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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.
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 ...
Toxic masculine traits are characteristic of the unspoken code of behavior among incarcerated men, where they exist in part as a response to the harsh conditions of prison life. [1] [2] Other traditionally masculine traits such as devotion to work, pride in excelling at sports, and providing for one's family, are not considered to be "toxic".
[55] [56] Hooks argues that liberal feminists' demonization of men as all-powerful misogynist oppressors was a product of bourgeois white women's envy of the privileges held by upper-class white men, and that such anti-male sentiments "alienated many poor and working class women, particularly non-white women" from the movement. [57]
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.
Bisexual men, in particular, say they feel the pressures of judgment and invisibility from both straight and LGBTQ people. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Zachary Zane (@zacharyzane_)
Men engage in positive health practices, such as reducing fat intake and alcohol, to conform to masculine ideals. [112] [clarification needed] Men, boys and people who were assigned male at birth face gender policing from people who think they are not masculine enough. Gender policing can increase the risk of alcoholism, anxiety, and depression.
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.