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Losing Manhood Like a Man: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Examination of Masculinities and the Experience of a Vasectomy
Ryan T. Cragun,J. E. Sumerau +1 more
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This paper examined the first author's experiences before, during, and after a vasectomy to uncover gaps in existing masculinities scholarship, revealing missing pieces in existing research into manhood and vasectomies, unanswered questions about manhood, and limitations in contemporary conceptualizations of hegemonic and compensatory manhood acts.Abstract:
In this article, we examine the first author’s experiences before, during, and after a vasectomy to uncover gaps in existing masculinities scholarship. Utilizing collaborative autoethnographic methods, we document some ways the first author’s experience reveals (1) missing pieces in existing research into masculinities and vasectomies, (2) unanswered questions about manhood and reproductive justice, and (3) limitations in contemporary conceptualizations of hegemonic and compensatory manhood acts. In conclusion, we suggest some ways to extend masculinities scholarship by critically examining situational variations in what it means to be a man as well as some ways vasectomy experiences may influence these ideals.read more
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Manhood In America A Cultural History
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How Did Erectile Dysfunction Become “Natural”? A Review of the Critical Social Scientific Literature on Medical Treatment for Male Sexual Dysfunction
TL;DR: This literature applies medicalization theory and social constructionist approaches to gender to assert that Euro-American cultural ideals of masculinity and sexuality, as well as ageism and ableism, determine which sexual changes and experiences get defined as “dysfunction" and shape the marketing and use of medical treatments for those changes.
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Exercise as a poisoned elixir: inactivity, inequality and intervention
Oli Williams,Kass Gibson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors theorise and explain Exercise is Medicine (EiM) as indicative of broader physical activity (PA) health promotion, from a sociological perspective through the lens of health equity.
Interviewing Men: Gender and the Collection and Interpretation of Qualitative Data
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the masculinities engaged by male leaders of an Australian agricultural organization, CANEGROWERS, during interviews with a young, female, doctoral student, arguing that the men emphasized their heterosexuality, presenting themselves as powerful and busy, and positioning themselves as having expert and superior knowledge.
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The use of gender in the interpretation of BDSM
Brandy L. Simula,J. E. Sumerau +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the ways BDSM practitioners negotiate gender based on 32 in-depth interviews with practitioners and thousands of message board posts from the then-largest online BDSM forum.
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The Interpretation of Cultures
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Melvin L. DeFleur,Erving Goffman +1 more
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Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method
Steve Bruce,Herbert Blumer +1 more
TL;DR: Blumer as mentioned in this paper states that human beings act toward things on the basis of the meanings of things they have for them, and that the meaning of such things derives from the social interaction one has with one's fellows; these meanings are handled in, and modified through, an interpretive process.
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Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method
TL;DR: Blumer as discussed by the authors states that human beings act toward things on the basis of the meanings of things they have for them, and that the meaning of such things derives from the social interaction one has with one's fellows; these meanings are handled in, and modified through, an interpretive process.