U Mass-Boston Study: Superheroes Are Bad Role Models for Boys

Today’s media superheroes — including Batman in The Dark Knight and the Hulk in Planet Hulk – as well as the ”slacker” characters often portrayed in TV shows and movies offer boys poor role models, says a University of Massachusetts professor who polled hundreds of boys up to age 18 to find out their favorites. [...]

Men’s Changing Attitudes on Sexuality

As noted in the NYTimes and elsewhere, a recent Gallup poll on Americans’ take on the moral acceptability of gay and lesbian relations indicates that our collective attitudes are changing. AMSA members may be most interested in noting that men’s attitudes have changed significantly in just the last few years. According to the poll, 62% [...]

Chronicle of Higher Education Discusses Scholarly Debate on Boys in America

The  November 22, 2009 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education included the article, “The Puzzle of Boys: Scholars and others debate what it means to grow up male in America.” An excerpt from the article: “The experience of being a boy is exactly what Miles Groth wants to capture. Groth, a psychology professor at [...]

Gender meaning-making research project needs participants

We are inviting you to participate in a research project to understand individuals’ personal experience of what it means to be a man or a woman. Your participation in this project will contribute to a better understanding of men and women’s gender meaning-making experiences. To qualify for this project, you need to be at least [...]

Seeking Participants for Online Research Study on Men in the USA

Dylan Sears. a graduate student at Alliant International University’s California School of Professional Psychology in San Francisco, is doing a study of the relationship between men’s societal roles, managing emotions, and how men deal with conflict in the United States via an online survey. Participants: Must be male. Must be age 18 or older. Must [...]

From the American Sociological Assn Annual Meeting — ‘Macho’ Men Visit Doctor Less

A story in USA Today August 13 reports on findings presented at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco of a study by Kristen W. Springer, assistant professor of sociology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Researchers examined the results of surveys taken in 2004 by 1,000 white, middle-aged men in [...]

Contact for the Social Sciences Affinity Group

For information regarding the AMSA Social Sciences in Men’s Studies Affinity Group, contact Mark Giesler.