One year into the implementation of China's anti-domestic violence law, men are taking a stand against aggressive men.
In Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a man beat his girlfriend to death on Valentine's Day because she didn't post their cuddling photo of the day on social media.
He is the kind of man that China's White Ribbon Network looks to help.
Fang Gang, scholar and founder of the organization, says that men are at the core of the problem, as they are the abusers in the majority of domestic violence cases.
"Hegemonic, domineering, that's the kind of bad masculinity behind domestic violence. But men seldom feel, or even know, that they're wrong in wanting to have control over others, and wanting to get their way through force," said Fang.
"Such a mentality hurts their loved ones, as well as themselves. And we want to change the wrong attitudes."
The network has helped thousands in the past four years. It has now work stations in 36 cities across the country.
The organization even persuaded one man, who used to hit his now ex-wife in anger, to go on national television to call on others not to follow his lead.
According to the All China Women's Federation, 30 percent of all married women are victims of domestic violence, and one is beaten up every 8 seconds.
