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Video games are an understudied sport featuring social interactions both similar and dissimilar to those in offline sports. While anonymity in online video games could create a space where minoritized groups experience more equitable treatment, offline social inequalities are translated into online video game interactions. Drawing on 20 semistructured interviews and 2,694 survey responses from self-identified queer men, I build a framework for understanding gender, sexuality, and racial/ethnic harassment in online video games. I argue that nerd masculinity is a protest masculinity that uses symbolic harassment to reframe masculine hierarchy online and enforce hegemonic nerd masculinity. With this study, I illustrate the prevalence of symbolic harassment and the channels it may follow to become direct harassment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the emergence of metrosexuals among millennial men in five South-East Europe (SEE) countries and their subculture of consumption. It qualitatively studies their beliefs about masculinity and metrosexuality, and it identifies their purchasing behaviours' of grooming products online and offline by employing digital extended self-theory to provide strategic guidance for marketers and new insights for academics. This qualitative study includes ten semi-structured in-depth interviews and one hundred qualitative open-ended questionnaires. Additionally, it employs netnography to analyze the subculture of consumption of male metrosexuality in two representative blogs. The findings reveal that SEE millennial men embrace a dual identity, a traditional masculine identity, which co-exists with their metrosexuality, creating an emotional conflict as they differ along an accepted to extreme continuum. Metrosexual men are heavy users of personal grooming products favouring online purchasing (1) due to the frequent lack of retail availability in SEE countries and (2) their sense of embarrassment––the underlying emotional conflict. This study directly challenges the existing academic literature, which supports the dominance of traditional masculine identity among developing countries. For both marketers and academics, it presents a different market reality. Metrosexual males show a distinctly different self-identity online from offline. Social media provides them with a safe space, which is often subject to public embarrassment in offline settings. These findings have note-worthy implications for marketing practitioners including communication messaging, social media strategy, brand identity and presence, and product development. They provide insights for both practitioners and academics regarding the subculture of consumption of metrosexuals in the historically macho male-dominated SEE regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines how Black gay men produce identities in correspondence with cultural scripts of Black manhood. I illustrate how these scripts organize a subjectivity shaped by white supremacy and signify racial consciousness, respectability, and commitment to Black antiracism. The script intentionally excludes queer men. Instead, Black queer men are "faggots," a subjectivity signifying weakness, wasted manhood, and capitulation to whiteness. Utilizing Muñoz's (1999, Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis) concept of disidentification, I track how participants engage in a reimagining of the conventional script of heteronormative Black masculinity to embody a subjectivity I call Super Black Man. This hybrid subjectivity responds to interlocking systems of race, sexuality, and gender in their lives by locating space in conventional Black male subjectivities for Black gay men. As Super Black Men, participants accomplished identities that did not compromise their self‐expression or affiliation with Black communities. I discuss how disidentification adds analytic complexity to this empirical investigation of Black gay men's identity work. What results is a more robust understanding of how race shapes the motives, trajectory, and outcomes of racialized sexual identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Wronged and Dangerous" by Karen Lee Ashcraft is a book that explores the intersections of gender, masculinity, and populism. Ashcraft argues that the global surge of populism is fueled by aggrieved masculinity, which she refers to as "viral masculinity." This connection between gender and populism poses a threat to public health, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book calls for a shift in perspective, focusing on how populism spreads rather than solely on its content, and emphasizes the need for empathy and understanding in addressing the issue. Ashcraft's framework adds valuable dimensions to the ongoing discourse on work and organizations, introducing concepts such as "lateral empathy," "aggrieved masculinity," and "viral masculinity" that contribute to a deeper understanding of contemporary organizations. [Extracted from the article]

This article examines how Black gay men produce identities in correspondence with cultural scripts of Black manhood. I illustrate how these scripts organize a subjectivity shaped by white supremacy and signify racial consciousness, respectability, and commitment to Black antiracism. The script intentionally excludes queer men. Instead, Black queer men are "faggots," a subjectivity signifying weakness, wasted manhood, and capitulation to whiteness. Utilizing Muñoz's (1999, Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis) concept of disidentification, I track how participants engage in a reimagining of the conventional script of heteronormative Black masculinity to embody a subjectivity I call Super Black Man. This hybrid subjectivity responds to interlocking systems of race, sexuality, and gender in their lives by locating space in conventional Black male subjectivities for Black gay men. As Super Black Men, participants accomplished identities that did not compromise their self‐expression or affiliation with Black communities. I discuss how disidentification adds analytic complexity to this empirical investigation of Black gay men's identity work. What results is a more robust understanding of how race shapes the motives, trajectory, and outcomes of racialized sexual identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractCatalan director Lluís Quílez’s 2021 Netflix film, Bajocero ostensibly tells the story of men against nature. This article views the film as a rape-revenge thriller that narrativizes a ‘traditional’ masculine identity in crisis and attempts to rehabilitate via an ideal Spanish masculine based in the rural. Released in the aftermath of La manada rape trial, the film burdens the male body with both the believing of women and enacting justice. As one of the first fictional narratives to take on rape in post-manada Spain, the film provides an opportunity to address masculinity in relation to violence against women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studies have demonstrated the centrality of work and dignity in men's understanding of themselves and their place in society, especially in rural areas. However, previous studies of work and identity among men have generally drawn from the perspectives of the employed. From interviews with nonmetro prime‐age men (25–54 years old) who were out of the formal labor force (N = 61), we find that men present themselves as deserving of dignified treatment. They do so by drawing on the values of work—describing themselves as skilled, hard workers with a strong sense of personal responsibility. Ironically, this sense of self‐worth can conflict with them remaining in the formal labor force because of how they are treated and how others conduct themselves on the job. In this rural setting, hegemonic market‐based values guide men even when outside the institution of work, yet some men find they can only resolve tension between these values and the realities of employment outside the formal labor market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although research on the "gender gap" tends to show that males commit more crime than females, this research focuses almost exclusively on biological sex. Towards disentangling biology and sociology, this study examines how sex and gender identity relate to violent crime and property crime independently and interdependently. Results show that males reported higher levels of violent offending than females. Among the full sample, masculine identities were associated with greater levels of violent and property offending. More masculine identities were associated with more violent offending for males and more property crime for females. Greater feminine identities increased property offending for males. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research examines how fathering identities and normative gendered expectations shape the way men engage with a broad range of flexible working arrangements (FWAs). Forty-three heterosexual white-collar Australian fathers participated in this qualitative research, involving one-to-one semi structured interviews which were discursively analysed using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis. Three fathering identities emerged from the data: "The Present and Visible Father", "The Involved and Competent Father", and "The Father as Helper." The findings demonstrate that fathering identities have a profound impact on men's flexible working practices, that fathering identity is fluid and complex, and that a tension still exists between the expectations surrounding involved fathering, persistent traditional fathering norms, and the material reality of men's work practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the experience of political exile in Chile during the dictatorship through the narratives of women. The role of the Araucaria magazine in maintaining communication between exiles and those who stayed in the country is highlighted. The importance of including women's narratives to have a more complete understanding of exile and to deconstruct its analysis is emphasized. It is concluded that it is necessary to continue exploring and contrasting masculine discourses in order to open the discussion of exile to new interpretations. [Extracted from the article]

This paper endeavors to elucidate and formulate the social dimension of the concept of gender using an exploratory and analytical approach, as derived from the theory of "Acquired Human" in transcendental wisdom. Gender is exclusively associated with femininity and masculinity in the works of Islamic philosophers, which demonstrates the distinctions between the two sexes. The philosophical approach to gender definition necessitates the establishment of principles that can elucidate the relationships between social change and its impact on human identity. The foundations and principles of the theory of "Acquired Human" are capable of elucidating and clarifying this relationship with regards to the concept of gender in transcendental wisdom. In accordance with the principles of "Free Will," "Substance Theory", and the "Unity of the knowledge (Elm), the knower (Alem), and the Unity of action and actor," the actions and thoughts of an individual contribute to the formation of various aspects of their identity, including their gender identity. Behaviourism in Transcendental Wisdom also affirms that every gendered behavior initially acquires dimensions, which subsequently shape the gender identity of both men and women. Finally, the definition of gender identity is not neutral, as it is based on the principles of transcendental wisdom, despite the fact that the element of acquisition is a defining factor. The boundaries of its transformations are not limited to the confines of nature; they also play a role in the realm of anomalies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This document provides supplementary information for a research article on robotics and artificial intelligence. It includes details on participant demographics, coding procedures, and the development of deceptive scenarios used in the study. The document also presents the results of two pilot studies that examined human perceptions of robot deceptive behaviors. The findings showed that participants perceived robot deception differently than human deception, and that knowledge of robotics influenced participants' perceptions of deception in certain scenarios. The authors caution that further research is needed to fully understand the relationship between demographic factors and perceptions of robot deception. [Extracted from the article]

AbstractDrawing from the field of Cultural Memory Studies, this article examines the process of recollection as depicted in Sangre de amor correspondido (Seix Barral, 1982) by Manuel Puig (1932–1990). Within this novel, we witness the portrayal of memory processes through the eyes of Josemar, a marginalized construction worker from a small rural town in Brazil. The protagonist endeavors to narrate his life experiences through the lens of idealized hegemonic masculinity. Some scholars think that gender represents a fundamental facet of identity. Furthermore, identity emerges from introspective processes driven by memory. Consequently, this paper asserts that the integration and signifying of masculine prostheses hinge upon the articulation and solidification of a self-narrative rooted in “masculinity’s social frameworks of memory.” Through narration, hegemonic masculinity assumes a foundational role within individual identity; simultaneously, it disseminates the patterns—these social frameworks of memory—used for the interpretation and organization of life experiences as recollections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the social construction of masculinity within the Israeli society, focusing on the associations between masculine identity, prior military service, and current involvement in long-distance running. A 2-year ethnographic research design was utilized, involving two running groups, which incorporated participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and running websites. The findings shed light on the significance of military service experience and the utilization of military discourse as strategies employed by runners to navigate the challenges of long-distance running and to reinforce their masculine identity. Through an analysis of the runners' military discourse and behavior, it becomes evident that the integration of women into traditionally masculine domains of intense physical activity poses a threat to masculine dominance, eliciting various responses from men, such as intensified sports training and the use of sexist and aggressive language. These coping mechanisms contribute to the perpetuation of male dominance within the long-distance running sphere while simultaneously providing male runners with a pseudo-corrective experience associated with their personal history of non-combat military involvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the 1960 U-2 Crisis and its effects on perceptions of masculinity, technology, and U.S. airpower. The capture of CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers by the Soviet Union strained diplomatic relations and sparked interest in unmanned aerial surveillance technologies. The crisis reshaped U.S. intelligence gathering and paved the way for the deployment of drone technology. The article also explores the role of human pilots and the push for automation in air operations, as well as the construction of gender identity in relation to technology. The controversy surrounding Powers's capture led to a shift towards the use of drones for surveillance to avoid similar incidents and maintain U.S. military masculinity. [Extracted from the article]

Critical studies of men and masculinities [CSMM] aim to advance gender equality by critiquing and deconstructing male hegemony and hegemonic masculinities. Although the implicit value of gender equality is clear in CSMM generally, the conceptualization of equality is frequently vague, implied, and lacks conceptual definition. The problem is compounded in caring masculinities studies which additionally often lack engagement with critical feminist and other socio‐political perspectives on caring. These shortcomings hide the complex interrelation of different dimensions to inequality as they intersect with multiple relational identities. Caring practices are also complex, having distinct phases that engage different forms of labor within separate relational contexts. In response, this article proposes the model of affective equality (Lynch et al., 2009) and the concept of care as relational social practice (Tronto, 1993) as normative perspectives that explicitly link care with equality. The case of professional caring, where the impact of CSMM has been especially limited, is used to illustrate the micro‐politics of how men manage their identities within the context of feminized caring. Here, men face the precarious task of managing their masculine status while navigating emotional expectations. Caring masculinities studies can be advanced with greater theoretical and empirical attention to (i) the intersection of multiple inequalities; (ii) the affective circles of caring; (iii) the specificity of caring work; (iv) the inequalities of caring; and (v) the ethics of caring practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the relationship between power distance and intercultural pragmatics in translation. It discusses how power distance can vary across cultures and influence translation practices, using case studies in advertising, audio-visual translation, storytelling, poetry, and stage translation. The studies emphasize the significance of considering power distance dynamics in translation and its impact on cross-cultural communication. The article also highlights the role of multimodality and images in conveying power distance perspectives. Additionally, the text introduces a special issue of the TTMC journal that focuses on the translation of different texts and the representation of power distance in these translations. The articles in the special issue analyze various genres and explore how power dynamics between characters are depicted in different languages. The research underscores the importance of considering power distance and cultural variations in translation, as these factors can influence the interpretation and comprehension of texts. The text also acknowledges the contributions of multiple individuals involved in producing the special issue. [Extracted from the article]

Addressee identity awareness often affects how speakers structure discourses. The study views male cosmetics advertising through a pragmatic lens to investigate how customer identity is shaped cross-culturally through men's deodorant advertisements on the English and Greek market. The study uses communication styles (Hofstede, Hofstede, and Minkov 2010) to account for (a) naturalistic translation shifts in verbal or multimodal data which tend to improve product reception in the Greek target context and (b) experimental data to confirm how masculinity is shaped and attributed to male customers by well renowned deodorant companies. The data analysis reveals that socio-pragmatic parameters are operative in accounting for differences in the two contexts. Findings show cross-cultural variation along three of Hofstede, Hofstede, and Minkov's (2010) communication styles, namely, individualism/collectivism, masculinity/femininity and uncertainty avoidance/tolerance, correlating it with a fourth dimension of the framework, the high/low power distance one. The significance of the research lies in that it shows how commercial content producers register locally shared gender identity assumptions relevant to the audience type they address. Translation is another platform where pragmatic variation may be fruitfully explored cross-culturally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Gender roles are pervasive and impact all areas of modern society. Implicit gender role theory is one perspective on understanding individual perceptions of gender roles and how these perceptions influence behavior. This mixed-method study explored the association between implicit gender role ideology and support for "gendered legislation" (i.e., legislation with the potential to differentially impact individuals depending on their gender identity). Methods: Quantitative data (N = 558) collected from 2017 to 2018 demonstrate the association between implicit gender role ideology and six different pieces of gendered legislation. Participant individual interviews (N = 20), collected from 2017 to 2018, allowed for a more comprehensive and nuanced exploration of individual gender role attitudes and perceptions of two specific bills. Results: Individuals who believe gender roles are fixed and immutable are more likely to justify a patriarchal gender system and support legislation that differentially impacts individuals due to gender identity. Males are also more likely to identify with masculine traits and feel that their gender is central to their identity, while females are more likely to shed femininity in favor of agency to gain power and respect. Finally, qualitative themes highlight a general lack of nuanced understanding regarding gender roles, gender identity, sex, and sexual orientation. Conclusion: Males and individuals who believe gender roles are fixed were more likely to justify a patriarchal gender system. Males, particularly those who believed gender roles are fixed, were also more likely to identify their gender as central to their identity. Policy Implications: Regardless of political orientation, gender role attitudes and participant sex may influence the ways in which people perpetuate or challenge the patriarchal gender system. Thus, perpetuation of the current gender system, or moving toward gender equality, may stem from interventions at the individual level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on qualitative data from a large study exploring Muslim experiences in the workplace, this chapter explains how Muslim dress standards inform identity and are influenced by US cultural ideals about self-presentation and perceived anti-Muslim hostility. Theoretical sampling was used to find 25 men and 59 women, 32 of whom are veiled. These individuals worked at major corporations as numerical minorities or held professions where they encountered non-Muslims regularly. Informed by theories of orientalism and social identity, findings examine hegemonic representations of organizational power and describe how men could employ masculine practices to navigate anti-Muslim discourse and foster a sense of belonging at work. Within immigrant-centered workplaces, women face cultural backlash for appropriating Western styles deemed immodest. While working outside their community, women who wore hijabs emphasized their femininity through softer colors, makeup, or "unpinning" their veil to offset the visceral reaction to their hijab. Thus, adapting to workplace dress expectations is structured by intersections of gender, religion, and workplace location. This chapter illustrates how Muslim dress strategies indirectly reflect how Western standards of dress, behavior, and self-expression determine qualifications and approachability within workplace structures, marginalizing Muslims and reproducing racial and gender hierarchies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Butlerian theory of performativity and subversive performative acts has been always helped to consider the situation of female gender construction in the heteronormative cultures. The situation of male gender identity and roles in the bipolar cultures has not yet been studied and the hegemonic functional context of the heterosexuality was not considered to be effective in the construction of male gender identity and roles. In the light of Judith Butler’s theory, different male individuals are coming into consideration and the complimentary parts to the theory of performativity will be revealed. The present research is the first study of the male gender identities and roles in the light of the Butlerian theory of performativity to understand whether these individuals follow the same constructive elements and react performatively and subversively or not. The importance of the present research is that the representative of the matrix of power, as depicted by Williams, can be female individuals as well as male identities. In these cases, female characters attempt to oblige male gender identities to remain under the control of the heterosexism and understand the binaries that differentiates two intelligible gender identities. On the other hand, the variety of male gender identities that Williams illustrates, provide the opportunity to consider how male gender identity and roles react to the parodic acts and construct their identity through performative acts or subversive performativity. Another significant finding in this research is that to the time that homosexual male gender identities keep their lack of continuity among sex, gender, and sexual desire, they are allowed to live in the cultural context without receiving any harms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A breadwinner is the one obligated to support the family's needs. It requires sacrifice and work-life balance to meet ends. Various studies have shown that many are struggling to keep up with being the sole provider in the household, with the fact that the Philippines has one of the highest income tax rates in the world, what more for those homosexual males who are breadwinners of their family with challenges in revealing their identity? A study by McPhail (2014) expressed that living out your sexual orientation is a double-edged sword for homosexual male workers in terms of their careers. This descriptive phenomenological study focused on the lived experience of homosexual male breadwinners to determine the role their obligation plays in their identity along with its relationship with work-life balance. Following Paul Collaizi's descriptive phenomenological method, the researchers created a structured interview consisting of 10 questions. Purposive and snowball sampling was used to collect data from a total of 15 participants interviewed through Google Meet. The findings show that being a homosexual breadwinner still entails the usual hardships and stress the normal breadwinner goes under. On a positive point, only a few participants experienced discrimination in their careers. It was found that the lived experience of homosexual male breadwinners indeed has an established relationship between identity formation and work-life balance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article considers a hitherto neglected sexual scandal involving the Congregational minister William Bengo’ Collyer and two young men at a public swimming baths in Camberwell (then in Surrey) in the spring of 1823. It explores the relationships between Congregationalism, and Evangelical Dissent more generally, and the cultures of contemporary masculinity and political radicalism. In so doing, it reveals how radical political figures, notably Thomas Wakley, constructed a masculine identity as upright, honest, and rigidly heteronormative, and shows how this was counterposed to the imagined masculinity of their opponents, who were often figured as effeminised, secretive, and sexually non-normative. Central to this process of rhetorical opposition was an emphasis on openness and public accountability, and this article demonstrates how the scandal that enveloped Collyer in the summer and early autumn of 1823 was framed by concerns over what should be secret, hidden, or exposed and what implications this had for contested notions of the public good. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ObjectiveDesignResultsConclusionThere is a noticeable underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) men in the existing empirical literature examining the sociocultural influences on body image concerns. To fill the gap, this study aimed to gain a better understanding of how sociocultural factors correlated with body dissatisfaction among BIPOC men living within the U.S.Structural equation modeling was used to address this gap by examining how multiple sociocultural factors – interpersonal appearance pressure, media appearance pressure, ethnic-racial identity attitudes (including ethnic-racial salience, stereotype endorsement, and nationalistic assimilation) and ethnic self-hatred towards one’s ethnic group – were linked to dissatisfaction with muscularity, body fat and height in a sample of 181 BIPOC men participants.The proposed cross-sectional path model achieved satisfactory model fit and explained 31.9% in muscularity dissatisfaction, 36.2% in body fat dissatisfaction, and 26.4% in height dissatisfaction. Among direct relationships, interpersonal appearance pressure emerged most prominently associated with height dissatisfaction, whereas media appearance pressure and ethnic self-hatred were more related to muscularity and body fat dissatisfaction. Regarding the mediation effects, media appearance pressure was found to partially mediate the relationship between interpersonal appearance pressure and body dissatisfaction, as well as the relationship between ethnic self-hatred and body dissatisfaction. Furthermore, ethnic self-hatred was found to be predicted by ethnic-racial identity attitudes.This research profoundly expands our understanding of the ethnic and racial complexities surrounding body dissatisfaction among BIPOC men and encourages health practitioners to acknowledge the unique sociocultural and systemic dynamics (ethnic-racial identities and associated stressors) when working with BIPOC men who present with body image concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: This paper explores the intricate interplay between young fatherhood, masculinities, and structural factors in South Africa. The country grapples with a complex web of social, economic, and cultural dynamics that shape the experiences of young men's transition into fatherhood. Methods: This qualitative study used snowball and purposive sampling techniques. In-depth interviews were undertaken with 24 young biological fathers aged between 18 and 24 years in an informal settlement in Durban (12) and a rural community in Pietermaritzburg (12), KwaZulu-Natal. Four focusgroup discussions, in groups of four participants, were conducted with 16 of the participants who took part in the in-depth interviews. Data were analysed thematically on the local constructions of young fatherhood and masculinities and how both were associated with structural factors. Results and discussion: Young fatherhood in South Africa is associated with a number of structural vulnerabilities, such as living in communities with high alcohol and drug abuse, low educational attainment, inadequate access to healthcare, unemployment, poverty, and crime. These structural vulnerabilities, deeply entrenched in the country's history and socioeconomic fabric, together with prevailing notions of masculinities, often rooted in hegemonic ideals of dominance and control, intersect with societal expectations of fatherhood, thereby shaping young men's identities, roles, and responsibilities as fathers. Conclusion: The findings suggest young men's involvement during the transition to fatherhood appears multi-determined. To effectively support young fathers and promote family well-being, it is imperative to address the root causes of structural inequalities, challenge rigid norms of masculinities, and foster inclusive policies and programmes that empower young men to embrace their roles as caregivers and agents of change within their families and communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

High levels of depression are common among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China, and there is limited research on the relationship between MSM stigma and depression. Guided by the psychological mediation framework, to explore the relationship between stigma and depression among MSM and how positive sexual identity plays a role in it, we tested this model whether: 1) enacted MSM stigma, perceived MSM stigma, and positive sexual identity are associated with depression; 2) their effects on depression are mediated through resilient coping and social support; and 3) perceived MSM stigma is a mediator of the effects of enacted MSM stigma and positive sexual identity on depression. We conducted mediation analyses using structural equation modeling (SEM) on data from a cross-sectional survey conducted among 1014 MSM recruited using a non-probability sampling method in December 2022. The data passed general analyses such as normality and correlation, which allowed for modeling. The final SEM fit metrics indicated that the model was acceptable. Structural equation modeling results showed that enacted stigma directly and positively affected depressive symptoms (β = 0.558, 95 % confidence interval = 0.457 ～ 0.644, P < 0.001). Perceived stigma had a positive effect on depressive symptoms (β = 0.114, 95 %CI = 0.036 ～ 0.200, P = 0.002). Positive identity had a positive effect on depressive symptoms (β = 0.086, 95 %CI = 0.016 ～ 0.162, P = 0.013). In addition, the results of mediation effect analysis showed that the indirect effect of enacted stigma on the effect of depression through social support was (β = 0.040, 95 %CI = 0.003 ∼ 0.017, P = 0.049); The indirect effect of perceived stigma on the effect of depression through resilient coping was (β = —0.015, 95 %CI = —0.034 ∼ —0.002, P = 0.056); The indirect effects of positive sexual identity on the effect of depression through resilient coping and social support were (β = —0.025, 95 %CI = —0.056 ∼ —0.002, P = 0.052) and (β = —0.056, 95 %CI = —0.101 ∼ —0.023, P = 0.005). Resilient coping and social support mediated the relationship between stigma and depression, and both were influenced by positive identity. This study reveals that enhancing coping and social support may reduce the impact of stigma on depressive symptoms, both of which are potential targets for interventions for MSM. Guiding MSM to develop a positive sexual identity is conducive to reducing the prevalence of depressive symptoms among MSM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Community sanctions often require the coordination of support between probation staff and a range of non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Despite these burgeoning partnerships, few studies have explored the experiences of such support in settings where community spaces and structures remain contested, where violence remains endemic; and where paramilitary influence endures. This explorative study captured the voices of justice involved young men to understand the barriers and facilitators of accessing support intended to reduce the latent criminogenic effects of living in a post-conflict society. This study found that young men experienced ecological stressors known to increase criminal coping. Exposure to paramilitary-related harms and a lack of trust in police as well as local NGOs had a tangible effect on support seeking. Further, adherence to traditional masculine norms exacerbated these issues. Practical implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the changing perceptions of dress, focusing on the lungi, funjabi and the thobe, amongst the British Bangladeshi Muslim male diaspora in the East End of London. Through various historical trajectories, I argue that the research participants in this article dress their bodies according to the current meanings attributed to the garments. These meanings are (re)-configured using a meta-constructed stigma guideline they interpret using their faith, Islam, and the wider dominant discourse around acceptability and respectability. Drawing on in-depth interviews with British Bangladeshi Muslims in East London, I demonstrate how the ubiquitous presence of the Islamophobia arc is invisible yet dictates everyday behaviours and responses. In addition, framing masculinity via the Muslim gaze has intensified clear demarcations of what constitutes religious and/or ethnic dress. To extrapolate the continuous interplay in constructing a British Bangladeshi Muslim male identity via clothing, I explore this as paradigmatic of how stigma is located, consequently determining men's sartorial choices. The article ends by considering how the socio-positioning qua the political landscape facilitates a structural restriction that trickles down to individual's choices in what the appropriate Muslim male body can look like in the public sphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Men's academy football can encourage a commitment to the athletic role and masculine norms. When injured, the ability to fulfil an athletic masculine identity is threatened and athletes may experience injury fear-avoidance behaviours as part of a negative injury appraisal. The aim of the study was to explore whether higher athletic identity (AI) was associated with higher gender role conflict and injury-related fear-avoidance. Seventy-two male English academy footballers completed an Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS), Gender Role Conflict Scale (GRCS), and Athlete Fear Avoidance Questionnaire (AFAQ) based on self-reported historical injuries. Correlational analyses were conducted for all variables, and a one-way ANOVA was used to compare high, moderate, and low AI. AIMS was significantly positively correlated with two GRCS subscales: success, power, and competition (SPC) and restricted affectionate behaviour between men (RAM). AIMS exclusivity also positively correlated with SPC and AIMS negative affectivity positively correlated with GRCS total and RAM. Additionally, the current study showed that high and moderate levels of AI had significantly higher levels of total GRCS than those with low AI. No significant results were found for AIMS, GRCS, and AFAQ. Results suggest that players with higher and more exclusive AI may be susceptible to masculine role conflicts, specifically, SPC and RAM, especially when there is a risk to their athletic role. The current study informs sport and health professionals of the need to monitor AI and masculine conformity in academy-level footballers to minimise gender-role conflict and potential maladaptive rehabilitation responses when their identities are threatened. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To examine whether different types of disclosure made by climate scientists on social media influence perceived source credibility (i.e. competence, integrity, benevolence) and likability, we conducted a 2 (self-disclosure type: personal vs political) × 3 (proportion of posts including a self-disclosure: 20% vs 50% vs 80%) × 2 (gender identity of scientist: male vs female) between-subjects experiment (N = 734). We found that people liked the scientist more for a personal than political disclosure, rated them as being more competent for a political disclosure, and liked a female scientist more than a male scientist. However, scientist's gender did not moderate the effect of disclosure type or the effect of participants' gender. Our results suggest distinct benefits when scientists deliver different types of messages on social media, although disclosure is unlikely to have substantial effects on lay judgments of scientists' credibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pregnancy capacity, and gestational desire are shared by people of different genders and sexes. Yet, gestational embodiment and subjectivity are feminized in the normative cisheteropatriarchal pregnancy imaginary where cisgender non-intersex women are constructed as essentialized pregnant subjects. An important part of this normative pregnancy imaginary is the preclusion of men's desires to be pregnant, and the medico-socio-cultural construction and enforcement of men as non-gestational and non-uterine subjects. This construction of masculinity and manhood is reflected in much pregnancy-related research conducted among cisgender men, but is subverted by research on trans men's and masculine people's pregnancy and birth experiences, and by some depictions of cis men's pregnancies in some novels, fanfiction and films. Set against this backdrop, in this article we report on the results of a qualitative study conducted in South Africa in which six cisgender men with diverse identities and geo-locations were asked about their desires to be pregnant. Using a narrative-discursive approach, we analyse micro-narratives constructed by participants in which they speak about their desires to be pregnant and/or gestational parents. We argue that their micro-narratives both challenge and reproduce normative discourses on masculinities and sex/gender more broadly, pregnancy, reproduction and parenthood, and their presumed entanglement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vulvodynia, a long-term genital pain disorder with a high lifetime prevalence, profoundly impacts both the affected women and their partners. However, the experiences of these partners have been under-researched. Using Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis, this qualitative study explored the experiences of male partners of women with vulvodynia. In individual interviews with seven men (20–32 years), four themes were identified: “Trying to be a good and caring partner,” “Fear of sexual and emotional rejection,” “Feelings of insecurity and being misled,” and “Keeping up the façade.” Despite efforts to support their partners, the men often faced rejection, leading to insecurities about their attractiveness, the relationship’s future, and their ability to conform to social expectations. They coped by concealing insecurities from their partners and overemphasizing traditional masculinity among peers. We discuss these results using sexual script theory, suggesting that gendered sexual scripts play a significant role in relationships with vulvodynia, with prevailing cultural assumptions regarding masculinity challenging men’s ability to be simultaneously caring and sexual. As a result, the men found themselves negotiating two contrasting ideals associated with masculine behavior: those of good caregiver and assertive, virile sexual partner. Our research suggests that male partners of women with vulvodynia tend to be left alone to deal with the resulting ambivalence and distress. Supporting these men could benefit both parties in managing vulvodynia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Masculinity as an aspect of social and cultural identity has become a topic of intensive research in various fields of science, such as sociology, psychology, anthropology, and gender studies. In recent decades, the scientific community has paid attention to the diversity forms of masculinity, as well as their impact on the lives of individuals and societies in general. This article provides an overview of masculinity as a critical socio-cultural concept and phenomenon covering a wide range of social and cultural aspects of the male personality. It studies the history of masculine research from ancient societies to modern trends and shows the importance of the various methods and approaches employed by researchers in the study of the field. The article also discusses the socio-cultural aspects of masculinity, including roles, expectations, stereotypes, and their impact on men and society as a whole. The authors present an overview of the main questions concerning masculinity and the importance of research in this field for creating a more inclusive and tolerant society in which every man can find his place despite stereotypes and norms about masculinity. Mainly masculine research is a field of research devoted to the study of the personality, roles and characteristics of men and their evolution in history. This sphere originates from ancient societies and develops in order to influence our ideas about the character of men in the modern world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article considers the well‐crafted but often overlooked gender politics of the Integralistas, Brazil's largest fascist movement of the 1930s. Led by writer Plínio Salgado, the Integralistas, who allegedly reached one million members by 1935, became Brazil's first‐ever mass political organisation. They envisioned what they called a Christian holistic state (Estado Integral), one in which corporatism, nationalism and faith would sustain the country's very existence in opposition to communism, materialism and liberalism. Largely unexplored iconographic material reveal that gender appeared at the very heart of their political ambitions: a sexualised type of hypermasculinity pointed to an ideal Brazil rooted in Christian‐based notions of masculinity and femininity, having men as nation‐builders and women as family‐nurturers, and a racialised version of expected membership, with Blacks and the indigenous population welcomed only as infantilised male and female beings who depended upon much tutoring from self‐proclaimed grown‐up white Brazilian men. As this article explores, the politics of the Integralistas were not alone in 1930s Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article sheds light on male identities in interwar Belgian Congo by using the colony's largest palm oil concession as a case study. Based on colonial archives and oral testimonies, it shows how vernacular and colonial understandings of masculinity interplayed and keep on influencing ways to 'be a man' in the present. This article is divided into four parts. First, it highlights how vigorous male bodies supposedly constituted entry points in the colonial 'civilizing mission'. Second, it addresses the convergences between coming‐of‐age rituals and of palm oil labour as markers of adulthood. Third, it nuances the association of dominant masculinity with brute force by showing how the 'strongest' palm oil workers were suspected to use witchcraft. Fourth, it addresses the apparent contradiction between recollection of colonial labour as an experience of hardships and paternalist 'pampering'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using archival research on the correspondence of diplomat Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham, this article examines how Grantham used his material knowledge of carriage design to negotiate the often‐conflicting pushes and pulls on elite office‐holding men's identities and material cultures. Grantham's anxieties and frustrations surrounding 'making a figure' showcase the importance of material culture and material literacy in the construction and negotiation of a professional (specifically diplomatic), social and gendered identity in the late‐eighteenth century and suggests an alternative vision of the 'anxious masculinity' paradigm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1970s Australia, a Royal Commission on Human Relationships asked people to have their say about all aspects of national life bearing upon relations between the sexes and family life. Historians have focused on the Commission's implications for women and feminist public policy in a period of profound social change. In this paper, we shift attention to the Commission's interrogation of the male role in society. We argue that the Commission broadcast and inculcated the possibility that men could change, even if the imminent revolutionising of the male role proved a bridge too far. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital competences are essential to promoting internet users' appropriate, safe, responsible behavior, based on the digital society's needs. We examine self-perception of digital safety education in 1366 students pursuing five degrees in Education from a Spanish university, 2022–2023, by analyzing how these students perceive and understand digital safety through a nine-dimension questionnaire that stresses time management when using the internet, netiquette, knowledge of digital identity and reputation, attention to legislation on personal data protection, caution in sharing data on the internet, and promotion of responsible attitudes toward publishing content. Correlations with gender, age, and degree program show that women score higher on identity and men on digital reputation. Being over 25 years old is a differentiating factor in three of the five dimensions, and pursuing Primary Education or the double degree Primary Education-French Studies differentiates several. Overall, the findings suggest that more attention is needed to knowledge, skills, and attitudes in education for digital safety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article delves into the history of women in the printing industry, specifically their role as typesetters. It explores how typographical unions excluded women, leading to an unequal working environment and undervaluing women's labor. The article also highlights the significance of women's publishing and the establishment of feminist networks in the late 1800s. Despite facing opposition and sexism, women typesetters played a crucial role in revolutionizing the printing industry and challenging patriarchal norms. The article concludes by emphasizing the potential for the workplace to be a site of resistance and the importance of creating a more inclusive society. [Extracted from the article]

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Skateboarding is a masculine-inflected, male dominated informal lifestyle sport which carries inherent risk of pain and injury, which is expected to be met with stoicism as part of claiming 'authentic' skateboarder identity. We examine young women skateboarders' attitudes to these risks, focusing on how they understand, minimise and cope with injury and pain as an ongoing accompaniment to skateboarding practice. We consider how they see injury and pain in relationship to learning and at times experience muscle and injury pain as positive. We conclude that, while young women seem to be taking on the masculinist attitudes to risk, pain and injury that characterise skateboarding as a community of practice, there is some evidence of resistance to this. We also note that the apparent preference of many UK-based young women skateboarders for transition skateparks, due to problems encountered in street spaces, may make them more susceptible to serious injury. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The essay questions the predominant perception of human thinking as a gender-neutral enterprise. It holds that sexual difference is deeply engrained in language and thinking, regardless of the biological sexual identities of those who express those thoughts. The essay critiques the traditional thought for superficially linking the meaning of sexuality with biological gender. It opposes the characterisation of masculine thinking as man's thinking and feminine thinking as woman's. Masculine language expressions can sometimes happen from women writers, and male thinkers sometimes produce feminine writings. Biological bodily sexual identity is not a pointer to the psychical sexual behaviour of humans. Psychoanalytic gender theories explaining the inessentiality of human sexuality help this work to demonstrate that man's and woman's sex identities are arbitrarily produced by language. It exposes the process of the emergence of sexual difference in the human psyche, language, and thinking. To do that, this study anchors primarily on the reflections of Lacan, Nietzsche, and Saussure. Lacanian psychoanalysis is used as the theoretical source to explain the role of language in forming masculine and feminine identities. Nietzsche's prioritisation of the value of natural existence, sensuality, and beauty over abstract truths propagated by masculine metaphysics enables us to explain how feminine experience differs from the masculine conception of truth. Saussure's linguistic theory, which challenged the masculine representative function of language, is used to justify the essay's claim that 'affects' created on the human body by objects of the world are the source of feminine linguistic expression. 'Affects' produce bodily intensities, from which new linguistic signs, metaphors, images, and idioms are formed, leading to imaginative reactivation of instinctual libidinal drives, which is considered the source of sexually different thinking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the social imaginary of Australia's dominant 'White' culture, ethnic minority men, particularly Muslim men, are often depicted as 'folk devils,' resistant to the cultural norms of mainstream society. Muslim masculinities have been problematically conflated with notions of radicalisation, terrorism and violent extremism. There has been decidedly less attention to Muslim men's acclimatisation to the secular mainstream. This article presents a longitudinal case study of two second-generation young Australian-Muslim men who have attended an Islamic secondary school and spent most of their lives within a cloistered Islamic community. We document their experiences and aspirations as they come to be in higher education. The article considers the discursive production of identities of these men during a liminal time in their lives and how they construct their identities in relation to familial and community-based expectations around success and failure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the impact of a "corporeal turn" in early modern religious history on recent publications in Counter‐Reformation Catholic History. Scholars increasingly look towards the Church's legal archives in Rome as a source of information about ecclesiastical and theological attitudes to the body and sexuality. The figure of the priest has emerged as one of the most interesting subjects in that inquiry because of the richness of material about clerics which those archives hold. Scholars are now engaged in study of how past generations of theologians, ecclesiastical magistrates, and medics assessed priestly abilities and disabilities, priests' engagement in sexual acts, and their wider performances of masculine identities. Rome's role as a major centre in shaping Catholic masculinities is reinforced in this scholarship but a new study underscores the blurred boundaries between the lay and ecclesiastical in masculinities there. Overall, this research provides much new material both for rethinking historical questions about Trent's impact on reform discourses and also for commenting on contemporary debates in theology and Church politics about the nature of Christian priesthood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through an analysis of 4chan's /adv/ or 'advice' board – in which predominately male users seek advice on life matters – here we examine masculine ontological insecurity and its implications for understanding how 'toxic' masculine identities emerge, and how young men more generally struggle to make sense of their lives. Advancing extant scholarship, our findings uncover an 'on the cusp' masculine identity – subject to the anxieties and self-perceived failures which act as preconditions of toxic ideologies and outcomes, but also seemingly yet to practice such (il)logics. Responses from the community suggest three ways of addressing, or making sense of, the problems users faced. Finally, and of relevance to both the theorising of contemporary masculinities and related socio-positive interventions, we highlight the (seemingly) odd paradox of vulnerable male users being drawn to express their vulnerabilities on a platform notorious for its insensitivities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on queer men's relationship with hegemonic masculinity and femmephobia. The study was conducted with the aim of investigating how different understandings of masculinity and femininity can fuel femmephobia. Ten posts within the Reddit forum "r/gaybros" were analyzed, along with their 1356 collective comments. Within the analysis, the users of r/gaybros were found to define their expression of masculinity as independent and free from any societal constraints or expectations. To be masculine meant resisting the stereotype that associates queerness with femininity. Femininity was then understood as failing to reach this construction of masculinity and as vacuously conforming to the stereotype that queer men are feminine. Consequently, the users constructed masculinity and femininity in a complementary and hierarchical way. Not only do they devalue and regulate femininity, but the femmephobia that they reproduce is a necessary part of their understanding of masculinity. This article consequently argues that the users of r/gaybros constructed a local form of hegemonic masculinity which contrasts with previous research that understands gay men as capable of imitating hegemonic masculinity but ultimately excluded from its construction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This text explores the intersection of sports, imperialism, and indigenous cultures in the context of French and British colonialism. It discusses the history of Maori involvement in rugby in New Zealand and how Maori players used the sport to challenge racial and social boundaries. The text compares the coverage of Maori players in French and British press during rugby tours, noting the lack of recognition of their indigenous heritage in French reporting. The Maori All Blacks rugby team's tour in France in 1926-1927 challenged European superiority but was often described using racist tropes by the French press. The tour highlighted power dynamics between indigenous communities and French colonial administrators, as well as the limitations of French understanding and engagement with indigenous cultures. [Extracted from the article]

Societies have relied on different cultural mechanisms to cultivate appropriate and timely models of heroic masculinity, which have included oral tradition, art, epic poetry, and theatre. In contemporary times, cinema has become one of the primary venues to disseminate masculine archetypes throughout a society’s collective conscious. In certain cases, heroic masculinity can be manifested when characters embrace their valor, courage, and physical prowess for the greater good while eschewing the potentially toxic elements of their personalities and powers. In Ryan Coogler’s 2018 film Black Panther, the dichotomy of toxic masculinity and heroic masculinity plays out through a series of ritual combats. Black Panther applies traditional and historically relevant motifs to show how its superhero addresses the question of toxic versus heroic masculinity; and, in the end the film condemns toxic masculinity by portraying a hero who embodies strength, wisdom, and inclusiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]