He has said that when young Papua New Guinean men (70-90% of whom are unemployed) see women take on traditionally male roles, they wish to reassert their power and retaliate, leading to witch-hunts and acts of violence against female community members.
According to him, when young Papua New Guinean men, who are largely jobless, observe women taking on male-dominated tasks, they react by trying to regain control and exact revenge, leading to persecution and attacks on female community members.