Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Am J Mens Health. 2023 Jan-Feb;17(1):15579883231152110. doi: 10.1177/15579883231152110.
Since the 1980s studies on men have frequently utilized Connell's framework of hegemonic masculinities. We critically appraise this framework in the context of a population-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis study in Eswatini. Our findings highlight that men confidently show variation in their behavior and choices, which manifest across different men and within the same men acting in particular situations and over the life course. This led us to interrogate the hegemonic masculinities framework on the following grounds: Men's choices and behavior do not seem to fit the model of aspiring to a hegemonic ideal; the delineation of masculine traits as hegemonic or subordinate remain vague in terms of "responsibility," "fidelity," and "consideration for others"; the binary gender concept underpinning hegemonic masculinities seems outdated. Building on the work of Hirsch and Kachtan, we propose cultural repertoires as an alternative framework which also bridges the gender divide.
自 20 世纪 80 年代以来，对男性的研究经常使用康奈尔的霸权男性气质框架。我们在斯威士兰的一项基于人群的艾滋病毒暴露前预防研究的背景下对该框架进行了批判性评估。我们的研究结果表明，男性在行为和选择上表现出自信的变化，这些变化在不同的男性之间以及在同一男性在特定情况下和整个生命周期中的表现各不相同。这使得我们基于以下原因对霸权男性气质框架提出质疑：男性的选择和行为似乎不符合追求霸权理想的模式；在“责任”、“忠诚”和“考虑他人”方面，男性特征的划定作为霸权或从属仍然模糊不清；霸权男性气质所依据的二元性别概念似乎已经过时。基于赫希和卡奇坦的工作，我们提出文化剧目作为一种替代框架，也可以弥合性别鸿沟。
