Men are Gendered, not Standard:

Gärtner, Marc; Atanassova, Margarita; Riesenfeld, Vera; Scambor, Christian; Schwerma, Klaus

doi:10.2307/j.ctvbkjw69.10

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“…Connell (2003, 29) argues this when she states “[a]n active process of debate, persuasion, and contestation is required. Masculinity politics should be thought of as a dialectic, not an expression of fixed identities or positions.” Gärtner, Schwerma, and Beier (2007) also support the idea of encouragement. They point out that some men feel incapable of doing care work and may therefore need more encouragement to engage in gender equal and caring practices.…”

Section: Csmm—some Key Insightsmentioning

confidence: 61%

“…In a study of German social researchers, trainers, and gender experts run as part of the FOCUS project, Gärtner, Schwerma, and Beier (2007) importantly suggest that caring masculinities are not entirely new in men’s lives. They write “the perspective is, that there are already caring masculinities in various forms—they have to be fostered, and maybe modified.…”

Section: Engaging Men—past Present and Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…They write “the perspective is, that there are already caring masculinities in various forms—they have to be fostered, and maybe modified. But it is not necessary to invent them from scratch” (Gärtner, Schwerma, and Beier 2007, 6). This claim is also supported by Scambor et al who suggest that in the EU “[c]aring masculinity is increasingly realized in the everyday lives of men” (Scambor et al 2014, 555) and “[m]en’s attitudes have slowly shifted from clear breadwinner roles toward care-integrating models (especially fathering) over the past few decades” (Scambor et al 2014, 560).…”

Section: Engaging Men—past Present and Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

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Caring Masculinities

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2015

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A space has emerged for theorizing “caring masculinities,” as the concept has increasingly become a focus of European critical studies on men and masculinities (CSMM). In this article, I present a practice-based framework of the concept. I propose that caring masculinities are masculine identities that reject domination and its associated traits and embrace values of care such as positive emotion, interdependence, and relationality. I suggest that these caring masculinities constitute a critical form of men’s engagement and involvement in gender equality and offer the potential of sustained social change for men and gender relations. I draw on CSMM and feminist care theory to construct the framework proposed here. In doing so, I offer a feminist exploration of how masculinities might be reworked into identities of care rather than domination.

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Section: Csmm—some Key Insightsmentioning

confidence: 61%

Section: Engaging Men—past Present and Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Engaging Men—past Present and Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

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Caring Masculinities

Elliott

2015

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“…Inclusive masculinity indicates a ‘softer’, more progressive, less homophobic expression of masculinity. Others have focused on the concept of caring masculinity as a changing expression of masculinity based on nurturing and care-giving roles for men and as a form of men’s engagement in gender equality (see for example Elliott, 2016; Gärtner et al, 2007; Hanlon, 2012; Heilmann and Scholz, 2017; Langvasbråten and Teigen, 2006; Scambor et al, 2013). Caring masculinity is masculinity that ‘reject[s] domination and its associated traits and embrace[s] values of care such as positive emotion, interdependence, and relationality’ (Elliott, 2016).…”

Section: Problematising Masculinities and Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Negotiations between progressive and ‘traditional’ expressions of masculinity among young Australian men

Elliott

2018

Journal of Sociology

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This article draws on feminist theory and critical studies on men and masculinities to explore expressions of masculinity among young, relatively privileged men between the ages of 20 and 29 in Australia. Narrative interviews conducted with these men in 2014 revealed assertions of progressive attitudes alongside reworkings of more hegemonic expressions of masculinity. In particular, participants demonstrated distancing from ideas of protest masculinity and spoke of iterations of softer masculinities in relation to their work lives and friendships. At the same time, they borrowed or co-opted aspects of a perceived version of protest masculinity, such as ‘hard work for hard bodies’. Through such practices and beliefs, participants could juggle contradictory requirements of masculinity in late modernity and perpetuate more privileged modes of masculinity. This article argues that sociological attention must continue to be focused on ongoing, privileged expressions of masculinity, even as encouraging changes emerge in late modern, post-industrial societies.

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“…Ungerson (2006, p. 277) defines caring for as “the practical tasks of care” and caring about as “the affective relations of care.” The emotional aspects of care are often understood to be incompatible with masculinities. Gartner et al (2007) suggest that care is not entirely new in men’s lives. Calasanti (2003) suggests that care by men often contains greater physical instrumental elements, and thereby care by men remains invisible.…”

Section: Care Gender and Othersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Care and gendered work in reception centers in Finland

Jyrkinen

Väkiparta

Lämsä

2019

EDI

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Purpose This paper focuses on how gendered processes of working life are (re)constructed and are also challenged discursively in paid and volunteer care and work in reception centers. The purpose of this paper is to show how caring work with asylum seekers can both enhance the traditional gender order and challenge it through enabling men to have opportunities to care. Design/methodology/approach The data were produced through qualitative interviews among paid workers and volunteers in reception centers, and analyzed through a discourse analysis approach. Findings Three discourses of care and work were identified: a discourse on solidarity and care; a discourse on control and order; and a discourse on caring men. The findings show that traditional attitudes toward gender are easily discerned in other cultures, but not as easily recognized in the everyday processes near at hand. Gender order is retained through traditional roles, which also reflects conventional attitudes in a society often seen as a model country for equality. However, change is possible, and one core issue is the need to involve men in care work and caring in general. Social implications The findings can be applicable to the deconstruction of traditional gender order in working life; to the disclosure of gendered xenophobia in work with asylum seekers, in particular through dialogue with “Others”; and to the enabling of care by men. Originality/value Little previous research has been done on care in reception centers and care as a gendered activity with value. In the future many countries are likely to encounter increases in asylum seekers, and therefore, intersections of gender and ethnicity are of importance in societies as regards migration, work and care.

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Men are Gendered, not Standard:

Cited by 5 publications

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Caring Masculinities

Caring Masculinities

Negotiations between progressive and ‘traditional’ expressions of masculinity among young Australian men

Care and gendered work in reception centers in Finland

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