BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Studies have reported that men’s uptake of sexual health services is low, that these services make them feel vulnerable, and that they experience sexual healthcare (SHC) as stressful, heteronormative, potentially sexualised and “tailored for women”. They
Tommy Persson +3 more
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“What do you Mean by Masculinity?”: Comparison of Answers of Men with and without Suicidal Thoughts
Psichologija, 2022 Male suicides are often associated with masculinity norms that encourage certain behaviours that increase the risk of suicide. For example, research shows that restricted emotionality, avoidance of seeking help and self-reliance are associated with ...
Dovilė Grigienė +5 more
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A Discussion of Mr. Housewife in Relation to the Social Construction of Masculinity in South Korean Society [PDF]
Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, 2022 This article discusses the socially constructed notion of Korean masculinity by examining Yoo Sun-Dong’s Mr. Housewife (Miseuteo Jubu Kwizeuwang, 2005). By regarding masculinity as a value or ‘place’ that one can obtain through practices rather than as a
Beste Alpay Jeong
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An Analysis of Amory Blaine’s Affective Masculinity in Scott Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise
Critical Literary Studies, 2023 In the early decades of the twentieth century, masculinity created a tangled network of man-woman connections centered on power and control. Additionally, how a man formed relationships was very significant in enhancing his public persona.
Narges Bayat, Ali Taghizadeh
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Izumi, 2020 This study examines the shifting values of masculinity and femininity in four Japanese television dramas: At Home Dad (2004), Around 40: Chuumon no Ooi Onna Tachi (2008), Freeter, Buy a House (2010), and Wonderful Single Life (2012). This study employs a
Rouli Esther Pasaribu
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Cross-cultural effects of color, but not morphological masculinity, on perceived attractiveness of men's faces [PDF]
, 2012 This is the post-print version of the Article. The official published version can be accessed from the link below - Copyright @ 2012 ElsevierMuch attractiveness research has focused on face shape.
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Inclusive Masculinity and Facebook Photographs Among Early Emerging Adults at a British University [PDF]
, 2015 Central to debates about the construction of masculinity in sociology is the influence of culture and what constitutes acceptable displays of masculinity. This article adopts a novel approach in examining this question.
Scoats, Ryan
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‘So people know I'm a Sikh’: Narratives of Sikh masculinities in contemporary Britain [PDF]
, 2014 This article examines British-born Sikh men's identification to Sikhism. In particular, it focuses on the appropriation and use of Sikh symbols amongst men who define themselves as Sikh. This article suggests that whilst there are multiple ways of ‘being’
Ballantyne T. +4 more
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Never the twain shall meet: a critical appraisal of the combination of discourse and psychoanalytic theory in studies of men and masculinity [PDF]
, 2006 In recent years there has been a number of attempts by different researchers to study men and masculinity using a combination of discourse theory and psychoanalysis.
A. Nayak +57 more
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Facial masculinity: how the choice of measurement method enables to detect its influence on behaviour. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Recent research has explored the relationship between facial masculinity, human male behaviour and males' perceived features (i.e. attractiveness). The methods of measurement of facial masculinity employed in the literature are quite diverse.
Santiago Sanchez-Pages +2 more
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