“No More Insecurities”: New Alternative Masculinities' Communicative Acts Generate Desire and Equality to Obliterate Offensive Sexual Statements

Abstract

To justify attraction to Dominant Traditional Masculinities (DTM) and lack of attraction to non-aggressive men, some women defend opinions such as “there are no frigid women, only inexperienced men”. Such statements generate a large amount of sexual-affective insecurity in oppressed men and contribute to decoupling desire and ethics in sexual-affective relationships, which, in turn, reinforces a model of attraction to traditional masculinities that use coercion, thus perpetuating gender-based violence. New Alternative Masculinities (NAM) represent a type of masculinity that reacts to reverse such consequences with communicative acts, in which they state that women who support such discourses have never met a NAM man or have never experienced a successful sexual-affective relationship where passion, love, desire, and equality are all included. This article presents data analyzing these communicative acts (exclusory and transformative; language employed and consequences) to ultimately find the key to NAM communication that would contribute to changing attraction patterns. The data was collected using communicative daily life stories of three heterosexual white men and one heterosexual white woman, between the ages of 30 and 40. Findings emphasize the importance of self-confidence manifested by NAM men when communicating about sex and facing these offensive mottos in the presence of other men and women. Findings also demonstrate that supportive egalitarian relationships encourage the emergence of self-confidence in NAM men and that NAM men's self-confident communicative acts foster healthy relationships and obliterate coercive ones.

Critical Factors for Women’s Representation in Top Management Leadership Positions in Local Government

“…(Informant 12) Holding domestic obligations means that women have less time at work than men and therefore become less proficient, reducing political officials' faith in their abilities as excellent leaders and decision-makers. This burden also makes women lack the confidence to devote sufficient time to work without leaving their roles and responsibilities in the family (Zubiri-Esnaola et al, 2021). This dilemma eventually forms a significant barrier to achieving leadership positions in public organizations since women prefer family as a priority over their responsibilities as public servants (Peterson, 2019;Nguyen & Tuan, 2020).…”

“…Lastly, the individual dimensions. Scholars stated that internal factors of women themselves are causing obstacles to their career advancement towards leadership or management positions, such as perception, courage or workload from multiple roles (Peterson, 2019;Zubiri-Esnaola et al, 2021). This research delivers three contributions to the PSL literature.…”