men may also seek to retain control over how much they are willing to change and under which conditions thereby retaining gendered power hierarchies and reducing their accountability to the needs and wishes of women pierotti lake and lewis while no intervention can change the whole of a society there is a need to work not only with individuals but also with the social networks that they inhabit be it families or peers in terms of preventing gbv especially ipv and domestic violence men s partners and the broader family need to be involved as well