4 Main Qns: 1. What has happened to you? (How is power operating in your life? - Beneficial and Non-beneficial) 2. How did it affect you? (What kind of threats did it pose on you) 3. What sense did you make of it? (Not just personal meaning, but investigating social norms) 4. Did you have to do to survive? (Threat responses. Things people do, not things people have) All 4 qns and answers feed into one another. 5. What are your strengths (What access to power do you have?) 6. What is your story?
This all sounds very nice and patient friendly... until you read pages 124-8 of the long version of the PTMF. Although you might expect the PTMF to be about helping the powerless to recover some sense of power, the PTMF assumes that men are by default more powerful and threatening than women. This ideological assumption is not supported by facts that have been around for years e.g. the meta-analysis of sex differences in domestic violence by Archer (2000), and this issue hints at the weakness of the evidence base for the PTMF. I dread to think what a male victim of domestic violence can expect if he visits a PTMF practitioner. Here is an informative critique of the PTMF view of men malepsychology.org.uk/2018/10/03/the-power-threat-meaning-framework-ptmf-takes-a-dim-view-of-the-male-gender/
@@steverobertson6068 I live on the planet where at least a third of domestic violence victims are men, most suicides are male, most homeless people are male etc etc. Sadly this planet is also inhabited by people who think this all just men's own fault.
@@thecentreformalepsychology8489 I don't know about the third of domestic violence victims being men statistic (but seems possible if you include child abuse and gay relationships), but I agree with your point here. I am not a gender social justice warrior and I think this 'blame men' mentality does more harm than good. It is fully possible to recognize the unique harms faced by women without demonizing masculinity. In fact, as someone who read the entire PTMF, I would say that it has a lot to say about both the pathology of the reactionary nature of the 'identity-warrior liberal feminist' and the reaction to the reaction that your previous replies expressed. None of it is helpful.
@steverobertson6068 What an obnoxious angry defensive reply. Not sure why you needed to bring Jesus into it either. Doubly obnoxious. It's good to see that your second response is more measured and balanced. Breathe before you respond rather than reacting in anger?
Thanks very much! I will read your book.
4 Main Qns:
1. What has happened to you? (How is power operating in your life? - Beneficial and Non-beneficial)
2. How did it affect you? (What kind of threats did it pose on you)
3. What sense did you make of it? (Not just personal meaning, but investigating social norms)
4. Did you have to do to survive? (Threat responses. Things people do, not things people have)
All 4 qns and answers feed into one another.
5. What are your strengths (What access to power do you have?)
6. What is your story?
This all sounds very nice and patient friendly... until you read pages 124-8 of the long version of the PTMF. Although you might expect the PTMF to be about helping the powerless to recover some sense of power, the PTMF assumes that men are by default more powerful and threatening than women. This ideological assumption is not supported by facts that have been around for years e.g. the meta-analysis of sex differences in domestic violence by Archer (2000), and this issue hints at the weakness of the evidence base for the PTMF. I dread to think what a male victim of domestic violence can expect if he visits a PTMF practitioner.
Here is an informative critique of the PTMF view of men malepsychology.org.uk/2018/10/03/the-power-threat-meaning-framework-ptmf-takes-a-dim-view-of-the-male-gender/
LOL what planet do you live on? Men ARE 'by-default' more powerful and threatening than women. Jesus Christ man.
@@steverobertson6068 I live on the planet where at least a third of domestic violence victims are men, most suicides are male, most homeless people are male etc etc. Sadly this planet is also inhabited by people who think this all just men's own fault.
@@thecentreformalepsychology8489 I don't know about the third of domestic violence victims being men statistic (but seems possible if you include child abuse and gay relationships), but I agree with your point here. I am not a gender social justice warrior and I think this 'blame men' mentality does more harm than good. It is fully possible to recognize the unique harms faced by women without demonizing masculinity. In fact, as someone who read the entire PTMF, I would say that it has a lot to say about both the pathology of the reactionary nature of the 'identity-warrior liberal feminist' and the reaction to the reaction that your previous replies expressed. None of it is helpful.
@steverobertson6068 What an obnoxious angry defensive reply. Not sure why you needed to bring Jesus into it either. Doubly obnoxious. It's good to see that your second response is more measured and balanced. Breathe before you respond rather than reacting in anger?
@@thecentreformalepsychology8489💯 correct. Male bashing is not at all helpful