Masculinity

Arts & Culture
Analysis
What Adolescence gets right (and wrong) about the manosphere
The Netflix series Adolescence raises the important issue of online radicalisation and the manosphere – but there’s no easy solution

Health & Medicine
Special Report
What drives Intimate Partner Sexual Violence?
We need to bring together the sometimes unique factors behind Intimate Partner Sexual Violence if we are to better understand and counter it

Arts & Culture
Narcissus and the drawbacks of being a hot teenage boy
The myth of Narcissus as told by the Roman poet Ovid isn’t so much about narcissism and self-discovery, as about what it is to transgress the norms of male sexuality

Health & Medicine
How challenging masculine stereotypes is good for men
The American Psychological Association’s new guidelines recognise traditional masculinity as being harmful to men themselves. Here are the key messages we all need to know.

Health & Medicine
Supporting men to end family violence
Helping men understand and change their behaviours is an important part of addressing family violence

Health & Medicine
Research
Men’s self-reliance linked to risk of self-harm
Data from nearly 14,000 men shows those who strongly identify as self-reliant are more likely to have suicidal thoughts

Arts & Culture
The myth of Testosterone Rex
Our long-held views on what causes gender differences are wrong. A new book argues it’s much more complicated than we think