Inoculate Boys Against Toxic Masculinity’

Exploring Discourses of Men and Masculinity in #Metoo Commentaries

Bibliographic Data

ID12412683
AuthorsA Waling (0000-0003-1370-5600, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume31
Issue1
Pages130-156
Publication date2022-05-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Men s Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1060-8265 • E-ISSN: 1933-0251
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10608265221092044
OpenAlexW4282001994
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited49

This article examines what discourses and assumed subject positions have emerged about men and masculinity in #MeToo debates. Using feminist critical discourse analysis and an exploratory approach to analyze 163 media articles, five key framings are noted: men are victims of masculinity requiring intervention, men are positioned as inherently ‘good’ or ‘bad’, boys and men are lost and need to be found, men are performative in their ‘awakenings’, and men’s take up of protector or allyship roles may in fact be attempts to be false heroes. The findings of this work note several tensions and contradictions that highlight an overall lack of coherency and agreement regarding men’s engagements with, and roles in, the #MeToo movement. These contradictions and tensions have implications for thinking about gender equality and gendered violence prevention initiatives

Aesthetics · Hegemonic masculinity · Masculinity · Performative utterance · Sociology · Subject (documents · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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