Young Icelandic Men’s Perception of Masculinities
Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) Iceland enjoys an international reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. This article analyses how young men in Reykjavík, the country’s capital, perceive masculinities as they orient themselves in surroundings where gender equality is regarde...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/1564 2023-05-15T16:47:07+02:00 Young Icelandic Men’s Perception of Masculinities Jóhannsdóttir, Ásta Gíslason, Ingólfur V. Félagsfræði-, mannfræði- og þjóðfræðideild (HÍ) Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics (UI) Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Social Sciences (UI) Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland 2017-06-11 3-19 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1564 https://doi.org/10.1177/1060826517711161 en eng SAGE Publications The Journal of Men's Studies;26(1) Jóhannsdóttir, Á., & Gíslason, I. V. (2018). Young Icelandic Men’s Perception of Masculinities. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 26(1), 3–19. https://doi.org/10.1177/1060826517711161 1060-8265 1933-0251 (eISSN) https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1564 The Journal of Men's Studies https://doi.org/10.1177/1060826517711161 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Young men Gender equality Iceland Hybrid masculinity Fatherhood Karlar Karlmennska Feður Jafnréttismál info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2017 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/1564 https://doi.org/10.1177/1060826517711161 2022-11-18T06:51:52Z Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) Iceland enjoys an international reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. This article analyses how young men in Reykjavík, the country’s capital, perceive masculinities as they orient themselves in surroundings where gender equality is regarded as a common goal and a behavioral norm. The analysis, based on qualitative interviews, shows that the men in the study are heavily influenced by gender equality discourse and welcome change and the ever narrowing gap between genders. At the same time, they express uncertainties as they describe both changes and stabilities in what is expected of them as men. There are clear indications that masculinity is more broadly defined than before, that nowadays more things are “permissible,” and yet despite this liberalization, certain homophobic attitudes still linger on. Peer Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Reykjavík Reykjavík Opin vísindi (Iceland) Reykjavík The Journal of Men's Studies 26 1 3 19 |
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Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) Iceland enjoys an international reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. This article analyses how young men in Reykjavík, the country’s capital, perceive masculinities as they orient themselves in surroundings where gender equality is regarded as a common goal and a behavioral norm. The analysis, based on qualitative interviews, shows that the men in the study are heavily influenced by gender equality discourse and welcome change and the ever narrowing gap between genders. At the same time, they express uncertainties as they describe both changes and stabilities in what is expected of them as men. There are clear indications that masculinity is more broadly defined than before, that nowadays more things are “permissible,” and yet despite this liberalization, certain homophobic attitudes still linger on. Peer Reviewed |
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Félagsfræði-, mannfræði- og þjóðfræðideild (HÍ) Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics (UI) Félagsvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Social Sciences (UI) Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland |
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