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Some people view that male nurses do not confirm to the traditional gender stereotyped role that women are the caretakers, and many consider nursing to be a women-only profession. [13] In 2006, a male nurse won a discriminatory case against the National Health Service which refused to let him perform procedures on women without a female ...
Sissyphobia: Gay Men and Effeminate Behavior is a book by gay author Tim Bergling, [1] published in 2001, that investigates why some gay men are more masculine than others and why society finds effeminate men objectionable. [2] The neologism sissyphobia designates the fear or hatred of effeminate men, pejoratively called sissies.
Although it is primarily aimed at gay and bisexual men, it can also affect heterosexual men who are perceived as homosexual. Gay men may be targets of physical aggression or devalued by stereotypes linked to feminisation and hypersexualisation." [3] The journalist Pierre Bouvier described anti-gay male sentiment as parallel to lesbophobia.
Men with strongly held masculine beliefs are half as likely to seek preventative healthcare; they are more likely to smoke, drink heavily and avoid vegetables; men are less likely to seek psychological help. [20] A review of recent research found a link between the endorsement of precarious masculinity and poorer health outcomes in men.
[41]: 6 A study conducted by Nathan E. Kruis et al. showed that implicit and explicit misandry in the criminal justice system of the United States exists in the consciousness of decision-makers and contributes to systemic discrimination against men. The study demonstrated that both male perpetrators and male victims of intimate-partner violence ...
Men are less likely to seek help. Gender can also be a predictor of whether patients choose to seek help. In 2022, 2.3 million male patients received mental health treatment versus 2.8 million women.
Effeminacy or male femininity [1] [2] is the embodiment of feminine traits in boys or men, particularly those considered untypical of men or masculinity. [3] These traits include roles , stereotypes , behaviors, and appearances that are socially associated with girls and women .
Effeminate or camp-acting gay men sometimes use what John R. Ballew describes as "camp humour", such as referring to one another using female pronouns as "a funny way of defusing hate directed toward [gay men]". [15] Ballew has also said this "can cause [gay men] to become confused in relation to how we feel about being men". [15]