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Jake Davison, the gunman in the UK’s worst mass shooting in a decade, has been linked to the ‘Incel’ movement – but what what do incels really believe?
Half of LGBTQ participants in a recent study experienced discrimination, insults, bullying or abuse while playing, watching or talking about sports.
Research from a unique natural experiment shows how strict ideas about masculinity can emerge when men vastly outnumber women.
It starts with a basic conversation about their needs and fears.
Greek statues, the Napoleonic wars and the advent of photography all played a role.
Men are increasingly expected to share housework and spend time with their partners and children.
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Nakhane’s artistic oeuvre makes visible marginalised masculine identities.
In Sherlock, domination is something to be revered, rather than challenged.
A new survey shows that while younger men generally had more progressive views than older men on gender roles, they also endorsed such ideas as men’s use of violence and control in relationships.
The word, which roughly translates to considering the needs of society above your own, has become a buzzword in Denmark.
The 2020 campaign showed voters how the candidates and their campaigns modeled gender roles differently. That has implications for who can be president in the future.
The 2020 US election is a battle of two masculinities – one authoritarian, the other paternalistic.
As they prepare for the final TV leaders’ debate, Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins share the same challenge: overcoming voter perceptions based on masculine definitions of leadership.
The seemingly different debate styles of President Trump and Vice President Pence are examples of the same thing, what a political communication scholar calls ‘authoritarian white masculinity.’
Directors and audiences are becoming more comfortable with male frontal nudity. But what message does it send when almost all of the penises shown aren’t real?
Bullying tactics are increasingly under scrutiny, yet the display we saw during the first U.S. presidential debate is proof that some men still think those old rules are still at play.
The artist’s body of work, through its very public focus on queer masculinity, offers alternative ways of thinking about what being a man is.
A biographer of George Washington says that the father of the country would have no problem wearing the kind of protective gear that President Trump shuns.
The extended COVID-19 social isolation could be an opportunity for parents to have an impact on how boys are schooled in masculinity.
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Professor of Sociology, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Professor, Masculinities Studies, School of Education, University of Calgary
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Professor Emerita (social science), University of Sydney
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Professor of American History, Università di Torino
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Emeritus Professor, Film and Media Studies in English, Arizona State University
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport, Ulster University
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Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in English/Film and Television, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Durham University
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Professor of Masculinities, Sexualities and Sport, University of Winchester
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Masculinities Scholar, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
