What does it Mean to be a Man? Trans Masculinities, Bodily Practices, and Reflexive Embodiment

Aboim, Sofia; Vasconcelos, Pedro

doi:10.1177/1097184x211008519

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“…On the other hand, many participants perceived that they did not experience male privilege because they did not meet the required gender norms. These findings further support observations that masculinities and male privilege are based on perceived embodiment and performativity of the social construct of maleness (Aboim & Vasconcelos, 2021; Gottzén & Straube, 2016). Other trans masculine individuals may perceive that their gender identity and expression, and intersections with race and other social identities, relegate them to an outsider status in the majority of gendered communities and spaces (Weiss, 2013).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…The positionalities of trans masculine people within the gender hierarchy, as demonstrated in this study, provide a unique standpoint from which to understand lived experiences. With this information, practitioners can help clients, students, trainees, supervisors, and organizations critically examine and resist the reproduction of male privilege in everyday interactions (Aboim & Vasconcelos, 2021).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The sample is relatively young ( M = 26) and majority White; therefore, findings may not generalize to People of Color and older trans masculine individuals. Early studies of masculinities focused on the experiences of cisgender men and did little to disrupt essentialist notions of a gender binary based in biology (Aboim & Vasconcelos, 2021; Jourian, 2017). The present study inquired about experiences of trans masculine people who exist outside of this construction but within a social hierarchy that shapes everyday interactions and ultimately reinforces those hierarchies.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social requirements for proving masculinity may vary depending on cultural values of individualism or collectivism (Cuddy et al, 2015). Thus, cultural prescriptions for achieving manhood/masculinity are socially constructed, embodied at the level of the individual, and then enacted in interpersonal interactions (Aboim & Vasconcelos, 2021).…”

Section: Masculinities and Male Privilegementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The expectations upon which the achievement of manhood rest (performance of masculinity) and the gendered power hierarchy (patriarchy) create the social experience of male privilege (Aboim & Vasconcelos, 2021;McIntosh, 2020;Moradi, 2019). Male privilege is a set of advantages in society given to individuals based on their assumed sex (McIntosh, 1988(McIntosh, , 2020.…”

Section: Masculinities and Male Privilegementioning

confidence: 99%

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“Male privilege doesn’t lift the social status of all men in the same way”: Trans masculine individuals’ lived experiences of male privilege in the United States.

Clements¹,

Derr²,

Rostosky³

2022

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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Masculinities and male privilege may be experienced differently by individuals depending on their intersecting identities, including identities related to gender, race, and sexuality. Trans masculine individuals in the United States may be important informants about the experience of male privilege because their unique psychosocial experiences and gender identity development in a patriarchal society allow observation, insight, and critical reflection not available to cisgender people. Using a standpoint theoretical framework, we explored the lived experiences of male privilege as described by trans masculine individuals (N = 227, M = 26.97, SD = 6.90) who responded to an open-ended prompt on a larger online survey. Using thematic analysis, the research team identified five themes that summarized participants’ perceptions: (a) I feel safer; (b) I am assumed to be competent; (c) I am free of traditional female gender role expectations; (d) I am “one of the boys”; and (e) I don’t experience male privilege. Participants’ attributed their experiences to others’ perceptions of their masculine appearance, gender expression, and gender role performance. These experiences involved psychosocial costs as well as benefits, most notably changes in relationships with women and important communities of support. Some participants noted that their other marginalized identities such as race and sexuality attenuated their experiences of male privilege. Together these findings illustrate the social construction of masculinities and male privilege in everyday interactions while further disentangling these concepts from essentialist assumptions of a biologically based gender binary.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Masculinities and Male Privilegementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Masculinities and Male Privilegementioning

confidence: 99%

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“Male privilege doesn’t lift the social status of all men in the same way”: Trans masculine individuals’ lived experiences of male privilege in the United States.

Clements¹,

Derr²,

Rostosky³

2022

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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Digital Communication to Tackle Invisibility: A Project to Enhance Communication Capacities of Transmale Organizations in Peru and Central America

Bossio

Diez

2022

Freedom and Social Inclusion in a Connected World

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Male privilege awareness and relational well-being at work: An allyship pathway.

Yoon¹,

Joshi²,

Dang³

2023

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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To address long-standing gender inequity in the workplace, scholars and practitioners have called for men to enact ally work to better support and advocate for women at work. Integrating prior research on allyship with positive organizational scholarship, we propose an enrichment-based perspective on allyship that suggests that male allyship is a mechanism by which male privilege awareness translates into relational well-being at work. We theorize that the relational benefits of male allyship could offset the previously studied costs of engaging in allyship at work. While past research has highlighted barriers to men's involvement in genderparity initiatives, we find that men can mobilize social support by engaging in intergroup helping behaviors at work. Using a sample of male supervisors in the United States, Study 1 finds that male privilege awareness has a positive impact on male allyship at work. In addition, Study 2 shows that male allyship mediates the relationship between male privilege awareness and men's relational well-being at work. All in all, our study shows that men can reap relational benefits following their enactment of allyship and that male privilege awareness is an important antecedent in this process. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings. Public Significance StatementTaking an enrichment-based perspective on allyship, our study shows that male allyship guided by privilege awareness leads to men's relational well-being at work. When men introspect about their privilege, they not only help their female colleagues but also help themselves by reaping relational benefits: They experience heightened belongingness at work and receive greater support from colleagues.

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What does it Mean to be a Man? Trans Masculinities, Bodily Practices, and Reflexive Embodiment

Cited by 14 publications

References 48 publications

“Male privilege doesn’t lift the social status of all men in the same way”: Trans masculine individuals’ lived experiences of male privilege in the United States.

“Male privilege doesn’t lift the social status of all men in the same way”: Trans masculine individuals’ lived experiences of male privilege in the United States.

Digital Communication to Tackle Invisibility: A Project to Enhance Communication Capacities of Transmale Organizations in Peru and Central America

Male privilege awareness and relational well-being at work: An allyship pathway.

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