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"Most young adult men in Australia reject traditional ideas of masculinity that
endorse aggression, stoicism and homophobia. Nonetheless, the ongoing influence
of those ideas continues to harm men and the people around them. These are some
of the findings of a new survey of men in Australia.
The
Man Box survey, led by The Men’s Project at Jesuit Social Services in
partnership with Respect Victoria, spoke to 2,523 Australian men aged between
18 and 30.
We asked men how much they agreed with a stereotypical model of how to be a
man. In this model, men are expected to always act tough, be aggressive, take
risks, be stoic, heterosexual, homophobic and transphobic, emotionally
inexpressive, hostile to femininity, and dominant.
The results showed most men don’t endorse this model of manhood, and most don’t
think society is encouraging this version of manhood among them. This suggests
healthier, more gender-equitable, and more inclusive norms of manhood are
relatively common among young adult men in Australia.
That said, one-quarter to one-third of young men did agree with some of the
attributes.
Although the results are largely encouraging, it’s discouraging that men’s
levels of endorsement of traditional masculine beliefs have remained steady
over the past five years."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
