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Hierarchies of Masculinity and Lad Culture on Campus: "Bad Guys", "Good Guys", and Complicit Men.
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Men & Masculinities . Dec2022, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p698-720. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Research on lad culture and gender-based violence (GBV) in student communities has examined hypermasculine gender performances, with little attention paid to hierarchies of masculinity. We explore lad culture by analysing qualitative, in-depth interviews with students. Our findings challenge simplistic constructions of "good guys" as allies/protectors in opposition to hypermasculinised, deviant "bad guys". We demonstrate how such binary constructions are premised upon gendered norms of men-as-protectors/women-as-weak and bolster problematic hierarchies of masculinity. We also highlight the crucial role of complicit masculinity in maintaining GBV-tolerant cultures. Our research suggests academic understandings of lad culture could benefit from a more comprehensive picture of the relationship between masculinity/ies and campus GBV. By theorising complex negotiations of hegemonic masculinity in this context, the paper also advances conceptual debates around the promise/limitations of changing, "softer" masculinities. Practice implications include rethinking how/whether prevention education can deploy "softer" masculinities whilst avoiding reinstating gender hierarchies that ultimately scaffold GBV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GENDER stereotypes
*VIOLENCE
*CULTURE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1097184X
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Men & Masculinities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160685079
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X211064321