Studies On Men And Masculinity

Hegemonic masculinity and beyond: 40 years of research in Sweden

by Lucas Gottzén

Men & Masculinities, 2012 (with J. Hearn, M. Nordberg, K. Andersson, D. Balkmar, K. Pringle, R. Klinth & L. Sandberg)

This article discusses the status of the concept of hegemonic masculinity in research on men and boys in Sweden, and... more This article discusses the status of the concept of hegemonic masculinity in research on men and boys in Sweden, and how it has been used and developed. Sweden has a relatively long history of public debate, research, and policy intervention in gender issues and gender equality. This has meant, in sheer quantitative terms, a relatively sizeable corpus of work on men, masculinities, and gender relations. There is also a rather wide diversity of approaches, theoretically and empirically, to the analysis of men and masculinities. The Swedish national context and gender equality project is outlined. This is followed by discussion of three broad phases in studies on men and masculinities in Sweden: the 1960s and 1970s before the formulation of the concept of hegemonic masculinity; the 1980s and 1990s when the concept was important for a generation of researchers developing studies in more depth; and the 2000s with a younger generation committed to a variety of feminist and gender critiques other than those associated with hegemonic masculinity. The following sections focus specifically on how the concept of hegemonic masculinity has been used, adapted, and indeed not used, in particular areas of study: boys and young men in family and education; violence; and health. The article concludes with review of how hegemonic masculinity has been used in Swedish contexts, as: gender stereotype, often out of the context of legitimation of patriarchal relations; “Other” than dominant, white middle-class “Swedish,” equated with outmoded, nonmodern, working-class, failing boy, or minority ethnic masculinities; a new masculinity concept and practice, incorporating some degree of gender equality; and reconceptualized and problematized as a modern, heteronormative, and subject-centered concept.

Made Men and Constructed Masculinities: Viewing the Father-Son Relationship in The Sopranos

by Nicklas Hållén

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“‘Fighting the Good Fight’: The Real and the Moral in the Contemporary Hollywood Combat Film.” Quarterly Review of Film and Video 22.4 (Oct-Dec 2005): 297-310.

by Philippa Gates

De la mascarade féminine aux parades masculines.

by Justine MARILLONNET

Communication pour le congrès de l'ACFAS

Thématique : repenser le masculin et le féminin aujourd'hui.
Communication le 7 mai 2012 à Montréal. Thématique : repenser le masculin et le féminin aujourd'hui.
Communication le 7 mai 2012 à Montréal.

Christianity, Masculinity and Gender Violence in Papua New Guinea.

by Richard Eves

SSGM Discussion Paper 2012/2.

„Masculinity and Politics in Njáls saga,“ Viator 38 (2007), 191–215.

by Ármann Jakobsson

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The Woman in White: Conceptions of Femininity and Masculinity

by Dario Abram

“Just Getting Off”: The Inseparability of Ejaculation and Hegemonic Masculinity

by Michael Johnson Jr.

Call for Submissions - Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex, and Power

by Shira Tarrant

Call for Submissions
Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power (Routledge)
•revised second edition•more Call for Submissions
Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power (Routledge)
•revised second edition•
Deadline: March 30, 2012


How can we better understand and imagine new possibilities for men and feminism?


Are you a guy who hates sexism? Do you call yourself a feminist? Have you spent hours over coffee (or beer or on blogs) debating issues of gender, power, race, class, and sexuality? Are you involved with social justice activism? Have you grappled with accountability, imperfection, and social change? If so, then you have stories to tell and I’d like to hear what you have to say.

I am collecting essays for a revised second edition of Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex, and Power (Routledge). I’m interested in first-person accounts of growing up male and identifying with — or questioning the ideals of — feminism. Stories about pivotal moments in personal or political change are especially welcome. You don’t have to call yourself a feminist to have a relevant story. There are so many directions your essay can take, but I am NOT looking for an academic essay. No citations, no footnotes. I AM looking for thought-provoking stories written in your own unique voice using language you actually use when you talk with your friends.

You can use personal stories, things that happened to you, things that people said to you, or that you said to them (or wish you had … or hadn’t.) I am looking for a wide range of experience and perspectives on men and masculinity.

This book respects the risk involved in being willing to critically investigate gender, sex, and power — especially when this isn’t what some people expect from guys. There are lots of good books written by and about feminist women. Men Speak Out is written by, for, and about men and male-identified contributors. The revised second edition will add compelling new perspectives on culture, society, masculinity, feminism, women’s/gender studies, social justice, and anti-sexist movements.

Your essays and stories may reflect on growing up, they might focus on a day-in-the-life vignette, they might explore experiences with racism or homophobia, or they might pose questions that you’ve asked yourself about not power-tripping as a man in a sexist society. These questions might not have answers and this is entirely okay. This is your story in your own words and only you can tell it. The focus, content, and tone is up to you and based on your own thoughts, experiences, concerns, fears, hopes, struggles, and surprises.

Themes and topics of particular interest are included below:

Technology and Social Media — Do you have experiences with gender issues and social media that you want to share? Think: blogging, trolls, Facebook, dating, and organizing for action.

Culture and Society — Are you an artist, musician, rock fan, or hip-hop head? Do you have compelling stories about gender and sexuality in the scene? Was there a time in school, at work, or among your family and friends where you had to grapple with issues of gender, race, sexuality, and power? Was there a time you spoke up about sexism or violence — or a time you wish you had?

Sexuality — Has pornography impacted you or your friends? Are you a feminist man working in the sex industry? How are you affected by the politics of porn?

Family — Do you have a story to tell about being a father, a son, or boyfriend, husband, or partner? Did you grow up with a non-custodial mother? Did you hire a surrogate to start a family? Are you a full-time dad? Do you wish you were?

Masculinity at Work — Do you work in a job where masculinity is an issue? This topic could take plenty of different and unexpected directions.

Masculinity and Identity — What is your experience of masculinity from a transgender, gender-queer, cisgendered or queer perspective? Do you love sports and reject sexism? Were you in the military, prison, or a gang? What does it mean to invite questions of race and men in relation to feminism?

Gender Dilemmas and Social Change — If you want to ally with feminism but you’re not sure what you, as a male, can do, describe this dilemma. Are you wondering if you’re even entitled to be participate since you’re not a woman and don’t quite know how it feels? How have you made a difference or participated in progressive change? Did you radically change your mind or your life because of shifting views on gender, sex, and power? How have you grappled with accountability, imperfection, and social change? These stories may involve a commitment to large-scale politics, personal reflection, or activities in everyday life.



DEADLINE: March 30, 2012

LENGTH: 2,000 to 3,500 words.

FORMAT: Essays must be double-spaced in Times New Roman 12-point font, paginated, double spaced, with standard margins. For full consideration, submit full essays, a brief bio (75-100 words), and complete contact information. Send submissions in .doc or .docx attachment.

SUBMITTING: Send to Shira Tarrant at Shira_Tarrant@yahoo.com. Include Men Speak Out 2e Submission in the subject line. Essays must conform to these complete guidelines for full consideration.


Feel free to pass this call for submissions to friends you think may be interested in this project. Although submitting an essay does not guarantee it will be published, doing so early in the process definitely gives you an advantage, and it does ensure that you have a pivotal role in shaping this book.




Shira Tarrant received her doctorate in political science from UCLA and she is an associate professor with the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department at California State University, Long Beach. Her books include Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power (Routledge), When Sex Became Gender (Routledge), Men and Feminism (Seal Press), and Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style (SUNY Press, forthcoming). Read more at http://shiratarrant.com.

Has pornography heightened or hijacked our sexuality?

by Shira Tarrant

Radio interview with Gail Dines. KPCC 89.3 FM, Sept 2, 2010

Courting the Pink Pound: "Men Only" and the Queer Consumer, 1935-1939

by Justin Bengry

History Workshop Journal 68 (2009): pp. 122-148.

Men Only was among the earliest men’s lifestyle magazines published in Britain. From its first issue, in December... more Men Only was among the earliest men’s lifestyle magazines published in Britain. From its first issue, in December 1935, the magazine cultivated a mainstream audience of middle-class, presumably heterosexual male consumers. But at the same time, I argue, it addressed and courted another audience long associated with urban leisure and fashionable consumption. References to homosexuality in Men Only went beyond mockery and insults directed at effeminate men. Instead, both textual and visual references to subcultural codes, practices, and homoerotically charged situations all reinforced potential readings of the magazine that would be understood by a queer audience. Other readers sometimes decoded the magazine’s references and doublespeak too. Some even expressed concern that particular magazine elements were ‘a trifle pansy’. But by printing such concerns the magazine producers further highlighted Men Only’s complicated dual address. By 1939, however, as the magazine’s references to homosexuality and urban queer subcultures became increasingly dated and less lucrative, it began to direct its attention to a new military and home front audience. This article argues that through the deft use of humour, imagery, and coded doublespeak, Men Only courted a homosexual market segment a full half century before advertisers and marketers would openly acknowledge and seek the Pink Pound.

El género detrás del delito: masculinidad, conflicto y honor en el Caribe de Costa Rica, 1890-1930

by Mauricio Menjívar Ochoa

La Manzana, Revista Internacional de estudios sobre masculinidades [Red Internacional de Estudios sobre Masculinidades-Benemérita Universidad de Puebla/México, Vol. V, No.9 (2011)

El artículo propicia una aproximación a la relación entre delito y masculinidad en el Caribe de Costa Rica durante el... more El artículo propicia una aproximación a la relación entre delito y masculinidad en el Caribe de Costa Rica durante el período 1890-1930. El interés primordial radica en el análisis de lo que el delito revela de la identidad de hombres de diversas procedencias –principalmente las Antillas inglesas, el Istmo centroamericano y otras provincias de Costa Rica– así como de sus relaciones conflictivas en una región marcada por el influjo de la producción bananera. Para ello, se desarrolla un análisis historiográfico con base en anuarios estadísticos y archivos judiciales de lesiones, homicidios e injurias. En la investigación se encuentra que la persecución de este tipo de faltas puede entenderse como la penalización de algunas expresiones conflictivas de la identidad masculina de la época. Particular importancia adquirieron las concepciones sobre el honor que articularon masculinidad, relaciones de poder y conflicto, pero que evidencian una dinámica social más amplia promovida por las instituciones de control social y los sujetos particulares, en los procesos de construcción de la hombría.

Palabras clave: masculinidad, delito, honor, afrodescendientes, mestizos, Caribe de Costa Rica

Changing Roles - Family Formation and Child-Bearing in Europe

by TARKI Social Research Institute

Title of the Hungarian original: Szerepváltozások. Jelentés a nők és férfiak helyzetéről 2005
© TÁRKI, 2005
© Ifjúsági, Családügyi, Szociális és Esélyegyenlőségi Minisztérium, 2005

This book was published in English language with the support of the UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women, Central and Eastern Europe Regional Office, Bratislava).

English translation:
Anna Babarczy (papers 6-12)
Tibor Radványi (Introduction, papers 1-5, Bibliography)
Ildikó Nagy (Register of Researchers)

Language Editor: Clive Liddiard-Maár
All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.
© TÁRKI Social Research Institute, 2006
© Ildikó Nagy, 2006
© Marietta Pongrácz, 2006
© István György Tóth, 2006
ISBN 963 7869 39 5
Cover Design: Péter Maczó
Typography: András Nyíri

This study looks at the characteristics of family formation and child-bearing in countries and regions of Europe,... more This study looks at the characteristics of family formation and child-bearing in countries and regions of Europe, along with their impact on demography. Special emphasis is placed on Central and Eastern European countries, these being the countries that have fundamentally redrawn Europe’s demographic map over the past fifteen years.

Thomas Kühne, Review of: Claudia Bruns, Politik des Eros. Der Männerbund in Wissenschaft, Politik und Jugendkultur (1880-1934) (Cologne: Böhlau, 2008), reviewed for theologie.geschichte – Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kulturgeschichte 5 (2010)

by Thomas Kühne

Evolving Men: Initial Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES)

by Francisco Aguayo

El estudio IMAGES en Chile lo coordinamos nosotros en CulturaSalud/EME. Este es el primer informe de esta investigación sobre género/masculinidades. Estamos trabajando en informes del caso chileno. El primero será sobre violencias.

Informe comparado: Barker, G., Contreras, J.M., Heilman, B., Singh, A.K., Verma, R.K., and Nascimento, M. (2011)... more Informe comparado: Barker, G., Contreras, J.M., Heilman, B., Singh, A.K., Verma, R.K., and Nascimento, M. (2011) Evolving Men: Initial Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES). Washington, D.C.: International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Promundo. January 2011. http://www.promundo.org.br/en/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Evolving-Men-IMAGES-1.pdf

Encuesta IMAGES Chile Resultados de la Encuesta Internacional de Masculinidades y Equidad de Género

by Francisco Aguayo

Aguayo, F., Correa, P., Cristi, P. (2011) Encuesta IMAGES Chile Resultados de la Encuesta Internacional de Masculinidades y Equidad de Género. Santiago: CulturaSalud/EME

Encuesta IMAGES Chile Resultados de la Encuesta Internacional de Masculinidades y Equidad de Género Encuesta IMAGES Chile Resultados de la Encuesta Internacional de Masculinidades y Equidad de Género

Men, myths, and masculinity politics

by Lucas Gottzén

NORMA: Nordic Journal for Masculinity Studies, 2011.

The contributions to this issue of NORMA all deal with issues of men and politics, and to some extent also to... more The contributions to this issue of NORMA all deal with issues of men and politics, and to some extent also to so-called masculinity politics, that is, politics where masculinity is at the centre (Connell 1995). As within other feminist research, politics have been explored within Critical Studies on Men, partly by studying different men’s movements. Raewyn Connell (1995), for instance, identifies four different men’s movements in the West: masculinity therapy, the gun lobby, gay liberation, and exit politics. We could also add the groups of men that organize themselves around child custody disputes (Autonen-Vaaraniemi 2010, Collier and Sheldon 2006) as well as different forms of Christian men’s groups (Gavanas 2004) to Connell’s examples of masculinity politics. Apart from the gun lobby, all these groupings have had more or less strong representations in the Nordic countries...

Sedlenieks, Klavs, Vasiļevska, Karina 2006 Men in Latvian Public Environment: Policy, Social and Economic Aspects.

by Klavs Sedlenieks

Final report in the project Men Equal, Men Different (EC GRANT No VS/2005/0343)

This paper highlights and analyses several of the main aspects that have to do with the role of men as both equal and... more This paper highlights and analyses several of the main aspects that have to do with the role of men as both equal and different in Latvia: state family policy, social and economic barriers to active fatherhood.

Narratives of Hegemonic Masculinity: Representations of Body and Space in Israeli Backpackers' Trekking Narratives

by Chaim Noy

Israeli Sociology, 5(1): 75-120. Special Issue on Masculinity. (2003). (Hebrew)

In this paper I wish to examine the representations of hegemonic masculinity in the travel narratives of Israeli... more In this paper I wish to examine the representations of hegemonic masculinity in the travel narratives of Israeli backpackers, vis-à-vis the construction of images of bodies and spaces. Over the last three decades backpacking has come to assume a time-honored tradition among young Israelis, an activity in which the youths participate soon after their service in the Israeli military. The extended backpacking trip serves as a meaningful, collective rite of passage and separation, and throughout it, and particularly whilst participating in strenuous trekking activities, collective images of hegemonic masculinity are presented, and are embodied and performed in person. The paper inquires, both theoretically and empirically, into the intersection of two prominent fields of meaning and experience in which Israeli masculinity is constructed and constituted in the narratives: The perceptions of body and patterns of embodiment, on the one hand, and the interrelated perceptions of space, place and landscape, on the other hand. Both of these themes are discussed from critical feminist and sociologist perspectives, suggesting that bodies and spaces play a mutual role in the social construction of national and gender—and in this case masculine—identities. The relationship between the trekking experiences, which constitute masculine and hegemonic narratives while depicting adventurous and strenuous events, and the tradition of extended hiking trips, as a common socio-cultural practice constituting hegemonic masculinity in Israeli Sabra culture, are elaborated. Specifically, the Romantic and colonialist dimensions in both practices are highlighted.

Robbie Williams: A Better Man?

by Tara Brabazon

International Journal of Cultural Studies, Vol 5, No. 1, 2002, pp. 45-88, http://ics.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/5/1/45