Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"traditional masculinity"”.
-
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF TIME TO PRESENTATION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT FOR INDIANA FARMERS WITH PROSTATE CANCER AND MEASUREMENTS OF TRADITIONAL MASCULINITY IDEOLOGY
… history completed a questionnaire about their traditional masculinity beliefs and an interview focused on their PCa experiences, from signs and symptoms to after treatment. Interview questions were based on three theories, and the questionnaire was the 21-item Male Role Norms Inventory-Short …
-
Peer influences on sexual violence perpetration among early adolescents
… and socialization effects, and the influence of traditional masculinity ideology and dismissive attitudes toward sexual violence on perpetration of sexual violence over a six month period. Participants included 191 6th (n = 61), 7th (n = 55) and 8th (n = 75) grade students from one Midwestern …
-
Men's definitions of masculinity and male power
Many authors have stated that traditional masculinity is about power: the power of men over women and the power of some men over other men (Kimmel & Kaufman, 1995). It has also been asserted that any analysis of masculinity must examine its power aspects. While the last 20 years have seen a growth …
-
Increased rape victims scale attitudes after relational rejection: The roles of entitlement and shame
… would correlate with both just world beliefs and traditional masculinity. Participants were administered a number of additional measures that were used in exploratory analyses, including participants’ level of aggression, impulsiveness, sexism, narcissism, state shame, guilt, and relationship …
-
...written by a angry woman or a #Soyboy? So hard to tell sometimes.: Investigating the Reinforcement of Social Inequality Through the Soyboy Discourse
… not fall into culturally idealized versions of masculinity, specifically men who are politically left leaning and embrace alternative masculinities. This discourse surrounding the soyboy participates in the larger symbolic boundary that upholds and reifies traditional masculinity. The soyboy …
-
Masculinity and the Postmodern in American Psycho and Fight Club
Initially, this paper traces masculinity in America from the nineteenth century and up through the mid twentieth century in order to define traditional masculinity and identify some of its characteristics. Traditional masculinity, typically demonstrated though aggressive and violent behavior, is …
-
Effects of Self-Disclosure on Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Black Males
… Black males are often grounded and socialized in traditional masculinity and ethnic ideologies, including those that prevent professional psychological care, a normative method of coping with distress. As men, they are socialized not to self-disclose their feelings, and as Black Americans, they …
-
Performed and Perceived Masculinity in Father-Son Relationships from the Perspective of Sons: A Thematic Narrative Analysis
… and the perceptions and performances of masculinity within that relationship from the perspective of sons. Through the utilization of symbolic interactionism and narrative as theoretical and conceptual frameworks narratives were collected as a means to make sense of participants' …
-
Precarious womanhood: Maternal instinct’s role in gender-related anxiety
… that when a man perceives a threat to his masculinity, he will respond with anxiety and will subsequently increase his displays of traditional masculinity. The main purpose of this study is to address a parallel phenomenon in women (i.e., “precarious womanhood”), the existence of which …
-
"The Wretched State of My Nerves:" Hysteria and Sympathy in Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White
… which does not conform to conventions of traditional masculinity. The dismissal of Mr. Fairlie’s symptoms is akin to the dismissal of the symptoms of a hysterical woman, while the disabled women of the novel are believed and treated with kindness rather than skepticism. Reading Mr. Fairlie …
-
Organized Sports Participation, Masculinity, and Attitudes toward Women
… toward Women Scale (AWS) as well as the Brannon Masculinity Scale (BMS). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, bivariate correlations, and multiple regression to see if there was a relationship between the control variables, the sports participation variables, the scores on the BMS …
-
Men, masculinity, and heterosexual exclusivity : a study of the perception and construction of human sexual orientation
… and research on the role and construction of masculinity as well as homophobia and the overlap of the two. I hypothesize that adherence to traditional masculinity and increased homophobia are predictive of increased heterosexual exclusivity in men. I also hypothesize that men are more likely …
-
Personal constructions of gender and the impact of childhood sexual abuse on adult male survivors
… if and how male survivors' personal meanings of masculinity influenced the impact of childhood sexual abuse. Gender was defined as the individual male survivor's personal construction of masculinity within the context of the sociocultural construction of traditional masculinity. Six men …
-
A phenomenological analysis of masculinity ideologies among college males
… measures, is necessary in order for current masculinity ideologies to be fully documented. The 245 male, undergraduate student participants completed the Male Role Norms Inventory (MRNI) of Levant et al. (1992) and the Gender Role Conflict Scale of O'Neil et al. (1986). Of these, 29 also …
-
A Mongrel Tradition: Contemporary Scottish Crime Fiction and its Transatlantic Contexts
… and Irvine Welsh, using their representation of traditional masculinity as an index for wider concerns about community, class, and violence. The second chapter examines examples of Scottish crime fiction that exploit the baroque aesthetics of gothic and noir fiction as a means of dealing with the …
-
Associations of Sex, Gender, and Gender Role Beliefs with Mental Health Attitudes
… and profession. This study aimed to look at traditional gender role beliefs, sex, and gender expression as predictors of individual’s mental health attitudes and individual’s views of mental health norms. Using a cross-sectional survey, 392 participants completed scales that included the …
-
Millennials and Generation Z: Men's Perspectives on Hashtag Feminism
… therapists to learn how men perceive their masculinity amidst this critical discourse. In contemporary politics, feminist activism is largely conducted through social media and hashtag activism and is often called "hashtag feminism." The feminist hashtags #MeToo, #HeForShe, and …
-
The Effect Of Masculinity On Post-Deployment Veterans' Help-Seeking Behaviors And Mental Health Outcomes
… literature 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 …
-
The influence of gender role ideology on developmental trajectories of dismissive attitudes towards sexual harassment in early adolescence
… data collection, students completed measures of masculinity and femininity ideology, sexual harassment perpetration and victimization, and attitudes toward sexual harassment. Growth curve modeling was used to examine developmental trajectories of dismissive attitudes toward sexual harassment and …
-
“Girls Play with Dolls and Boys Play with Soldiers”: Examining Teachers and Parents' Gender Beliefs and the Gender Identity of 8-10 Year Old Jamaican Boys
… with their classroom practices; teachers traditional methods even though recognising that girls and boys have different learning styles; boys arrived at school far less prepared to work than girls; they were more likely to be off task than were girls; they identified strongly and early …
Page 1 of 2