Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men's well-being: a theory of gender and health.
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Summary
How factors such as ethnicity, economic status, educational level, sexual orientation and social context influence the kind of masculinity that men construct and contribute to differential health risks among men in the United States is explored.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2000-05-16
- Cited by
- 4,050
- References
- 145
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- https://openalex.org/W2108515141
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:15630379
Keywords
Masculinity, Social constructionism, Context (archaeology), Social psychology, Sociology
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