Rejection, Vulnerability, and Friendship

Seidler, Victor Jeleniewski

doi:10.4135/9781483325736.n2

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“…To some extent, men's friendships reflect other dimensions of the hegemonic male role (Donaldson 1993). For example, some men are unclear about who, in their lives, they would count as a friend, are unable to enumerate more than a few friends for whom they genuinely care, or form friendships in a context of competition (Seidler 1992, also see Lyman 1987). Because most boys (Bukowski et al 1987;Camerarena et al 1990) and men (Messner 1987b;Sherrod 1987) construct an identity based on individualistic terms and conditions, and because male identity is wedded to occupation, friendships and relationships with others become a task.…”

Section: Relationships and Social Interactionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Deconstructing the Myth of the Monolithic Male Athlete: A Qualitative Study of Men’s Participation in Athletics

2008

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A qualitative study using field-based methods examined motivations for participation in collegiate team sports, the psychological and emotional rewards of team membership, and the dynamics of relationships with teammates among male athletes. Previous cross-disciplinary research largely reinforces clear and consistent gender differences within communal and agentic domains. In-depth, oral bibliographic interviews with 11 varsity athletes from basketball and soccer teams were conducted at a university in the USA. Participants spoke freely about multiple dimensions of their experiences as athletes-experiences frequently dichotomized by researchers as masculine or feminine. Analyses document that male athletes rated the importance of interpersonal and emotional relationships with teammates as valuably as they did instrumental needs. Results are discussed in terms of cultural imperatives that polarize domains presumed to be highly gender based and sex-segregated.

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Section: Relationships and Social Interactionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Deconstructing the Myth of the Monolithic Male Athlete: A Qualitative Study of Men’s Participation in Athletics

2008

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“…A large body of literature testifies to the fact that masculinity is conventionally understood as encompassing emotional detachment (Buchbinder, 1994;Pleck, 1995;Seidler, 1992Seidler, , 1994Seidler, , 1997. Men are metaphorically required to have 'a heart of a lion'.…”

Section: Masculine (Un)emotionality: 'To Have a Lion's Heart'mentioning

confidence: 99%

Rhetorical representations of masculinities in South Africa: moving towards a material‐discursive understanding of men

Luyt

2003

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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A material-discursive perspective holds advantage in understanding male realities. It seeks to integrate dominant approaches that appear anaemic in their failure to capture the interplay between the material and discursive realms of human existence. Three dominant metaphorical themes in the rhetorical representation of South African masculinities are described in an attempt to illustrate the complexity of embodied masculine experience. In this sense the discussion seeks to reveal the dynamic nature of masculine debate and lived experience across differing contexts. It serves to underline the importance of adopting a material-discursive perspective in understanding men, which recognizes that they do not exist as a homogeneous social group, and as such experience their masculinities in a variable and changing fashion. The theoretical amalgamation of social representations and rhetoric is argued to provide a useful analytical tool in an endeavour of this nature. It is suggested that the rhetorical approach problematizes an overly consensual view of social reality that social representations theory typically promotes.

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“…Such an expression of male friendship and affection is rare and marginalized in contemporary society (Sneider 1992). Indeed, numerous studies have indicated that men follow a different path to friendship than women, and as a result, are less likely to achieve and maintain intimate friendship.…”

Section: Military Reenactment and Camaraderiementioning

confidence: 99%

But We're Men Aren't We!

Hunt

2007

Men and Masculinities

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Living history-the presentation of a historical period using live actors-remains an under-researched area despite the range of disciplines that might be brought to focus. While living history became popular in North America from the mid-twentieth century as a means of education, it now constitutes the basis of a fast-growing leisure-time pursuitone that signifies a number of engendered trajectories in the sphere of leisure. This article will explore the significance of living history in terms of male identity. It will argue that as patriarchal structures are eroded and challenged, the construction, indeed, reconstruction of perceived traditional masculinities, may be negotiated and manufactured through the site of a serious leisure pursuit that attempts to draw boundaries with the feminine.

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Rejection, Vulnerability, and Friendship

Cited by 21 publications

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Deconstructing the Myth of the Monolithic Male Athlete: A Qualitative Study of Men’s Participation in Athletics

Deconstructing the Myth of the Monolithic Male Athlete: A Qualitative Study of Men’s Participation in Athletics

Rhetorical representations of masculinities in South Africa: moving towards a material‐discursive understanding of men

But We're Men Aren't We!

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