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Real boys : concepts of masculinity among school teachers.
(2002)
Internationally research on masculinity in schools has become an area of increasing interest. Little such research has been carried out in South Africa. This thesis investigates teachers' perceptions of masculinity in a ...
An exploration of the experiences of blind male students and how they negotiate their masculinity.
(2013)
Masculinity is considered to be a fundamental aspect of a male identity while living with a disability has a negative impact on the construction of this identity. The notion of masculinity has been highly influenced by ...
Women's stereotypes of masculinity across the different contexts of work, family, friendship and romantic partnerships.
(2013)
The construction of hegemonic masculinity cannot be understood outside its relationship to emphasized femininity. Women’s negotiation of masculinity is dependent on their own feminine identity narratives (emphasized or ...
How do men negotiate a masculine identity in different contexts?
(2012)
The aim of this research is to investigate how men negotiate a masculine identity in different contexts, using Dialogical Self Theory. As a first step, it was important to explore whether or not men do perform their ...
Gender and parenting : the (re)production and (re)negotiation of gender identity in the context of first time parenting.
(2016)
This study set out to investigate the ways in which first‐time parents construct their gender
identity as they grapple with a new addition to the family soon after the birth of their first
child. Two white middle‐class ...
An investigation into the relationship between masculinity, cultural worldviews and societal risk perceptions in a sample of school-going boys
(2009)
This study investigated the relationship between masculinity, cultural worldviews, and societal risk perceptions in a sample of school-going boys between the ages of 17 and 18 years old. The main objective was to examine ...
‘Being romantic’, agency and the (re)production and (re)negotiation of traditional gender roles.
(2018)
Romance is a ubiquitous, Western cultural context which is constructed as an important tool for relationship success. However, research by gender scholars on romance as a site for gender enactment has been limited. Therefore, ...
The construction of masculinity amongst sex offenders in Limpopo province.
(2019)
The construction of masculinity is vital in understanding the development of men since it has an influence on how a man perceives himself and on his behaviour. The high rape statistics have recently prompted an examination ...
The construction of masculinity by the seminarians of the Roman Catholic Church: “a South African study”
(2016)
Masculinity has been a topic of interest for many academic institutions in the last few decades. For the Roman Catholic Church, the topic of masculinity comes with a particular complication. Candidates for Roman Catholic ...
An explorative study of the construction of fatherhood in South Africa: the case of unmarried black African parents in eThekwini Municipality, KZN.
(2019)
South Africa has a high number of absent fathers especially among unmarried black African parents who live apart. A number of factors have been found to have contributed to this phenomenon including apartheid policies such ...