Search results for "Masculinity"

Is fatherhood allowed? : Media discourses of fatherhood in organizational life

2019

It has been claimed that in the context of organizations and management, fathers are invisible. One source of tension for fathers who work and who want to participate in family life is that even though involved fatherhood is emerging in many western societies, a family-oriented male identity is likely to be problematic for men in organizations. This article aims to contribute to a better understanding of a professional and managerial men's work-family relationship using discourse analysis on data from three different media sources in Finland, published during 1990-2015. We identified two competing discourses: one of stasis, the other of change. The stasis discourse is constructed around tra…

Maschilità "sacrificate", maschilità "esibite" e maschilità "revansciste" nel sex work di strada

2022

Il presente articolo, approfondendo dei dati etnografici sul sex work maschile di strada raccolti dall'autore tra il 2011 e il 2018, intende evidenziare i significati attribuiti allo scambio sessuo-economico e delineare le relazioni gerarchiche che si definiscono per via della costruzione egemonica di genere e sessuale ma anche, inevitabilmente, per la corresponsione di una paga a seguito di una prestazione con l'obiettivo di identificare le modalità attraverso le quali si costruiscono modelli di maschilità situazionali e negoziate. L'analisi prova che la reputazione maschile deve essere costantemente preservata e dal momento che determina una sorta di rendita da posizionamento, essa è cost…

Male Sex Working and Masculinity: Finding ‘Check and Balance’ Between Stigmatisation and Homosexualisation

2021

Abstract in conference proceedings

Un adieu au macho espagnol ibérique? Une analyse de la masculinité en Espagne. Échanges avec des experts

2019

The traditional model of masculinity in Spain (the so-called Spanish Macho) is heir to a long tradition of understanding how masculinity is framed as an omnipotent model assuming that “a man has license to do whatever he wants”. This idealized behavioral pattern is slowly changing in Spain, as it accompanies the transformations in Spanish society. Certain public policies have provided momentum for a change in the way that the issue of gender in general and gender violence in particular are approached. A study carried out under the auspices of the University of Valencia between 2013 and 2015 interviewed experts and activists from an association of men seeking equality with women in an attemp…

Alternatīvās vīrietības prakses

2017

Maģistra darba „Alternatīvās vīrietības prakses” mērķis ir noskaidrot, kā tiek konstruētas tradicionālai vīrišķībai alternatīvas vīrietības; darba galvenie pētnieciskie jautājumi ir: kāpēc alternatīvās vīrietības tiek konstruētas, kādas jaunas nozīmes un prakses vīrieši saista ar savu vīrišķību, kā alternatīvo vīrietību konstruēšana ietekmē vīriešu ikdienas dzīvi un kādas ir ar to konstruēšanu saistītās problēmas. Pētījuma teorētiskajam ietvaram izmantoti dažadu vīriešu studiju pētnieku skatījumi uz maskulinitātēm, tostarp Reivinas Koneles idejas; alternatīvu vīrietību konstruēšanas kontekstā izmantota arī konvenciju teorija. Darbā izmantotas kvalitatīvās pētījumu metodes: empīriskie dati i…

Exploring gender roles in Finnish and American youth : a critical review of Geert Hofstede's masculinity versus femininity dimension of national cult…

2004

Paternal masculinities in early fatherhood: dominant and counter narratives by Finnish first-time fathers

2013

In this article, we seek to extend understanding of the role of gender in early fatherhood by examining narratives of paternal masculinities, that is, the social and cultural constructions of gendered practices and conventions produced by men on their roles as male parents. The data comprised interviews with 44 Finnish first-time fathers (aged 20-42 years) living in a heterosexual relationship. The narrative of the “decent father,” was identified as the dominant narrative of paternal masculinity in early fatherhood. Although the narrative was characterized by some important gendered differences, it was also in line with the well-known concept of the “new father.” Two counter narratives, la…

Father's Impact on Son's Gender Role Identity

1992

ABSTRACT The study investigates the similarities between the gender role identities of 12 year‐old boys and their fathers. An attempt was also made to determine the influence of father‐son interaction on the specific nature of these similarities. The study was carried out in Jyvaskyla and the subjects comprised 113 12 year‐old boys and their fathers. The sex role orientation of fathers and their sons was measured by a sex role inventory designed for the study. Father — son correlations were studied in relation to the frequency and quality of father‐son interaction, especially with regard to the paternal warmth and paternal control involved. The son's masculinity correlated positively with t…

Sport and physical activity in a high security Spanish prison: an ethnographic study of multiple meanings

2009

Drawing on data generated by a two-year ethnographic study in a high security Spanish prison, this article explores the multiple meanings given to the social practices of sport and physical activity. We provide details of the following key themes that emerged from the analysis: (a) escaping time; (b) perceived therapeutic benefits; (c) social control; (d) gendered dimensions; and (e) performing masculinity. The findings suggest that a diverse and contradictory set of meanings are associated with sport and physical activity within this particular prison culture, and that the performance of specific kinds of masculinity is both a process and product that shapes the construction of experience …

Homophobic Conduct as Normative Masculinity Test

2020

Homophobic violence can be considered as an expressive act. Violent behavior can be considered as anti-homosexual when victims are chosen because they are considered or perceived as homosexual. Following this reasoning, hate crimes as homophobic crimes have a communicative value, since they represent a range of “masculinization” practices within the processes of gender socialization, both in conventional and illegitimate social worlds. Every homophobic act aims to intimidate not just the victim, but the whole group associated with the, whether concretely or merely in the perception of the perpetrator. This chapter will take into account the main research on victimization from an internation…