scholarly journals “To be a Man is not Easy”: Everyday Economic Marginality and Configurations of Masculinity among Rural Ghanaian Youth

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Dery
Keyword(s):  
Crop Yields ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Rural Life ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Economic Marginality ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
Multiple Issues ◽  
Critical Understanding ◽  
Men And Masculinities

How might an African based knowledge critically cast doubt upon globally hegemonic notions and traditions in understanding and theorizing men and masculinities? This essay examines this question through a critical reading of what it may mean to be ‘an emerging adult man’. The essay privileged a critical understanding of how poverty, poor crop yields, and climate volatility shape constructions of ‘emergent adulthood’. Drawing on interviews with men from northwestern Ghana, findings suggest that emerging adult men are committed to their cultural obligations as heteronormative breadwinners, yet ‘emergent adulthood’ is complicated by status insecurity, vulnerabilities, and powerlessness. To negotiate emergent adulthood, informants combine migrating to Techiman and joining ‘boys boys’ to achieve social respect and recognition. To understand the meanings of emergent adulthood, I argue for analytical sophistication on multiple issues and daily struggles that encapsulate rural life.

scholarly journals Sex and the Fieldwork: Gender, Sexuality, Nationality, and Social Class in Research on European (Heterosexual) Men

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 160940692093896
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Wojnicka
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Multiple Issues ◽  
Men And Masculinities ◽  
Female Researcher ◽  
Tremendous Impact

The overall goal of this article is to make a contribution to the developing, but not yet sufficiently explored, issue of methodology in research on men and masculinities performed by female researchers. This article is based on my professional experience gained during a research project on the European fathers’ rights movements. This was conducted between 2011 and 2016 with members of fathers’ rights groups in Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The central issue here is the process of carrying out interviews with men by a female researcher and the variety of gender dynamics produced through this particular type of interaction. This process is connected to multiple issues arising from gender inequalities and power relations. This article provides an intersectional analysis of the relations between the researcher and the researched since social factors such as gender, sexuality, nationality, and social class have a tremendous impact on the interview process in different sociopolitical contexts in Europe.

scholarly journals Substance Use and Mental Health in Emerging Adult Vs Older Adult Men and Women With Opioid Use Disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 536-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celestina Barbosa‐Leiker ◽  
Aimee N.C. Campbell ◽  
Martina Pavlicova ◽  
Jennifer Scodes ◽  
A. Kathleen Burlew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Opioid Use Disorder ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Adult Men

scholarly journals An Exploration of the Sexual Behaviors of Emerging Adult Men Attending a Historically Black College/University

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinead N. Younge ◽  
Cherrie B. Boyer ◽  
Angelica Geter ◽  
Judith C. Barker ◽  
Maya Corneille
Keyword(s):  
Historically Black ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Black College ◽  
Historically Black College ◽  
Adult Men

Development of a barbershop based violence intervention for young Black emerging adult men

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 762-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian Lucas Baker ◽  
Howard C. Stevenson ◽  
Lloyd Matthew Talley ◽  
Loretta Sweet Jemmott ◽  
John B. Jemmott
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Violence Intervention

Emerging adult men and their mothers in divorced families: A typology of relationship patterns

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shmuel Shulman ◽  
Omri Cohen ◽  
Benni Feldman ◽  
Amalia Mahler
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Relationship Patterns ◽  
Divorced Families ◽  
Adult Men

scholarly journals Health impact of sport and exercise in emerging adult men: a prospective study

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 2225-2234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Henchoz ◽  
Stéphanie Baggio ◽  
Alexandra A. N’Goran ◽  
Joseph Studer ◽  
Stéphane Deline ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Sport And Exercise ◽  
A Prospective Study

scholarly journals Neighborhood Contexts and Marijuana Use Among Urban Dwelling Emerging Adult Men

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 944-951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Taggart ◽  
Andre L. Brown ◽  
Trace Kershaw
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Neighborhood Context ◽  
Masculine Norms ◽  
Neighborhood Problems ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Neighborhood Contexts ◽  
Moderator Effects

Neighborhoods are key socio-environmental contexts for marijuana use during emerging adulthood. This study examined the relationships between neighborhood context, traditional masculine norms (status, toughness, and anti-femininity), and marijuana use among 119 majority African American emerging adult men in a small urban community. Poisson regression models were used to determine the associations between neighborhood problems, social cohesion, and marijuana use. Moderator effects were examined to determine if masculinities modified these associations. Neighborhood problems and social cohesion were positively associated with marijuana use. Men who had a lower endorsement of some traditional masculine norms had greater marijuana use compared to men with a higher endorsement of these norms. These findings have implications for intervention strategies and policies.

scholarly journals Aportes al desarrollo de competencias de lectura y escritura crítica en el Nivel Básico de la República Dominicana / Contribution to the developement of critical reading and writing competences at the elementary school Level in the Dominican Republic

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (16) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Liliana Montenegro
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Critical Literacy ◽  
School Level ◽  
Paradigm Change ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Critical Understanding

Este artículo postula la necesidad de un cambio de paradigma para enfrentar la crisis de la lectura y de la escritura que vivimos actualmente. Propone asumir la alfabetización como un proceso de comprensión crítica y de aprendizaje a lo largo de toda la vida y resalta los programas, investigaciones y publicaciones que un equipo de lingüistas y educadores de la Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) viene realizando en los últimos veinticinco años para colaborar con el desarrollo de la alfabetización crítica en el país.AbstractThis article states the need for a paradigm change in order to confront the reading and writing crisis we are suffering in today’s world. The author proposes that the process of becoming literate be understood as a development of critical understanding and life-long learning. In this regard, the article highlights the programs, research and publications that a team of linguists and educators from Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) has been carrying out in the last twenty-five years in order to collaborate with the development of critical literacy in the Dominican Republic.

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