This study uses qualitative research consisting of six semi-structural interviews of treatment workers who, in various capacities, have worked with men who use violence against their female partners. The purpose has been to show what the treatment counselor understand to be the reasons behind the men?s violence, what kind of backgrounds and problems they believe these abusers have and, lastly, how they view the male abusers as clients. The empirical data was analyzed through four perspectives and explanatory models derived from the past thirty years of Scandinavian research on the reasons behind men?s violence against women.

I dagens arbetsliv har manliga chefer en o?verordnad sta?llning. Denna o?verordning bottnar dels i att ma?nnens ko?nstillho?righet utgo?r norm i en samha?llelig ko?nsmaktsordning och dels i att chefsbefattningen inneba?r en inflytelserik position. Intresseomra?det fo?r denna studie har varit att utforska manliga chefers tva?faldiga o?verordning na?r de utgo?r minoritet pa? en kvinnodominerad arbetsplats.