Peretz Tal, Lehrer Jocelyn, Dworkin Shari L
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Men Masc. 2020 Apr;23(1):104-126. doi: 10.1177/1097184X18780945. Epub 2018 Jul 3.
Gender-transformative interventions have been found to help ameliorate gender-inequitable norms and improve health outcomes for women and men. While narrative-based strategies are increasingly being used in public health programs, no evaluation publications exist to date for gender-transformative programming that employs men's public narrative-sharing as a central means for promoting healthy masculinities. The Men's Story Project (MSP) creates live productions in which diverse men publicly perform personal narratives that challenge hegemonic masculinity, promote gender equality, and highlight intersections of masculinity with other social identities. This study draws upon six focus groups with thirty-one audience members (AMs), two weeks after an MSP production at a US public university. The MSP led AMs to reevaluate key pillars of hegemonic masculinity, including a singular conception of masculinity, essentialist notions of gender, restricted emotional expression, and use of violence; AMs also gained an expanded understanding of intersectionality. Directions for future research are discussed.
人们发现，具有性别变革性的干预措施有助于改善性别不平等规范，并改善男性和女性的健康状况。虽然基于叙事的策略在公共卫生项目中越来越多地被使用，但迄今为止，还没有关于以男性公开分享个人叙事作为促进健康男性气质核心手段的性别变革性项目的评估出版物。男性故事项目（MSP）制作现场演出，让不同的男性公开讲述个人故事，这些故事挑战霸权男性气质、促进性别平等，并突出男性气质与其他社会身份的交叉点。本研究在美国一所公立大学进行了一场MSP演出两周后，对31名观众进行了6个焦点小组访谈。MSP促使观众重新评估霸权男性气质的关键支柱，包括对男性气质的单一概念、性别本质主义观念、受限的情感表达以及暴力的使用；观众对交叉性也有了更广泛的理解。本文还讨论了未来研究的方向。
