Alcohol and masculinity

Lemle, Russell; Mishkind, Marc E.

doi:10.1016/0740-5472(89)90045-7

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“…A large body of literature has documented the negative consequences of adhering to masculine gender roles on men's mental health (see Pleck 1981 for a review). These consequences include alcoholism (Lemle and Mishkind 1989), depression (Good and Wood 1995;Good et al 2004;Mahalik and Rochlen 2006), restriction on expressions of emotion generally (O'Neil 1981(O'Neil , 1998, and within familial relationships specifically (DeFranc and Mahalik, 2002;Mahalik and Morrison 2006). Given the negative consequences associated with adherence to hegemonic masculinity, feminist engagement on the part of men can be a more constructive (and social justice oriented) response to the oppressive restrictiveness of masculinity as a social construct.…”

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confidence: 95%

More than Men: Latino Feminist Masculinities and Intersectionality

2008

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This qualitative study analyzes the definitions of manhood provided by a US sample of 36 adult, working class Latinos who identify as feminist, and have attended institutions of higher education. Using an intersectional framework, we analyze in-depth interviews and address the research questions "To what extent did participants identify with their gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and class background? How did participants subjectively define what it means to be a man?". Results indicate that participants identified with their significant social groups to varying degrees. Manhood was defined in relational, ethical, and counter-hegemonic ways. Our discussion examines the way participants wove in and out of discourses related to hegemonic notions of manhood deemed as positive, while simultaneously rejecting aspects of hegemonic masculinity.

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More than Men: Latino Feminist Masculinities and Intersectionality

2008

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“…Drinking is a gendered activity, with men drinking more often and more heavily than women internationally (Rahav et al 2006), and traditionally expected to drink (primarily beer) excessively and in public (Lemle and Mishkind 1989). We enact varied gender identities by taking part in behaviour that has cultural meanings that are associated with versions of masculinity and femininity , Lyons 2009); here gender is an ongoing bodily performance (Butler 1993).…”

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Staying ‘in the Zone’ but Not Passing the ‘Point of No Return’: Embodiment, Gender and Drinking in Mid‐Life

Lyons¹,

Emslie²,

Hunt³

2014

From Health Behaviours to Health Practices

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Public health approaches have frequently conceptualised alcohol consumption as an individual behaviour resulting from rational choice. We argue that drinking alcohol needs to be understood as an embodied social practice embedded in gendered social relationships and environments. We draw on data from 14 focus groups with pre-existing groups of friends and work colleagues in which men and women in mid-life discussed their drinking behaviour. Analysis demonstrated that drinking alcohol marked a transitory time and space that altered both women's and men's subjective embodied experience of everyday gendered roles and responsibilities. The participants positioned themselves as experienced drinkers who, through accumulated knowledge of their own physical bodies, could achieve enjoyable bodily sensations by reaching a desired level of intoxication (being in the zone). These mid-life adults, particularly women, discussed knowing when they were approaching their limit and needed to stop drinking. Experiential and gendered embodied knowledge was more important in regulating consumption than health promotion advice. These findings foreground the relational and gendered nature of drinking and reinforce the need to critically interrogate the concept of alcohol consumption as a simple health behaviour. Broader theorising around notions of gendered embodiment may be helpful for more sophisticated conceptualisations of health practices.

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“…Masculine ideologies are characterized, for example, by risk taking, strength, and avoidance of femininity in most of the world (Gilmore 1990b;Williams and Best 1990). Furthermore, scholars from different disciplines share a constructivist view on gender (Deaux and LaFrance 1998;Gilmore 1990b) as resulting from the distribution of social roles (Eagly et al 2000), performance of health-related behaviors (Courtenay 2000b), or drinking alcohol as a masculine activity (Lemle and Mishkind 1989;Waldron 1997). The connection between drinking and masculine attributes (e.g., strong personality, willingness to take risks), and infrequent drinking and feminine attributes (e.g., tender, compassionate) in German and Spanish males is, therefore, consistent with the pervasiveness of gender stereotypes.…”

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“…Eagly et al 2000;Hannover 2000). The social practices that undermine health (Courtenay 2000a), for example, such as alcohol consumption (Lemle and Mishkind 1989) are assumed to serve as indicators of masculinity. Recent qualitative research supports this view by showing that alcohol use is linked to attributes of the male role such as risk taking, dominance, strength, and invincibility (Peralta 2007).…”

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Gender-Related Traits as Predictors of Alcohol Use in Male German and Spanish University Students

Zimmermann

Sieverding

2010

Sex Roles

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This study examined instrumental (masculine stereotyped) and expressive (feminine stereotyped) personality traits and alcohol use among men from Germany and Spain. Participants were 161 male university students (76 German, M age =23 years; 77 Spanish, M age =22 years), who completed either a daytime or a nighttime drinking questionnaire, each including a Short Form of the Bem Sex Role Inventory. Poisson regression analyses with latent predictors were conducted. The trait factors and their interactions with nationality predicted daytime and nighttime alcohol use. The results add support to the assumption that alcohol use is associated with the construction of masculinity and that internalization of traditionally female attributes protects against health-risk behaviors such as alcohol consumption.

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Alcohol and masculinity

Cited by 181 publications

References 65 publications

More than Men: Latino Feminist Masculinities and Intersectionality

More than Men: Latino Feminist Masculinities and Intersectionality

Staying ‘in the Zone’ but Not Passing the ‘Point of No Return’: Embodiment, Gender and Drinking in Mid‐Life

Gender-Related Traits as Predictors of Alcohol Use in Male German and Spanish University Students

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