Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to masculinity.
What impact do masculine identities have on the well-being of men? In this video featuring interviews with various scholars GATE MBA Fellow Bilal Habib uncovers how gender norms affect men’s mental health and participation in the labour force
This study examines how working fathers overcome barriers to work-family balance using three different strategies.
Busted is a podcast series that busts prominent myths surrounding gender and the economy by teaming up with leading experts in the field. We uncover the origins of myths and find out what the research actually says and give you the tools to bust each myth yourself!
This case study looks at what led Gillette, the king of masculine brands, to create their "The Best a Man Can Be" campaign about toxic masculinity and sexual harassment - and whether it was a success or not.
Nouman Ashraf chats with David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson on whether men are the key to gender equality and their new book "Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace."
In conversation with author and associate professor Martin J. Cannon, as they examine Canada's Indian Act and encourages Indigenous men to begin to articulate the complex ways in which their life’s journey is shaped by discrimination directed at Indigenous women.
This study examines how a program in the Democratic Republic of Congo challenged gender norms by helping men change their individual gendered behaviours. Despite these changes, men still adhered to gender hierarchy, suggesting that gender equality requires more systemic transformation.
In conversation with Nouman Ashraf, Cleo Stiller opened up about "Modern Manhood", and what it means to genuinely be a good man, whether in dating, work, or money and everything else in between.
This brief examines how hiring managers' exposure to violent crime events affects their decisions to hire Black job applicants with and without a criminal record.
This study indicates that due to social identity threat, women engineers experience mental exhaustion at a much higher rate than men engineers.
