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title: Masculinity Studies
description: This field examines the social construction, history, and cultural expectations of manhood and male identities. Learners will understand how diverse definitions of masculinity affect men's mental health, relationships, and societal roles.
category: social-sciences
subcategory: gender-studies
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/masculinity-studies
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# Masculinity Studies

This field examines the social construction, history, and cultural expectations of manhood and male identities. Learners will understand how diverse definitions of masculinity affect men's mental health, relationships, and societal roles.

## Available Resources

1 Videos • 3 Books • 1 Courses • 2 Websites

## Websites

### 1. APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Boys and Men

Learn APA guidelines for psychological practice with boys and men, addressing masculinity and mental health. A valuable resource for professionals!

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.apa.org/about/policy/boys-men-practice-guidelines.pdf

**Tags:** clinical psychology, men's mental health, masculinity, practice guidelines, apa

### 2. raewynconnell.net

Raewyn Connell's official site presents her work in gender studies and masculinity, including a biography, publications and books, articles, talks, and related research resources for students and scholars.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://raewynconnell.net

**Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, gender-studies

## Videos

### 1. Jackson Katz: Violence against women—it's a men's issue

A TEDx talk arguing that domestic and sexual violence are men's issues, not women's issues, and that leadership and bystander intervention shift peer culture. Viewers come away with a framework for how language hides male responsibility.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTvSfeCRxe8

**Tags:** gender-based violence, bystander intervention, masculinity, violence prevention

## Books

### 1. The Will to Change

**Author:** bell hooks

bell hooks argues that patriarchy damages men by requiring emotional suppression, and traces how boys learn it in families and culture. Readers finish with a feminist account of male emotional life and what changing it requires.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/166809598X?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, gender-studies

### 2. Masculinities

**Author:** Raewyn Connell

The sociological study that introduced hegemonic masculinity, showing masculinities as plural, historically produced, and ranked against each other. Readers gain a theoretical vocabulary and life-history evidence for analyzing how gender hierarchies among men operate.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0745634273?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, gender-studies

### 3. Man Enough

**Author:** Justin Baldoni

A memoir in which the actor examines the messages about strength, sex, and status he absorbed growing up, and where they failed him. Readers get a personal, non-academic entry point into questioning inherited male scripts.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0063055600?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, gender-studies

## Courses

### 1. Men and Masculinities

This course provides a solid introduction to studies on men, boys and masculinities, and addresses gendered issues relating to men and boys across a variety of fields.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.edx.org/learn/social-science/the-university-of-iceland-masculinities

**Tags:** courses, humanities-social-sciences, gender-studies

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