Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
Glob Health Action. 2013 Sep 16;6:21134. doi: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.21134.
The literature shows how gender mandates contribute to differences in exposure and vulnerability to certain health risk factors. This paper presents the results of a study developed in the south of Spain, where research aimed at understanding men from a gender perspective is still limited.
The aim of this paper is to explore the lay perceptions and meanings ascribed to the idea of masculinity, identifying ways in which gender displays are related to health.
The study is based on a mixed-methods data collection strategy typical of qualitative research. We performed a qualitative content analysis focused on manifest and latent content.
Our analysis showed that the relationship between masculinity and health was mainly defined with regard to behavioural explanations with an evident performative meaning. With regard to issues such as driving, the use of recreational drugs, aggressive behaviour, sexuality, and body image, important connections were established between manhood acts and health outcomes. Different ways of understanding and performing the male identity also emerged from the results. The findings revealed the implications of these aspects in the processes of change in the identity codes of men and women.
The study provides insights into how the category 'man' is highly dependent on collective practices and performative acts. Consideration of how males perform manhood acts might be required in guidance on the development of programmes and policies aimed at addressing gender inequalities in health in a particular local context.
文献表明，性别规范如何导致人们在某些健康风险因素方面的暴露和脆弱性存在差异。本文展示了在西班牙南部进行的一项研究结果，在该地区，从性别视角研究男性的研究仍然有限。
本文旨在探讨人们对男性气质观念的朴素看法和赋予它的意义，确定性别表现与健康之间的关系。
该研究基于定性研究中典型的混合方法数据收集策略。我们进行了一项定性内容分析，重点是显性和潜在内容。
我们的分析表明，男性气质与健康之间的关系主要是通过具有明显表现意义的行为解释来定义的。在驾驶、使用娱乐性药物、攻击性行为、性行为和身体形象等问题上，男性行为和健康结果之间建立了重要联系。从结果中还出现了不同的理解和表现男性身份的方式。研究结果揭示了这些方面在男性和女性身份认同转变过程中的影响。
该研究深入了解了“男性”这一类别如何高度依赖于集体实践和表现行为。在制定旨在解决特定地方背景下健康方面性别不平等问题的方案和政策时，可能需要考虑男性如何表现男性气质行为。
