Men and Masculinities in Contemporary China

Song, Geng; Hird, D.

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“…Our finding that girls in the lower-and upper-income schools did not differ in levels of adherence to norms of masculinity was somewhat surprising as it differs from patterns in the U.S. context. However, there is some evidence suggesting that women in China who exhibit more masculine traits get ahead in their careers (Song & Hird, 2013). One interpretation, then, is that an emphasis to adhere to masculinity may be heightened among some middleclass families who are actively striving for greater success in a cultural system that is increasingly privileging such masculine qualities, particularly for girls and women.…”

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“…On one hand, we might expect adherence to norms such as autonomy to be more prevalent among U.S. girls when compared to Chinese girls given the traditional individualism versus collectivism cultural dichotomy and emphasis on relationships in traditional Chinese culture (Ho, 1986;Markus & Kitayama, 1991). One interpretation is that these patterns reflect the increasing Americanization found in urban China among both men and women due to movement toward capitalism and away from "traditional" Chinese values (Hird, 2016;Liu, 2014;Song & Hird, 2013). At the same time, the findings may reflect the fusion of ethnicity/culture and masculinity.…”

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“…For example, the "boy code" (Pollack, 1998), in countries like the United States and modern China, demands self-reliance, and emotional and physical stoicism (Frosh, Phoenix, & Pattman, 2001;Gupta et al, 2013;Kimmel, 2018;Levant & Richmond, 2008;Mahalik et al, 2003). Researchers have found, in fact, that the values of autonomy and emotional stoicism are increasingly endorsed and esteemed among Chinese boys and men (Song & Hird, 2013;M. Wong, 2016) as well as among American boys and men (Chu, 2018;Kimmel, 2018).…”

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“…Instead, these girls viewed the stereotypically masculine quality of independence as a critical characteristic for success, and rejected "traditional" feminine traits, such as being soft. Song and Hird (2013) contend that this new "masculine woman" has become a role model for young girls and women, and a marker of success in China.…”

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“We're Supposed to Look Like Girls, But Act Like Boys”: Adolescent Girls’ Adherence to Masculinity Norms

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In the ecological systems perspective, gender ideologies are part of the macrosystem that shapes human development. A growing literature indicates that youth accommodate and resist such ideologies, with adherence to masculinity norms being linked with negative adjustment. Most masculinity research focuses on boys' adherence to masculinity, but girls are also pressured to uphold masculinity norms. Using mixed modeling, we examined girls' adherence to masculinity and psychological (self-esteem, depressive symptoms) and social (peer support and conflict) well-being in the United States (N = 407; M age = 12.28) and China (N = 356; M age = 12.41). In both countries, adherence to masculinity was negatively associated with psychosocial well-being. Chinese girls reported greater masculinity adherence, but associations with psychosocial well-being were not moderated by nationality.

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“…Hinsch (2013) surveys changing concepts of masculinity in China from earliest times to the present. Three important ethnographic studies of men and masculinities in the present day are those by Song and Hird (2014), Osburg (2013), and Uretsky (2015), in which each author discusses how China's neoliberal economy affects male behaviour and gender relations.…”

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Waves of Publications on Chinese Women and Gender Studies

Zurndorfer

2018

NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research

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This essay traces the evolution of Chinese women and gender studies in academia since the 1970s through a discussion of a number of prominent Western-language book publications that reveal changing scholarly approaches and attitudes toward this subject. It makes evident that within several generations the field has developed from a study favoured by left-leaning academics to a subject fed by multidisciplinary approaches and integral to China scholarship. The review demonstrates how researchers sought sources and means to expose the once-buried literary and artistic achievements of imperial era women while modern history and literary experts as well as anthropologists and other social scientists countered long-standing narratives of women's oppression, and pursued alternative scenarios to show how Chinese men and women have transformed their culture and society. There is also attention given to publications about masculinity, same-sex cultures, and the one-child policy. The review concludes that more contact between Western and Chinese scholars on women and gender studies will enrich and expand the dimensions of this field.

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Kamapim gutpela man: Papua New Guinean and Chinese refinery workers' changing understandings of becoming a good man

Kuo

2023

Oceania

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This article adds to research on emerging masculinities in the Pacific by analysing how Papua New Guinean and Chinese male employees' intercultural work experiences impact their perceptions of becoming a good man. The idea of a good man acts as a benchmark for assessing the adaptability of Papua New Guinean employees to new work environments and determining if Chinese colleagues are their desired partners. I illustrate this point by first considering ‘becoming’ as an alternate framework to the binary framework reflected in earlier research. I next describe how Papua New Guinean workers impress their Chinese supervisors through negotiations and concessions about industrial and subsistence farming time, as well as how working with Papua New Guinean workers alters Chinese employees' perceptions of work. Finally, I demonstrate how employment practices foster Papua New Guinean workers' evolving perspectives on becoming a gutpela man (‘good man’) and Chinese employees' evolving perspectives on becoming a good person, a vital route to becoming a chenggong man (‘successful man’). This article proposes characterizing emerging masculinities as hybrid identities that are context‐dependent, interculturally exchanged and temporal by presenting two parties' new thoughts on becoming a good man. This article demonstrates modulatory power dynamics in the Chinese refinery based on a two‐way narrative as opposed to portraying Chinese management as the dominating force.

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Men and Masculinities in Contemporary China

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Cited by 129 publications

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“We're Supposed to Look Like Girls, But Act Like Boys”: Adolescent Girls’ Adherence to Masculinity Norms

“We're Supposed to Look Like Girls, But Act Like Boys”: Adolescent Girls’ Adherence to Masculinity Norms

Waves of Publications on Chinese Women and Gender Studies

Kamapim gutpela man: Papua New Guinean and Chinese refinery workers' changing understandings of becoming a good man

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