Men’s views on factors contributing to their poor health-seeking behaviour in Limpopo Province, South Africa by Lazarros Chavalala, Tsakani Rachel Lebese, Lufuno Makhado

“…Results Self-medication, fear of knowing own health status, peer and community elders’ influence, stigma, and masculinity beliefs were among the reasons participants avoided utilizing health services. …”
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Experience, access and utilisation of fertility care for infertile men within the biomedical sector in urban Bangladesh: protocol for a qualitative study by Papreen Nahar, Gitau Mburu, Sohana Shafique, Priya Satalkar-Götz, Foyjunnaher Sultana

“…Men are often invisible in infertility research and services, yet masculinity and reproductive agency intersect within social, cultural and religious contexts to shape their experiences of infertility and masculine expression. …”
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A CASE REPORT: A SCROTAL FLAP FOR PENILE PARAFFINOMA RECONSTRUCTION by Rr. Theodora Ratih Labdagati Iswara, Muhammad Aulia Ul Hakim, Jahnavi Malineni, Katrina Ysabelle Hidalgo

“…Abstract: Introduction: A large penile size is a source of pride and a symbol of masculinity for many men. One commonly used alternative for penile enlargement is the injection of high-viscosity liquids, such as paraffin, silicone, vaseline, and other substances, into the penis. …”
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Idea občana – válečníka a „moderní“ maskulinní identita: modelová studie z dějin Spojených států by Jiří Hutečka

“…What is even more interesting for us here is the fact that Union authorities (Sherman, Halleck, and many other officers) were completely conscious of its effects on the “masculine side” of Confederate morale – i.e., of pushing a wedge between the military (soldier) and warrior (defender) role of southern men. …”
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Do Strength and Anthropometric Size of the Lower Body Correlate with Serum Testosterone Levels? by Tae Yong Park, Moon Young Choi, Doohwan Kong, Jeong Kyun Yeo, Min Gu Park

“…Purpose: Although lower body strength and size are often regarded as symbols of masculinity, their relationship to testosterone is unclear. …”

Access to Health Care and Use of Health Care Services Among Males in Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Nkoleleng Johannah Mashilo, Kelechi Elizabeth Oladimeji, Siphamandla Gumede, Samanta Tresha Lalla-Edward

“…The study of males’ health-seeking behaviors is important, because it allows us to learn about male health, how masculinity encourages underuse of health care services, how this affects males’ overall health and well-being, and how cultural values and backgrounds may impact older men’s health-seeking behaviors. …”
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Developing and presenting a mathematical model for the purpose of organizational culture architecture based on creating alignment between the strategic reference points of organiza... by Elyas hasanzadeh Shweili, Mir Mehrdad peidaie, Ali reza Rezghi Rostami

“…The results showed that in the normative dimension, there are 10 categories: organizational justice, work maturity, ambiguity avoidance, external supervision, decision-making, job promotion, masculinity or femininity, concentration (power distance), customer orientation, and productivity with 57 indicators, and in the individual dimension also there are 10 categories: sense of belonging, responsibility, individual creativity, communication, participation (teamwork), identity, self-control, motivation, conflict tolerance, and interaction in 61 indicators, and were identified in 6 categories that include causal conditions, communication conditions, background factors, intervene factors, strategies, and consequences. …”
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Feminine Characterization of The God by Ibrahim Bor

“… This study investigates how monotheistic religions depict God with masculine or feminine attributes, considering historical context. …”
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Des (dés)accords grammaticaux dans la dénomination écrite de la personne en France : un tumulte graphique entre passions tristes et passions joyeuses by Manuel Perez, Katy Barasc, Hélène Giraudo

“…Their dismissal is inseparable.Actually, masculine is instituted by grammatical police and the lack of masculine marks as single and full measure of the human nature, being this human nature seized from feminine by the supplement of significance of feminine marks: paradox of an insignified and insignificant extra-significance. …”
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Écriture inclusive, lisibilité textuelle et représentations mentales by Cyril Liénardy, Julia Tibblin, Pascal Gygax, Anne-Catherine Simon

“…The results show that regardless of the inclusive device used (generic masculine, complete doublets or doublets abbreviated by the midpoint), readers quickly get used to the form. …”
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Gender Stereotypes in Some Romantic Travelogues (and How to Use Them) by Anne ROUHETTE

“…After general considerations on the masculine dimension of travel writing, I focus on three narratives presented as having been written by a woman, more or less in collaboration with her husband. …”
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Goddess Worship and New Spirituality in the Postmodern World: a Brief Overview by T. V. Danylova

“…As humanity returns to the Absolute that transcends duality, as divinity is revealed in feminine and masculine forms, and, finally, as humans get in touch with their true self, the two faces, feminine and masculine, will inevitably merge. …”
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Physical activity and associated factors in homosexual men by Fabiano Teixeira, Fabiana Sperandio, Fernando Cardoso

“…Among homosexuals, physical activity was associated with masculine orientation, level of education, and dissatisfaction with body image due to being overweight. …”
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Langage égalitaire : vers une rationalisation des procédés et des approches by Éliane Viennot

“…Based on a history of language and women, historian Éliane Viennot studied the process of masculinization of the French language with the institution of the French Academy in the 19th century. …”
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La figure de l’Abandonné·e. La littérature médiévale comme manuel d’un retour à soi ? by Dominique Demartini

“…Embracing an androcentric viewpoint, it will attempt to illuminate the masculine presuppositions and the contribution of texts to the construction of a heroine figure, paradoxically become exemplary. …”
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Land conflict, murder, and the rise of “timeless culture” and girl blaming (Samburu, Kenya) by Bilinda Straight

“…The paper examines youthful practices in the Samburu pastoralist age set system as they evolved into tropes of warrior girlfriends inciting masculine violence. Through a close examination of a well-publicized Kenyan court case surrounding the suspicious death in 1931 of Theodore Powys, a British settler, this paper documents the shaping of a discourse about feminine agency and masculine bravado among the youth that eventuated in harsh state-sponsored collective punishment of a pastoralist Samburu community. …”
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“A disgrace to the country they belong to”: the sexualisation of female soldiers in First World War Britain by Lucy Noakes

“…Cette représentation des femmes en uniforme selon leur identité sexuelle prenait deux formes prédominantes : les femmes furent perçues tantôt comme des Amazones aux allures masculines, profitant des conditions nouvelles de la guerre pour adopter une identité masculine, tantôt, au contraire, comme des hétérosexuelles survoltées, excitées par les conditions de guerre et motivées par l’intégration au WAAC afin de s’approcher des combattants masculins. …”
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On The Verge: Dramatisation de la violence symbolique dans The Verge de Susan Glaspell by Emeline Jouve

“…In this work, the playwright sheds light on what sociologist Pierre Bourdieu later defined, in his seminal Masculine Domination, as "symbolic violence." Following Glaspell, we will examine the mechanisms of this masculine domination that oppresses her female heroine, Claire. …”
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Vues sur « mon corps troublé·e·s » – recherches-frictions by Claire Gauzente

“…This text explores several ways to go beyond, displace, disturb the binarized matrix of masculine/feminine genders for a more fluid vision of the existence of the human animal. …”
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THE ANTROPOLOGY OF GENDER BY VASIL ROSANOV AND THE ETHICS OF SEXUAL DIFFERENCE BY LUCE IRIGARAY by I. V. Tolstov, V. M. Petrushov

“…The methodological basis of their concepts is the insuperable opposition of "masculine" and "feminine". Rozanov seeks to identify "masculine" and "feminine", but Irigaray rather concentrates on their radical distinction. …”
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