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Violence is interpreted through a double standard when it comes to trans people and cis men, allowing masculinity as a structural driver to remain unexamined.
The friendship here depicts something that our culture usually finds very difficult to imagine: an image of straight masculinity that is actually lovely.
From viral skincare videos to hyper-muscular influencer bodies online, men are facing increasing societal pressure to look good — just have women have for generations.
The government is calling for a ‘whole of society’ approach to tackling violence against women and girls.
‘Heated Rivalry’ could signal crucial queer representation during a politically dangerous time.
‘Heated Rivalry’ has people talking about the intersection of culture, sports and Canadian identity.
Queer joy in ‘Heated Rivalry’ unsettles hockey’s hypermasculine order and makes new ways of relating seem possible.
A should book features three concepts for rethinking masculinity: relationality, vulnerability, and inclination.
The goal is to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.
Normalising violence, worsening body image and sexist attitudes are among the manosphere beliefs that are bleeding into relationships and workplaces.
It starts with one innocuous video. It ends in misogyny, anger and nihilism. Welcome to this online rabbit-hole of toxic masculinity.
Gen Z’s ‘performative male’ trend is both mocked and embraced because it exposes deep cultural contradictions around what we expect of masculinity today.
Rather than uphold a dominant hypermasculine image of men in sport, this years’ World Series might have opened our eyes to a counter-narrative in sport.
While boys’ adherence to masculine ideals is weakening, many still feel intense pressure to conform to it.
Social initiation practices at school may normalise violence as a means of navigating power and identity among boys.
The link between gender and diet.
There’s no evidence men are wired to use fire any more than women – yet, across cultures, it’s common to find bands of blokes bonding over the barbie.
The ‘good guy’ is a performance, and that’s OK.
T maxxing offers a compelling narrative: raise your testosterone, upgrade your life. But if you don’t have clinically low testosterone, there are health risks.
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Professor of Sociology, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Professor, Masculinities Studies, School of Education, University of Calgary
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Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Masculinities Scholar, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Newcastle University
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Professor of American History, Università di Torino
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Professor Emerita (social science), University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham
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Academic Enhancement Lead, De Montfort University
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Senior Lecturer, Australian College of Applied Psychology
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Insights Researcher, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia