December 2022: Hegemonic Masculinity

Marginalized masculinity highlights the linkage to other systems of oppression. As mentioned in the last text, in the 8th chapter of her book "Masculinities" Connell deals in detail with different processes of formation and shaping of masculinities. In doing so, masculinity and femininity are understood as gender projects that are not rigid but are in an ongoing interaction with their emergence, historical contexts, and environments. ..

Intersectionality in the formation of masculinities Read More »

What Connell is best known for is her concept of "Hegemonic Masculinity," which will be introduced in this text. She is one of the first theorists to analyze masculinity by focusing on hierarchies and power relations of men. She acknowledges the importance of distinguishing different masculinities in the context of prevailing systems of oppression. However, she argues that ...

Hegemonic Masculinity Read More »

What actually is masculinity? Is masculinity what men are like? Or what men are supposed to be like? Or is masculinity simply that which is not feminine? And is masculinity defined by the superiority of men over women? There are many different approaches to defining masculinity. As announced ...

Definition of masculinity Read More »

How can masculinity be analyzed? How do groups of men behave among themselves and what are the implications? Which groups of men have which power? And what does masculinity have to do with racism, classism, or homophobia? This month, we focus on one of the central concepts for approaching these questions: Hegemonic Masculinity ...

Introduction and Context Read More »