Proposing a New Approach to the Research on Men’s Organizations

Abstract

This article describes a study of men's groups in Switzerland, in which both the official positions of the men's organizations (N = 40) as well as the opinions of their members (N = 324) are examined using a mixed methods research design. This research strategy revealed significant ideological fault lines within the men's organizations, ranging from explicitly affirmed anti-feminism to radical profeminist positions. At the same time, the mixed methods approach uncovered the existence of a shared view that transcends these fault lines, a view common to all types of men's organizations. In light of these findings, the methodological approach used in this study is compared with that employed in the landmark studies of men's movements from the 1990s.

A mixed-methods study of the health-related masculine values among young Canadian men.

“…By extending the reach of a small interview study, strategically developing those findings to inform the questionnaire, and then interpreting the statistical results drawn from the quantitative arm, insights were garnered that would otherwise not be possible with only one phase of the study. While this mixed methods approach is well established (Creswell et al, 2003;Hanson et al, 2005;Morgan, 2015, Salah et al, 2016, with few exceptions (see de Visser & McDonnell, 2013) masculinity and men's health studies have not employed such designs. Future work may benefit from mixed methods study designs, especially given that the burden of proof weighs heavily on efforts to lobby targeted men's health services and policy.…”

“…Data assigned to each value was then read independently by three authors with a view to developing survey items for each value. The purpose of utilizing the descriptive qualitative findings to develop a survey instrument was to pilot test the five health-related masculine values in a population sample to determine their transferability (Creswell, Plano Clark, Gutman, & Hanson, 2003;Kaplan et al, 2016;Morgan, 2015, Salah, Deslauriers, & Knüsel, 2016.…”

“…The purpose of using the descriptive qualitative findings to develop a survey instrument was to pilot test the five health-related mascu- This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly. line values in a population sample to determine their transferability (Creswell, Plano Clark, Gutman, & Hanson, 2003;Kaplan et al, 2016;Morgan, 2015;Salah, Deslauriers, & Knüsel, 2017). We concede biases were present before the study wherein there were expectations that masculinities and men's health practices would likely vary across history and within age-specific cohorts of men.…”

Millennials and Generation Z: Men’s Perspectives on Hashtag Feminism

“…The phenomenon this study aims to capture is young men's lived experiences of hashtag feminism, as well as how these men experience masculinity. Previous literature on men's experiences of gender activism has recommended conducting research that can gather nuanced data on men's experiences of the intersection of lived experience and ideology (Ben Salah et al, 2017;Harnois, 2017;Kastein, 2016). The use of an interpretive phenomenological approach fits the needs outlined by these recommendations.…”

“…3) What effects has hashtag feminism had on you? Theoretical Framework: Ben Salah, Deslaurier, and Knüsel's Masculinity Framework This study will follow Ben Salah, Deslauriers, and Knüsel's masculinity framework, which was based on their empirical study of male gender movement response categories (Ben Salah et al, 2017). Drawing upon Messner (1997) and Clatterbaugh's (1997) works on masculinity politics, Ben Salah and colleagues (2017) refined and updated Messner and Clatterbaugh's masculinity frameworks (Clatterbaugh, 1997;Messner, 1997).…”