'If You Do Not Fit in With the Stereotype, They Eat You Alive': Discourses of Masculinities and Their Reflections in Young Spanish Men's Health
| Autor: | Ariadna Cerdán-Torregrosa, Carmen Vives-Cases, Daniel La Parra-Casado |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Sociología II, Salud Pública, Investigación en Género (IG), Observatorio Europeo de Tendencias Sociales (OBETS) |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Social framework
Online and offline Adult Male Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Sexual Behavior Stereotype Social representations Young Adult Humans Discourses Heterosexuality media_common Masculinity Masculinities Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Men’s health Gender studies Men Gender inequalities Comprehension Spain Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública Psychology Men's Health Sociología Hegemonic masculinity |
| Zdroj: | Qualitative health research. 32(2) |
| ISSN: | 1049-7323 |
| Popis: | Hegemonic masculinity has been especially linked, among other aspects, to unhealthy behaviors and heterosexuality. This study aimed to explore the discourses of masculinities with young Spanish men with different sexual orientations (heterosexuals, bisexuals, and homosexuals), comparing them with the social representations that are put into practice on Instagram. Three qualitative approaches were triangulated to seek a richer comprehension and interpretational level: discussion groups, semi-structured interviews, and an online non-participant observation on Instagram with a total of 26 young men aged between 18 and 24. Results indicate that hegemonic masculinity discourse is still significant when understanding and experiencing young men’s masculinities, promoting behaviors that put their health at risk and generating psychological discomfort, especially among non-heterosexual men. Our findings provide knowledge of the social framework that legitimizes and reproduces male domination in younger generations both online and offline and how this is reflected in men’s health. This work was supported by GENDER NET Plus Co-Fund (reference number 2018-00968) and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (reference number PCI2019-103580) under the PositivMasc European project; and the Spanish Ministry of Universities under the grant received from the Programa Nacional de Formación de Profesorado Universitario (FPU) for the first author (reference number FPU19/00905). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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