Grow a Pair! Critically Analyzing Masculinity and the Testicles

Karioris, Frank G.; Allan, Jonathan A.

doi:10.1177/1060826516671307

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“…Many of these tweets made penile references implying that men supporting #HowIWillChange were less masculine or sexually incompetent. This speaks to our culture's socially constructed perception of the penis/testicles and overt male sexuality as symbolic of power, status, and dominance, the same values revered in toxic masculinity (Karioris & Allan, 2017). The attacks imply that "real men" maintain control over women, and that empathizing with women's experiences of sexual violence is symbolic of relinquishment of the power men have been given by living in a patriarchal society.…”

Section: Hostile Resistance To Social Changementioning

confidence: 99%

#HowIWillChange: Engaging men and boys in the #MeToo movement.

PettyJohn

Muzzey

Maas

et al. 2019

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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In response to the #MeToo movement, #HowIWillChange was intended to engage men and boys in the ongoing discussion about sexual violence by asking them to evaluate their role in sustaining rape culture. We collected publicly available tweets containing #HowIWillChange from Twitter's application programming interface on October 26, 2017 via NCapture software, resulting in 3,182 tweets for analysis. Tweets were analyzed qualitatively and coded into three primary groups: (a) users committing to actively engage in dismantling rape culture, (b) users indignantly resistant to social change, and (c) users promoting hostile resistance to social change. Actions suggested by users for dismantling rape culture included the following: examining personal participation in toxic masculinity, teaching the next generation, calling out other men, listening to women's experiences, and promoting egalitarianism. Users indignantly opposed to social change used the rhetoric of "not all men" and promoted benevolently sexist attitudes to assert that men as a group have been unfairly targeted. Other users were hostile toward the notion of social change and expressed their resistance through attacking perceived weaknesses of men supporting #HowIWillChange, hostile sexist attitudes, statements of antifeminist backlash, and rhetoric of Trump-inspired racism. The identified themes provide valuable information for prevention scientists about what holds men back from participating, and what men are willing to do to help. Public Significance Statement#HowIWillChange represents an important dialogue on sexual violence against women, spurred on by the #MeToo movement, by specifically aiming to engage men and boys. Tweets included suggestions for dismantling rape culture, as well as evidence that some men and boys continue to be resistant to the idea of social change. The analyzed data will help inform sexual violence prevention efforts moving forward.

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Section: Hostile Resistance To Social Changementioning

confidence: 99%