Recent coverage of counterterrorism raids in Australia featured hard-core gyms, anabolic steroids, nightclub bouncers, gangs and weapons. Footage from the Middle East regularly depicts truckloads of young…
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Have you cringed when a friend was degraded by her partner in public? Or felt uncomfortable because your friend’s partner continually rings to check her whereabouts? Is your friend’s partner intimidating…
Research on gender roles has shown that individuals consider men to embody more masculine (e.g. assertive, dominant) traits than women, and women to embody more feminine (e.g. gentle, sensitive) traits…
This weekend, AMC’s Mad Men returns to TV screens for its final season, due to be shown in two halves, this year and next. In its six seasons to date the period drama has won plaudits for its writing and…
Do flags matter? Well, if the news from New Zealand is any guide, they do. Holding a referendum or two to change the flag, as proposed by that country’s parliament, will not be cheap. Assuming our friends…
My K-pop (Korean Pop) “bias” Rain, the South Korean singer, dancer, and actor whose real name is Jung Ji-Hoon, recently released a new album called Rain Effect, which has reignited my, uh-hum, “academic…
The recent outcry in Sydney about “alcohol-fuelled violence” has many people asking whether young men are out of control, or whether alcohol, or our hyper-masculine culture, might be to blame. Now the…
After losing three Ashes series on the bounce and following much soul-searching about the decline of its national sporting prowess, Australia is giving England a pounding in the cricket. For many, all…
How masculine are you? This might seem a fairly simple question, especially if you’re asked to fill out a simple ten-question survey investigating traits such as “aggressive” and “forceful”. But it may…
When his grandson was tragically killed while playing rugby league in April this year, former New South Wales and Australian halfback Tommy Raudonikis said: Everyone needs to understand that this was just…
Gender roles affect body-image illnesses, a new study has found. The study gave a questionnaire to 21 men with muscle dysmorphia…
“Record-breaking Heatwave”. “Australia Burns”. “Heroes of the Flames”. Headlines such as these will be familiar to anyone who has lived though a bad bushfire season in Australia. These past two weeks have…
Any hopes that Lleyton Hewitt could revisit past glories in his 2013 Australian Open campaign were dashed last night when he lost in straight sets to Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic. It now seems impossible…
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Professor of Sociology, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Professor, Masculinities Studies, School of Education, University of Calgary
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Professor Emerita (social science), University of Sydney
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Professor of American History, Università di Torino
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Emeritus Professor, Film and Media Studies in English, Arizona State University
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport, Ulster University
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Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Teaching Fellow in History, Loughborough University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Durham University
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Professor of Masculinities, Sexualities and Sport, University of Winchester
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Masculinities Scholar, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
