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The Politics of Gendered Emotions: Disrupting Men’s Emotional Investments in Privilege

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posted on 2023-05-18, 12:31 authored by Bob PeaseBob Pease
This paper explores the implications of the neglect of emotions in critical masculinity studies and profeminist masculinity politics. This neglect in part results from feminist and profeminist critiques of the literature on emotional inexpressiveness as a tragedy for men that ignores male privilege and men’s social power. To focus on men’s emotions is seen by some profeminist commentators as psychologising men at the expense of sociological understandings of men’s social power. However, in neglecting the place of emotions in men’s lives, critical masculinity studies has overlooked the ways in which men’s emotional attachment to privilege can perpetuate oppressive gender relations and male violence against women. By exploring men’s emotional investment in unequal gender relations, the article outlines ways in which emotions can also be used as a catalyst to disrupt men’s attachment to male privilege.

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Publication title

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volume

47

Pagination

125-140

ISSN

0157-6321

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Australian Council Social Service Inc

Place of publication

Australia

Rights statement

Copyright 2012 Australian Social Policy Association

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Gender and sexualities

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