Understanding the Forgotten Realities of Men New Approaches to the Lived Experience of Masculinity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. Understanding the Forgotten Realities of Men New Approaches to the Lived Experience of Masculinity 1
5. Part 1: Men in Distress – Mental Health, Hardship, and Resilience
6. 1 Men and Infertility: Centring Experience and Managing Vulnerability 41
7. 2 Sometimes You Just Need to Be Heard: Social Support for Black College Men 58
8. 3 Suffering in Silence: Men and the Lived Experience of Depression 83
9. Part 2: Men as Victims – Stigma, Trauma, and Marginalization
10. 4 Transcending Taboo: Understanding the Realities of Male Sexual Abuse Victims 111
11. 5 Moving beyond Stigma: Re-examining the Lives of Teenage Fathers 130
12. 6 Rethinking Domestic and Family Violence: Te Experiences of Indigenous Men 151
13. Part 3: Men and Isolation – Health, Well-Being, and Rural Life
14. 7 Real Farmers, Real Men? Negotiating the Paradoxes of Masculinities, Health, and Well-Being in Agricultural Work 175
15. 8 Of the Map: Rural Men, Isolation, and Health 198
16. 9 Surviving Disaster: Help Seeking among Senior Men afer a Major Earthquake 216
17. Part 4: Men and Manhood – Culture, Media, and Sexual Politics
18. 10 Lads, Medical Experts, and Carers: How Men Talk about Penis Concerns in Online Forums 233
19. 11 Pickup Artists, Heterosexual Masculinities, and Urban Legend: A Study of the Seduction Community 252
20. 12 Making It in the NHL: Masculinity, Sexuality, and Competitive Ice Hockey’s Culture of Fear 276
21. 13 “Say You’ll Never Ever Leave from Beside Me”: Black Masculinity and Emotional Expression in Mainstream Rap 297
22. 14 Big Boys Hiding in Teir Bedrooms: Exploring Representations of Men’s Arrested Development in Postmillennium Hollywood Cinema 315
23. Part 5: Transforming Men – Men, Gender Equality, and Social Change
24. 15 Crisis, Complexity, Ambivalence: Te Limits and Lived Experiences of Gender-Transformation Interventions 333
25. 16 Strategic Masculinities in the Face of Vulnerability: Establishing Gender in Correctional Work 352
26. List of Contributors 367
27. Index 379