Masculinity - Topics

Why did the war novel become the dominant male literary form? Reading the Japanese I-novel and its male interiority How does war reporting frame men as heroes or as victims? What it costs a man to say "I need help" out loud Can a man be feminine without it being read as weakness? What psychological research actually says about male risk-taking How the crisis of masculinity thesis is argued and attacked in the literature Do men write literary fiction about their own emotions less than women? The absent father in folk stories and what it stands for Why masculinity scholars study men as gendered beings instead of the default human Why asking for help feels like a defeat for men who were told to figure it out alone What inclusive masculinity theory argues about young men today How do different cultures read the same male gesture? Ideal manhood across cultures: a comparative view The barbecue and the male weekend ritual Why is the father in family advertising so often incompetent? What positive masculinity means and why some call the term useless The masculine role in the family and how scholars describe it Misogyny vs toxic masculinity: are they the same thing? Documentaries that follow men rebuilding their lives The unwritten rules of the locker room What does the warrior archetype express about masculinity? Why is the manosphere wing of men's movements so controversial? Why do war films dominate the canon of works about men? How has #MeToo changed the way male characters are written? Why can't male characters in films cry without the scene becoming a joke? How masculinity norms shape who gets a diagnosis of depression Bond vs Bourne: how the male action hero changed over fifty years Does patriarchy harm men too? Can a man be aggressive and still be a positive example? Why does Men's Health put half-naked men on every cover? How masculinity is represented in pop culture