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Straight from foster care to the youth detention center? The (mis)paths of child protection and juvenile justice policies in the construction of violent masculinities [PDF]

Frontiers in Sociology
The present article aims to understand how public policies for the protection of endangered children/youngsters and juvenile justice work together or, on the contrary, in a disjointed way, and its impacts on the reproduction of gender stereotypes, namely
Marta Mascarenhas
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Caring masculinities and the politics of feminist representation in the Portuguese media [PDF]

Frontiers in Sociology
In recent decades, the focus on masculinities as a means to sustain or challenge patriarchy has gained significant attention. Concepts such as “hegemonic masculinity”, which embodies the legitimation of patriarchy, and “toxic masculinities”, which ...
Sofia José Santos, Júlia Garraio, Bárbara Janiques de Carvalho   +2 more
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Transforming harmful representations, investigating violence and empowering care practises in masculinities [PDF]

Frontiers in Sociology
Stemming from a critical perspective of feminist studies on masculinities, this article proposes to explore how dominant and hegemonic masculinities are being reimagined, renegotiated and reconstructed, by understanding new patterns of violence amongst ...
Tatiana Moura
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Homophobic beliefs and attitudes among mid-adolescent boys: exploring the ideas of hybrid masculinities [PDF]

Frontiers in Sociology
IntroductionHomophobia is well-documented as key to social regulation of masculine behavior and practices in Western settings. Yet, empirical data from a number of Western settings has shown a decline in overt homophobic attitudes in the past decade ...
Deinera Exner-Cortens, Caroline Claussen, Angelique Jenney, Vineetha Warriyar Kodalore Vijayan   +3 more
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Masculinities in a feminist pedagogy: lessons for transformative gender and agriculture training [PDF]

Frontiers in Sociology
Masculinities and femininities are closely interconnected with men and women farmers’ everyday lives; hence critical reflection on these interconnections should be central in gender training in agriculture.
Amon Ashaba Mwiine, Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Elizabeth Asiimwe, Elizabeth Asiimwe, Martha Businge, Fred Shimali, Losira Nasirumbi Sanya   +7 more
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Long-term impacts of the Bandebereho programme on violence against women and children, maternal health-seeking, and couple relations in Rwanda: a six-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trialResearch in context

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: Programmes that work with parents to build couple relationship and parenting skills and include critical reflection on gender norms are a promising approach for reducing violence against women and children. However, there is limited
Kate Doyle, Ruti G. Levtov, Emmanuel Karamage, Deboleena Rakshit, Shamsi Kazimbaya, Felix Sayinzoga, Hassan Sibomana, Silas Ngayaboshya, Fidèle Rutayisire, Gary Barker   +9 more
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Perceptions and Interpretation of Contemporary Masculinities in Western Culture: A Systematic Review

American Journal of Men's Health, 2021
The social construct of masculinity evolves in response to changes in society and culture. Orthodox masculinity is mostly considered to be hegemonic and is evidenced by the dominance of men over women and other, less powerful men.
Sandra Connor, Kristina Edvardsson, Christopher Fisher, Evelien Spelten   +3 more
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‘Iron women’ dislodging ‘provider masculinities’: Why Connell’s framework of Hegemonic Masculinities is ‘useful but unhelpful’? [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Routledge Open Research, 2023
Since its introduction into the field of men and masculinities, Connell’s theoretical framework of hegemonic masculinities has been widely applied even in contexts outside the Western gender order for which it was originally intended.
Thoko Sipungu
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Operationalising masculinities in theories and practices of gender-transformative health interventions: a scoping review

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Gender-transformative health interventions that involve men and boys are gaining global reach, adaptability to specific geographical, population and epidemiological contexts, public endorsement, and conceptual sophistication.
Julia Zielke, Stephanie Batram-Zantvoort, Oliver Razum, Céline Miani   +3 more
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PositivMasc: masculinities and violence against women among young people. Identifying discourses and developing strategies for change, a mixed-method study protocol

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Despite public policies and legislative changes aiming to curtail men’s violence against women (VAW) around the world, women continue to be exposed to VAW throughout their life.
N Daoud, M Salazar, Claire Edwards, Margaret Scanlon, C Vives-Cases   +4 more
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