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Military Deployment, Masculinity and Trauma: Reviewing the Connections

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posted on 2023-05-18, 12:31 authored by Fox, J, Bob PeaseBob Pease
This article reviews the literature on deployment trauma and examines the limitations of conventional understandings of trauma as they relate to veterans' experiences. It suggests that the failure to take into account social influences and social relationships limits the usefulness of conventional approaches to trauma. The article considers the role that masculinity plays in male veterans' experience of and sense making about trauma. It is suggested that while formal recognition of posttraumatic stress disorder in the DSM has provided a helpful language for veterans, it is an incomplete response. A new model of masculinity that better enables the male veteran to speak about trauma and to reconnect with others has implications for counselling practice with veterans.

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Publication title

The Journal of Men's Studies

Volume

20

Pagination

16-31

ISSN

1060-8265

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Sage Publications, Inc.

Place of publication

United States

Rights statement

Copyright 2012 Men's Studies Press

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Gender and sexualities

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