Psychology of Men and Masculinity [SEP] publisher
Psychology of Men and Masculinity
Psychology of Men and Masculinity is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association on behalf of Division 51. The journal was established in 2000 and covers research on "how boys' and men's psychology is influenced and shaped by both gender and sex, and encompasses the study of the social construction of gender, sex differences and similarities, and biological processes." The current editor-in-chief is William Ming Liu.
Abstracting and indexing.
The journal is
sociologist Michael Flood writes that these include "expectations that boys and men must be active, aggressive, tough, daring, and dominant".
Psychology and gender roles.
In psychology, "toxic masculinity" refers to traditional cultural masculine norms that can be harmful to men, women, and society overall; this concept of toxic masculinity is not intended to demonize men or male attributes, but rather to emphasize the harmful effects of conformity to certain traditional masculine ideal behaviors such as dominance, self-reliance, and competition