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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"masculine ideals"”.
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Masculine Identities Among Asian American Men: Negotiating Varying Masculine Ideals for the Self and Others
<p>The study examined the implications of varying masculine identities for Asian American men of East Asian descent. The study tested the hypotheses that compared to White men, Asian American men would endorse lower levels of Western hegemonic masculine ideals, see themselves as less masculine in …
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Dante's Manhoods: Authorial Masculinities before the Commedia
… the ways that Dante uses concepts of the masculine in his early work to offer an analysis of the masculine ideals which lie at the basis of Dante's construction of himself as an author in the lyric poems and in his discussions of Latin and Italian. I describe ideals and conceptions of …
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The Precarious Man: Measuring masculine discrepancy and its relationships with aggression and misogyny
… and masculinity, most of the focus has been on masculine dysfunction strain, or the strain males feel as it relates to the various expectations of masculinity. In contrast, the research on discrepancy strain (or the strain males feel when they fail to meet these expectations) is limited. Unlike …
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Exploring masculinities in a microcosm : a qualitative study of men’s understanding of masculinities and gender-based violence (GBV) in a male prison population in South Africa (SA)
… evidence shows that some ‘hegemonic’ dominant masculine norms upheld by men in varying parts of the world exacerbate GBV. This study aimed to explore masculinities in a South African prison context and how prison-based masculine ideals influence offenders’ perceptions and experiences of …
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Only An Only Child: Stories
… The collection chronologically charts masculine experience, with the protagonists’ ages ranging from four to seventy-five. Almost all the protagonists are of relatively privileged backgrounds, but despite this privilege, they are unable to live up to longstanding masculine “ideals.” …
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World War One trauma and masculinity
… likewise examines the path of how masculinities ideals could have been internalised by a little boy during the same period as the superego formed, which might be described as the first appearance from the masculine ideals. Therefore, this thesis it is about how psychoanalysis understands …
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"If You Don't Take a Stand for Your Life, Who Will Help You?": A Qualitative Study of Men's Engagement with HIV/AIDS Care in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
… Participants expressed a range of ways in which masculine ideals and identity both promoted and inhibited their willingness and ability to engage in HIV care. Notions of masculinity and social identity were often directly tied to behaviors influencing care engagement. Such engagement fostered the …
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The Effect Of Masculinity On Post-Deployment Veterans' Help-Seeking Behaviors And Mental Health Outcomes
… has indicated that men who adhere to traditional masculine ideals tend to have a lower quality of life, less help-seeking behaviors, and more mental and physical health problems. This study set out to investigate how traditional masculine values, age, combat exposure, and relative normative male …
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Exploring effeminate gay men’s experiences of dating using gay dating and hook-up applications: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… rejection amongst gay men with a preference for masculine or ‘straight-acting’ partners. Furthermore, research has found Gay Dating and Hookup Applications (GDHAs) to be a breeding ground of toxic masculinity regulated by femmephobia in promoting gender-based oppression through the use of …
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Textual monumentality and memory in early modern England, 1560–c.1650
… that textual monuments not only commemorated the masculine ideals of the patriarchal householder but also that their creation was an act of masculinity articulating a man’s responsibilities for posterity. Finally, the examination of civic, parochial, and personal archives suggests that the archive …
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An African feminist analysis on the experiences of black African immigrant men in Cape Town, South Africa
… and how these are embodied within migratory masculine identities in South Africa. It provides the life stories of six African men, aiming to explore African masculinities within transnational migration studies and provides a nuanced understanding of how masculinities are made, remade, and …
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The fantasy of masculinity: a study of masculinity in strip clubs across three Midwestern metropolitan areas
… shielded from the fear of being ‘insufficiently’ masculine or failing to adhere to masculine ideals. Second, I argue that much of strippers’ labor revolves around productions of gender, wherein strippers enable and amplify male customers’ enactments of idealized masculinities. Furthermore, I …
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Instaman: a case study of male identity expression on Instagram
… engrossed themselves in expressing hegemonic masculine ideals, but rather wanted to show facets of their identity that they do not normally get to express when they are not online. Therefore, it appears that Instagram is a place where men feel comfortable expressing all parts of themselves.
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Soft Masculinity and Its Discontents in Contemporary China
… the 2010s indicate that the dispute between the masculine and the soft deserves more scholarly attention. How historical institutional forces shaped gender concepts should not be neglected. If we trace back to Confucian gender norms in ancient China, the popularity of softer masculinities is …
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Hegemony, marginalisation, and hierarchies: Masculinities in contemporary Pakistani anglophone fiction
… patriarchy, dictate men’s actions, and control masculine perceptions of identity and self-worth. Each chapter explores a different aspect of Pakistani masculinity, ranging from the depiction of the feudal and capitalist masculinities in rural Pakistan in In Other Rooms, Other Wonders to …
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Stay-at-home Father Families: Family Functioning and Experiences of Non-traditional Gender Roles
… fathers did not differ in terms of conforming to masculine norms in comparison to the other fathers in the sample, and the children too showed comparable gendered play behaviours across all family types. Child adjustment did not differ between family types; instead, family processes were more …
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”I'm not bad, but they don't see it” : Perceptions on masculinity and gender equality, and challenges of marginalized urban adolescent men in Kenya
… to “hypermasculinity” to assert themselves as masculine in the face of poverty that precludes their role as the breadwinner – which is the cornerstone for masculine identity in Kenya as well as globally. In addition to that hypermascular behavior is claimed to exacerbate gender inequality and …