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. [...]

Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality Issue 4.2 now online

A new issue of the Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality is now available online on an open access basis. Volume 4, Number 2 (2010) — Editorial: Stephen C. Finley, Editorial: African Americans and Mormonism as a Case for the Consideration of Race, Class, Sexuality, and Gender in the Study of Religion (pp. 51-53) Articles: Roie [...]

Christian Book Touting Manly Aggression Inspires Violent Meth Trafficking Cult

“What if your million copy-plus bestselling inspirational book calling on men to act more manly, aggressive, even violent became a key source of inspiration for a ruthless cultic Christian paramilitary fundamentalist crime syndicate that controls most of the Crystal Meth traffic in the US and is fond of tossing severed heads into Mexican discos? You’d [...]

CrossCurrents: “The Strong Silent Type: Is Masculinity Bad for Men’s Mental Health?”

One of the biggest differences between men’s and women’s health is their respective use of health services. According to Statistics from Canada’s Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health: 10% of men experienced symptoms of the surveyed mental health and addiction issues, compared to 11% of women. (Other statistics show that 4 of 5 suicides [...]

Miller Lite’s New “Man Up” Commercials

Advertising still loves to sell to men by playing on masculine stereotypes. Miller Lite has created a new set of “Man Up” commercials to get men to buy its beer by using male gender stereotypes in which both men and the attractive women they are supposed to be able to impress enforce masculinity with the [...]

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% [...]

Macho Ministry Tries to Prove Jesus Was a Cage Fighter

Luis Amate Perez writes at Religion Dispatches magazine about Jason David Frank, an ex Power Ranger who has become a fighter-entrepreneur for Jesus with his Mixed Martial Arts clothing line for the Christian Fighter/MMA enthusiast called “Jesus Didn’t Tap.” An excerpt: “…Eugene Cho, a Christian who was interviewed for the Schneiderman article, writes “What I [...]

College Lacrosse Team Stands Against Homophobia

// The Oneonta men’s lacrosse team marched two by two onto the field, sticks held with purpose for the final home game of the season. Beneath their helmets, the players flashed hard looks and cheeks smeared with eye black. Andrew McIntosh played lacrosse for Oneonta College. He said teammates accepted him when he announced he [...]

Cairo-Based Artist’s Exhibit Explores “Making a Man Out of Him”

Huda Lutfi, an Egyptian visual artist and cultural historian, who lives and works in Cairo explores gender politics and identity at the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo through March 17, 2010 in her show “Making a Man Out of Him.” She received her Ph.D. in Arab Muslim Cultural History in l983 from McGill University, Montreal, and [...]

Video: Masculinity in Disney Films

In 2007, Sanjay Newton, a 34 year-old filmmaker as an Inequality Project, produced a 7 minute film “Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films.” Watch it online. What do you think?

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