Jon Ronson’s new book on the masculinity crisis was sparked by his son’s strange journey to a castle in upstate New York and a series of late-night text messages.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requiring service members to screen for low testosterone levels. Ironically, the military lifestyle itself is more likely to lower T levels.
Countering violent extremism requires substantial investment from all levels of government, dismantling the state’s racialized assumptions of criminality and recognizing that gendered violence is systemic.
When you break the first rule of Fight Club, you find warring takes. While Chuck Palahniuk wrote it as satire, some take its narrator far too seriously.
Pressure is mounting for teachers now expected to cover incel culture during their classes.
Online sexism is no longer primarily a series of isolated or individual opinions but has evolved into a system-level phenomenon that spreads through digital platforms and produces real-world consequences.
Children learn what it means to be a woman or a man early on. How they respond to threats to how well they conform to gender stereotypes changes with age.
Why does Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brag and gloat in his statements about the Iran war? In the MAGA media world, war is a game, a test of masculine fortitude.
The ‘vile’ side of humanity William Golding saw in World War II haunts his famous novel. He later came to dislike the book, dismissing it as ‘boring’ and ‘crude’.
Gen Z’s ‘performative male’ trend is both mocked and embraced because it exposes deep cultural contradictions around what we expect of masculinity today.
The ‘good guy’ is a performance, and that’s OK.
A journalist’s deep dive into the manosphere asks big, important questions about why men are susceptible and what we can do. But it struggles to provide answers.
The former five-time Olympic shooter and coal miner wants men of all ages not to be afraid of speaking about their health – as he used to be.
The Male Complaint argues it’s unhelpful to blame toxic masculinity for digital misogyny. We should try to understand the manosophere – even if we disagree with it.
Secrets We Keep, a Danish suspense drama about the disappearance of a Filipina au pair from an elite suburb, delivers a sharp social commentary on racial and class entitlements.
Acquiring high-value status is not viewed merely as key for success in life, but also for attracting “high-value” women as well.
Young people are viewing harmful content unintentionally, according to new research from the Classification Office. But parents need to resist simply taking away devices.
Research shows former incels found misogynistic influencers when looking for help. A developmental psychologist with a focus on adolescent boys offers key takeaways for parents seeking to create healthy, supportive spaces.
Suitable for readers from infancy to late adolescence, these books aim to teach boys what it means to be responsible, compassionate and confident men
Research has shown that spending long periods on social media and gaming sites exposes young men and boys to incel content.
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Research Professor, Masculinities Studies, School of Education, University of Calgary
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Professor of Sociology, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Masculinities Scholar, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Honorary Fellow in Sociology, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Insights Researcher, University of Bristol
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond
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Professeure associée au département des sciences sociales, Université du Québec en Outaouais et à l'Institut de recherches et d'études féministes, UQAM, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)
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Professeur, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University
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Associate Professor, Organizational Behaviour, Athabasca University
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Professor of Cybercrime and Gender, University of Portsmouth
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Villanova University