Inka Tähkä
Biographic Data
| ID | 3081355 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Inka Tähkä |
| GIVEN NAMES | Inka |
| FAMILY NAME | Tähkä |
| SIGNATURE | TÄHKÄ I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2051-6357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Women’s Problems Are Everyone’s Problem, but Men’s Problems Are Their Own’—Anti-feminist Meaning-making in Affective Discourses on Young Men’s Mental Health
This article introduces new insights into the cultural discourse surrounding young men’s mental health in modern-day Finland. Utilizing survey data ( n = 975) and online discussions about men’s mental health, we delve into the affective–discursive alignments with ideas related to gender and gender equality in the context of young men’s mental health. We contextualize these alignments within the framework of therapeutic culture in Finland. Our exa…
Everywhere you get models of what you should be like’
This paper presents a novel approach to youth mental health by examining the connections between young Finnish men’s mental health, ideals of masculinity, and public discourses of mental health. Drawing from critical sociological and feminist theories on gender, power, and therapeutic culture, we apply a thematic discursive analysis to a questionnaire data (n = 910) about men’s mental health targeted at young men (primarily aged 15-29). The findi…
Cultural practices, young people and the ethos of vulnerability in Finland
In this article, we delve into an examination of how the ethos of vulnerability is manifested within cultural practices related to young people in Finland, thereby shaping and determining the conditions of what is possible for the kinds of subjects that young people can become. We employed the term ‘affective subjectivation’ to elucidate the processes through which young people from diverse life situations are inclined to turn themselves into vul…
Everywhere you get models of what you should be like’
This paper presents a novel approach to youth mental health by examining the connections between young Finnish men’s mental health, ideals of masculinity, and public discourses of mental health. Drawing from critical sociological and feminist theories on gender, power, and therapeutic culture, we apply a thematic discursive analysis to a questionnaire data (n = 910) about men’s mental health targeted at young men (primarily aged 15-29). The findi…
Cultural practices, young people and the ethos of vulnerability in Finland
In this article, we delve into an examination of how the ethos of vulnerability is manifested within cultural practices related to young people in Finland, thereby shaping and determining the conditions of what is possible for the kinds of subjects that young people can become. We employed the term ‘affective subjectivation’ to elucidate the processes through which young people from diverse life situations are inclined to turn themselves into vul…
Women’s Problems Are Everyone’s Problem, but Men’s Problems Are Their Own’—Anti-feminist Meaning-making in Affective Discourses on Young Men’s Mental Health
This article introduces new insights into the cultural discourse surrounding young men’s mental health in modern-day Finland. Utilizing survey data ( n = 975) and online discussions about men’s mental health, we delve into the affective–discursive alignments with ideas related to gender and gender equality in the context of young men’s mental health. We contextualize these alignments within the framework of therapeutic culture in Finland. Our exa…
Everywhere you get models of what you should be like’
This paper presents a novel approach to youth mental health by examining the connections between young Finnish men’s mental health, ideals of masculinity, and public discourses of mental health. Drawing from critical sociological and feminist theories on gender, power, and therapeutic culture, we apply a thematic discursive analysis to a questionnaire data (n = 910) about men’s mental health targeted at young men (primarily aged 15-29). The findi…
Cultural practices, young people and the ethos of vulnerability in Finland
In this article, we delve into an examination of how the ethos of vulnerability is manifested within cultural practices related to young people in Finland, thereby shaping and determining the conditions of what is possible for the kinds of subjects that young people can become. We employed the term ‘affective subjectivation’ to elucidate the processes through which young people from diverse life situations are inclined to turn themselves into vul…
Women’s Problems Are Everyone’s Problem, but Men’s Problems Are Their Own’—Anti-feminist Meaning-making in Affective Discourses on Young Men’s Mental Health
This article introduces new insights into the cultural discourse surrounding young men’s mental health in modern-day Finland. Utilizing survey data ( n = 975) and online discussions about men’s mental health, we delve into the affective–discursive alignments with ideas related to gender and gender equality in the context of young men’s mental health. We contextualize these alignments within the framework of therapeutic culture in Finland. Our exa…
Sociology (3 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (3 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Mental health (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Psychotherapist (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)