Sociology Compass· 2014Q1
Hybrid Masculinities: New Directions in the Sociology of Men and Masculinities
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Short summary
Men selectively adopt traits from marginalized masculinities and femininities, creating 'hybrid masculinities' that symbolically distance them from hegemonic norms while often obscuring persistent gender inequality.
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Key points
- Hybrid masculinities involve men selectively incorporating elements from marginalized masculinities and femininities.
- This concept helps explain contemporary transformations in masculinity.
- Hybrid masculinities symbolically distance men from hegemonic masculinity.
- These forms can make masculinities of marginalized groups appear less meaningful.
- Hybrid masculinities can obscure persistent gender inequality by reinforcing social boundaries.
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Abstract
Abstract Hybrid masculinity refers to men's selective incorporation of performances and identity elements associated with marginalized and subordinated masculinities and femininities. We use recent theorization of hybrid masculinities to critically review theory and research that seeks to make sense of contemporary transformations in masculinity. We suggest that research broadly supports three distinct consequences associated with recent changes in performances and politics of masculinity that work to obscure the tenacity of gendered inequality. Hybrid masculinities (i) symbolically distance men from hegemonic masculinity; (ii) situate the masculinities available to young, White, heterosexual men as somehow less meaningful than the masculinities associated with various marginalized and subordinated Others; and (iii) fortify existing social and symbolic boundaries in ways that often work to conceal systems of power and inequality in historically new ways.
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Field: Gender Studies
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