Research suggests that men who are exposed to cultural images of traditional masculinity have a greater vulnerability to sexual dysfunction than those who aren’t.
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NRL’s culture was once one of hyper-masculinity, but it has failed to change wth societal mores – it now finds itself out of step and in need of reform.
The public was shocked by the blackface image on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s yearbook page. But if blackface is now taboo, there was a time when it played a big role in American culture.
It’s time to address one of the roots of the problem.
After the #me-too inspired Gillette ad, a male therapist says this year’s Super Bowl ads were disappointingly mild. But let’s not let that stop us from challenging each other.
It’s not about trauma or how you were raised: evidence now points to a biological basis for transgender, and to the action of particular genes in that determination.
How do you celebrate masculinity without also acknowledging toxic masculinity in the #metoo era?
Gillette isn’t the only male-centric brand to have recently challenged masculine stereotypes. But advertising research can help us understand why it’s been getting the most flack.
The backlash against the Gillette ad shows how painfully little distance we as a society have covered since the #MeToo movement.
Why has professional sport become the lens through which so many young men in the Global South are redefining their future?
Men have defended gender segregation by treating women who cross over into male-dominated occupations with scorn and ridicule.
Many young men still believe in traditional ideals of manhood, including fighting back when pushed, never saying no to sex and maintaining dominance over women.
A masculinities scholar weighs-in on the the reverberations of the recent Supreme Court hearings and what he calls a disturbing message of “boys will be boys.” Men need to stop validating this lesson.
Men who subscribe to ideological masculinity believe that women’s empowerment has left them victimised and discriminated against. And they play out their resentment through violent acts.
A new study of ‘clean eating’ posts on Instagram has found that men - and muscles - feature more prominently than women.
Incels compare themselves to other men, before blaming women for withholding sex from, in their perception, deserving men.
A heated debate is unfolding on Twitter about whether it’s OK to compare middle-aged white men to boiled meat.
The notion of a ‘crisis of masculinity" clouds the understanding of complex social phenomena and falsely asserts a vision of humanity as being radically divided between men and women.
It has been predicted we will need 1,627 more classes for primary students nationally before 2025, and to respond to this demand we need to fix the gender imbalance in the teacher workforce.
In The Second Woman, actor Nat Randall replays the same scene, across 24 hours, with 100 different men. Leaving the audience to join her on stage is a thought-provoking experience.
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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 of American History, Università di Torino
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Professor Emerita (social science), University of Sydney
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Professor of Masculinities, Sexualities and Sport, University of Winchester
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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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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Durham University
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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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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
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Masculinities Scholar, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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The Open University
