This article critically interrogates the ways in which men's talk about domestic and family violence (DFV) and change reproduce gender hierarchies which are themselves productive of violence. Drawing on interviews with men who have completed a perpetrator program, and building on the work of Hearn (1998), we show that these men’s conceptualizations of change both reflect and contribute to the discursive construction of masculinity, responsibility, and violence. By reflecting on men’s representations of change—and of themselves as “changed” men—we argue that DFV perpetrator interventions constitute a key site for the performance of dominant masculinities, reproducing the gendered discourses underpinning and enabling men’s violence.

这篇文章批判性地质疑了男性谈论家庭暴力 (DFV) 和改变的方式，这些方式再生产本身就会产生暴力的性别等级。通过对完成施暴者计划的男性的采访，并以 Hearn (1998) 的工作为基础，我们表明这些男性的变化概念既反映了男性气质、责任感和暴力的话语建构，也有助于他们的话语建构。通过反思男性对变化的表述——以及他们自己作为“变化的”男性——我们认为 DFV 肇事者的干预构成了主导男性气质的表现的关键场所，再现了支持和促成男性暴力的性别话语。