational process that evolves over their lifetime. Barriers to disclosure are often linked to patriarchal constructions of masculinity and heteronormativity in society.
academic.oup.com/bjsw/article...
Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse: Experiences of Men Survivors in India
Sexual abuse of boys is a serious problem in India. However, little research exists about the experiences of male survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA), pa
academic.oup.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Check out👇our Conversation article with findings from our 2 #nangs projects led by @julaineallan.bsky.social with Kenny Kor, Helen Simpson and @sarjomac.bsky.social
Nangs are popular with young people. But are they aware of the serious harms of nitrous oxide? theconversation.com/nangs-are-po...
Nangs are popular with young people. But are they aware of the serious harms of nitrous oxide?
We spoke to young people who didn’t know about the risks, even when they reported side effects including brain fog and seizures.
theconversation.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Maura Finkelstein, a former tenured professor at Muhlenberg College, was fired for sharing a post by Palestinian poet Remi Kenazi on her Instagram story.
She was fired for pro-Palestine speech. She's a Jewish professor.
Maura Finkelstein, a former tenured professor at Muhlenberg College, was fired for sharing a post by Palestinian poet Remi Kenazi on her Instagram story.
therealnews.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Pleased to see this is now published as online first:

“Being Really Confidently Wrong”: Qualitative Researchers’ Experiences of Methodologically Incongruent Peer Review Feedback”

@ginnybraun.bsky.social
@vicclarke.bsky.social
@janeemcallaghan.bsky.social, LaMarre & Adams

doi.org/10.1037/qup0...
December 16, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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Since many researchers are here now, I want to draw attention to a publishing opportunity. Special issue of the Sage journal, Inquiry, focused on violence prevention strategies that leverage community-level mechanisms. Deadline is Jan 11 & I can answer questions.
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
journals.sagepub.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Just saying hi to the folks I've recently connected with on this site👋. I’m a #SocialWork academic, focusing on masculinities, sexual violence & sexuality. My recent work explores men survivors’ lived experiences of #ChildSexualAbuse. It's great to connect with folks again, away from the other site!
November 29, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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The university is a relational space.

It isn’t a repository to knowledge that is meted out to those who pay an entrance fee. It isn’t someplace where some teach and others learn.

Instead, the university is a community. Learning happens in community. Knowledge is developed in community.
November 9, 2024 at 10:54 PM
New publication discussing the role of effeminophobia (i.e. disdain of feminine-identified gender presentations among boys/men) in shaping meaning-making of #ChildSexualAbuse experiences for boys and men victim-survivors. emerald.com/insight/cont.... #MaleSurvivors #CSA #masculinity
October 1, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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Our ( @vicclarke.bsky.social and my) critique of #COREQ is now published (proofs corrected version) in Methods in Psychology
How do you solve a problem like COREQ? A critique of Tong et al.’s (2007) Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research.
doi.org/10.1016/j.me...
Redirecting
doi.org
August 14, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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CFP for a collection I’m co-editing with Zachary Palmer. Please consider sending us something and RT to help us spread the word.
August 8, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Allyship and social justice: Men and allies in challenging men's violence and discrimination against women. Book chapter available to read here: xyonline.net/content/ally...
May 4, 2024 at 1:54 AM
New publication (w/ Dr Amelia Wheeler) -- Heteropatriarchy and child sexual abuse: Contemplating profeminist practice with men victim-survivors, in the Routledge International Handbook of Feminisms in Social Work. Please let me know if you want access.
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
May 2, 2024 at 11:30 AM
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New article alert 🚨 from my fabulous PhD student EB Gross and our health care provider collaborators at UM Health Service on #HealthCare experiences of #trans and #GenderDiverse college students. As always, please let me know if you need a copy!

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QTRUI...
January 4, 2024 at 12:54 AM
An interview in which journalist Zubeda Hamid of The Hindu newspaper and I talk about how to understand and address sexual abuse of boy children. www-thehindu-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.theh...
Child sexual abuse research in India should move away from prevalence studies, focus on intervention...
Scholar Alankaar Sharma explains how dominant notions of masculinity affect child abuse survivors and can minimise support, how boys can internalise abuse, and the need for research that studies the l...
www-thehindu-com.cdn.ampproject.org
February 4, 2024 at 7:44 AM
I was recently interviewed by the New Indian Express in which I discussed how patriarchy, while unjustly privileging men and boys, is also toxic to their well-being; and how patriarchal norms adversely affect men and boys who have experienced child sexual abuse. #masculinity #childsexualabuse
Understanding child sexual abuse beyond gender
CHENNAI : While society has become better at acknowledging child sexual abuse (CSA), the belief that only girls are vulnerable persists among many. Dr Alankaar
www.newindianexpress.com
January 28, 2024 at 4:28 AM
I will be giving the 10th Annual Tulir-CPHCSA Lecture this year on 24th Jan. Tremendously honoured to have been invited to give this lecture. Looking forward to being back in Chennai and sharing what I have learnt about boys, child sexual abuse, and masculinities, through my research and practice.
January 24, 2024 at 4:11 AM
📚 Exciting News! 🌟 Our recently published book Using Social Research for Social Justice just received a review in European Social Work Research journal! 🎉 Check out the review here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
January 5, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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Hot off the press! So excited to announce the publication of our book ‘Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Intro for Social Work and Human Services’. Based on our experiences of doing and teaching research over many years and in disparate contexts. www.routledge.com/Using-Social...
August 22, 2023 at 10:32 AM