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Following an overview of the ways that masculinity has been defined across different time periods & cultures, problems with four main perspectives -- essentialist, positivist, normative, & semiotic -- are analyzed. An approach based on analysis of the way that gender is socially organized is advanced, & a three-part model of the structure of gender relations in terms of power, production, & cathexis is developed. The existence of multiple masculinities is described, & the practices & interpersonal relations that work to construct patterns of masculinity in the contemporary Western gender order are examined. 49 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

The paper aims to explicate those factors accountable for the continuing imbalance in the sex ratio and its further masculinization over the whole of the 20th century. Here it is contended that the traditional practice of female infanticide and the current practice of female foeticide in the contemporary period, especially in the north-west and Hindi-speaking states, have significantly contributed to the high masculinity ratio in India. In addition, increasingly higher survival ratios of male children, particularly from the 1951 census onward, have been the prime reason for a declining proportion of females in the Indian population. As the Indian value system has been imbued with a relatively higher preference for sons, improvements in health facilities have benefited males more than females, giving rise to a highly imbalanced sex ratio in the country. This scenario, however, has steadily tended to alter in favour of greater balance in sex ratio.

Humankind is at the tipping point in its greatest-ever revolution - a revolution in gender relationships, gender identities and gender power. Women are confidently on the rise while men and their behaviours are under scrutiny like never before. At the core of this historic shift lies 'toxic masculinity'. You'll have heard the term, but do you know what it means? Where does TM come from? Who has it? How does one catch the TM virus? What does it look like? What does it mean for women, love and relationships? Is it the only masculinity out there? And, most importantly, how can we get rid of it? This fascinating, insightful and engaging book provides all the answers while exploring the most pressing issue of the 21st century. Informed by the author's 30 years of research into men and masculinities and the latest global studies, this book is the definitive examination of modern man and a must read for anyone concerned with the future of men, gender and sexual relationships.

The presentation of this article is to address in detail the situational experiences and social circumstances of trans men living in Poland today. Based on results arrived at through the author's research, this article focuses on a number of accounts by transgender people of social reception of trans masculinity in Poland. The arising problems which trans men face in these situations are highlighted by the severity of the kinds of social pressure which are placed upon them, most of which are aimed at teaching them to conform according to the normative patterns of masculinity as commonly acknowledged in Polish society. Polish trans men's attitudes to these pressures and their subsequent responses oscillate between passive conformity and conscious, performative resistance, which is herein analyzed.

Expressing race, social class, and masculinity through intimate partner violence -- Masculinity and other risk factors for intimate partner violence -- Researching intimate partner violence -- The microsystem level : the continuing influence of childhood socialization on adult masculinity -- The mesosystem level : "masculinity and the double bind" performing gender in relationships -- The exosystem level : the impact of institutions on intimate partner violence -- The macrosystem level : using violence to establish and maintain masculinity -- Policy recommendations for developing culturally sensitive treatment programs

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Introduction: A Sailor's Progress? -- Negotiation and Change -- Technology and Contestation -- Patriotism, Citizenship, and Respectability -- Nascent and Fragile Masculinities -- Historicising Masculinities -- Regency Masculinity? Napoleonic War Veterans and Explaining Change in the History of Masculinities -- Choosing Naval Veterans to Explain Change -- The Royal Navy as a Communication Community -- Naval Veterans at Home -- Military Masculinity and Families -- Conclusion -- Part I: Negotiation and Change -- Displaying the Wooden Walls of Old England: The HMS Foudroyant as a Monument to Lost Skills and Manhood, 1892-1897 -- Lighting German Fires -- Nostalgia in the Era of Navalism -- "Our Nelson's Ship" -- Planning for Exhibition -- The Capacity for Heroism -- 'He Was Possessed of the Very First Natural Abilities': American Mariners' Construction of Masculinity on the Far Side of the World -- Gender and Gentility -- Samuel Shaw's Reception -- The Cosmopolitan Gentility of Amasa Delano -- Edmund Fanning, 'd____d Yankee' -- Richard Cleveland's 'Great Civility' -- Conclusion -- 'A Splendid Body of Men': Fishermen as Model Males in Late-Nineteenth-Century British Imagery -- Introduction -- Independence: The Dignified Breadwinner -- Domesticity: Fishermen and the Ties of Home -- 'A Splendid Body of Men': Physique, Costume, Sobriety -- Model Britons: Loyal, Hardy, Bold and Skilful -- Conclusion -- Part II: Technology and Contestation -- 'Our Future Lies Upon the Water': Redemptive Manhood and Maritime Labour Reform in the Wilhelmine Era in Germany -- Popular Depictions of the Seaman: Alienated Rogue or Emblem of Empire? -- Reconnecting the Prodigal Seaman to the Fatherland -- From Stepsons of Society to the Brotherhood of Citizens -- Making 'Real Seamen' for War.

'Social Aspects of Care' provides an overview of financial and mental stress illness places, not just on the patient, but on the family as well. This volume contains information on how to support families in palliative care, cultural considerations important in end-of-life care, sexuality and the impact of illness, planning for the actual death, and bereavement

Men's violence against women and persons of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) identity is a phenomenon that is rarely discussed in the mainstream media except in its Most horrendous and sensational forms. Even rarer is a discussion of a culture of mascul- inity in U.S. society for example that condones and in large part perpetuates men's violence against women and LGBT persons. In the media, men's violence is invisible or assumed as "natural" and thus inevitable. While the media's debate on masculinities and violence has been relatively silent or superficial, the scholarly debate on men's violence is vibrant, and a growing men's movement is challenging misogynistic discourses and violent aspects of masculine cultures.