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Papers

(The median citation count of Men and Masculinities is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Review: Men’s Friendships as Feminist Politics?: Power, Intimacy, and Change	41
‘Fair Game!’: Talk, Jokes and Legitimacy in Men’s Journeys of Hereditary Hair Loss	19
Pakistani Khwajasira Struggle for Livable Life: Towards Defecting Masculinities and Womanness as Loss	15
Hierarchies of Masculinity and Lad Culture on Campus: “Bad Guys”, “Good Guys”, and Complicit Men	13
Fighting for Masculine Hegemony: Contestation between Alt-Right and White Nationalist Masculinities on Stormfront	12
From Yeshiva Students to Breadwinners: Liminality and Concealment Among Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Men in Israel	12
Masculinities and Public Policies in Latin America	12
How to Be a Man Differently: The intersection of Gender and Disability in the Life Course of a Powerchair Athlete	10
Providing in a Pandemic: COVID-19, Masculinity, and Intimate Relationships in Uganda	9
A Dialectic of Vulnerability and Resilience: Nonresidential Fathers Living in Poverty in Israel	9
Marginalize or Valorize: A Two-Case Study of Parental Essentialism and Fathers’ Social Location	9
Decolonizing Care: Hegemonic Masculinity, Caring Masculinities, and the Material Configurations of Care	8
Unmanned? Military Masculinities in Filmic Representations of US Drone Operators	8
Domestic Power, Public Fantasy, and Male Anxiety: The Rise of Matrilocal Husbands in Chinese Digital Media	7
“Zero Emission, Zero Compromises”: An Intersectional, Qualitative Exploration of Masculinities in Tesla’s Consumer Stories	7
Transamorous Misogyny: Masculinity, Heterosexuality, and Cis Men’s Sexist Desires for Trans Women	7
Doing Respectable Heteromasculinities in Boys and Young Men’s Talk on Sexual Encounters	7
The Social Stigmatization of Stay-at-Home Fathers in Pakistan	6
Changing Asian Economies and Divergent Impressions of Western Masculinity: China and the Philippines	6
Constructing Fatherhood: Men Exposed to Domestic Violence in Childhood	6
Living with Violence: Men University Students Negotiate the Masculinity Mandate in Mexico	5
Remaking the Myth of the ‘Trade Warrior’: Searching for South Korean Masculinity in the Philippines	5
Boy, You Fight like a Woman … Representations of Defeated Enemies, Boys and Male Nudity in the Late Bronze Age Aegean Iconography and Their Role in the Expression of Masculinity	5
Wu Masculinities, Traditional Men-Dog Relationships and the Defence of the Dog-Meat Festival in Modernizing Yulin China	4
Why Sex Technology Will Not Fix the Incel Problem	4

Layered Narrative Agency and the Politics of Masculine Respectability: Ghanaian Migrant Marriages in South Korea	4
Young Men and Feminism: Gendered Struggle and Sense-Making for Australian University Students	4
Domesticating the Salaryman: Marriage Promotion, Hybrid Masculinity, and the Resignification of Reproduction in Japan	4
Slippages in the Application of Hegemonic Masculinity: A Case Study of Incels	4
“I’m Trying to Be There for My Kids”: A Needs Analysis of Fathers Who Experience Health Inequities in Vancouver, Canada	3
From Deficient Masculinity to Relational Plenitude: Language and Ethics among Thirunangais in Southern India	3
Learning to Care: Men’s Parental Caregiving for Sons and Daughters in Peru	3
Red Pill Women: Heterosexual Fantasies in Misogynistic Spaces	3
“You are Married by the Woman”: Divergent Understandings of Men’s Support for Women’s Empowerment in Northwestern Tanzania	3
Linking Men, Masculinities and Non-Human Animals in the Capitalocene: Implications for Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities	3
Toward a “Freedom Life”: Notes on Transmasculine Placemaking in the “World-Class” City of New Delhi	3
Queer Terrorists, Terrorist Queers: The Sexual Politics of Turkey’s War on Terror	3
Rethinking Men’s Grief: A Case Study of Bereaved Fathers’ Involvement in Lactation and Human Milk Donation After Infant Loss	3
Father-Child (Dis)connections: Expectations and Practices of Young Un(der)employed Fathers in Johannesburg	2
To Alleviate Stigma: How Incels Negotiate Masculinity Online	2
Cut From the Same Cloth? The Problem of Male Supremacy and Deradicalization	2
The Strength to Diet: If it Fits Your Macros Dieting as Masculine Body Work	2
“Korean Women All Make Bad Wives”: Misogyny and Nationalism in Online Discourses Promoting Interracial Relationships Between Korean Men and White Women	2
Incarcerated Young Men, Masculinity, and Trauma	2
Men’s Disassociation From Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces in Nepal	2
Caring Masculinities: Rethinking the Concept	2
Book Reviews: It’s a Setup: Fathering from the Social and Economic Margins	2
Daggy Dads and State Daddies: Theorising the Masculinities of Australian Men Political Leaders	2
Introduction: Male Supremacy Symposium	2
Book Review: Vulnerable Constitutions: Queerness, Disability, and the Remaking of American Manhood	2
From Hegemonic to Hybrid and Back? The Context-Adaptive Masculinity of Polish Male Migrants	2
“Barriers to Men’s Enrollment in the Feminized Space of College Sex Education Courses”	2
Masculinity for Sale: Shan Migrant Sex Worker Men in Thailand and Questions of Identity	2
Governing Bodies Through Water: Turning Boys Into Men and Reducing Bodies to Biology	2
The Limitations of Hashtag Feminist Activism on South African Twitter: A Case Study of #MenAreTrash and #WomenAreTrash	2
Reshuffling the Masculinities Deck: How Subordinate Men From Progressive Privileged Social Backgrounds Mobilize Sexual Consent Narratives to Enhance Their Social Status	2
A Missing Piece? Men and the Puzzle of Gender Mainstreaming in the European Union	1
Mapping the Neo-Manosphere(s): New Directions for Research	1
Latino Fathers’ Hybrid Marginalized Masculinities	1
The Reincarnation of the Socialist Model Worker: Transforming Masculinities in Chinese Television Drama	1
Book Review: The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities ChitandoEzraMlamboObert BernardMfecaneSakhumziRateleKopano (eds), The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities. Cham: Palg	1
BAT Celebrity Tech-Entrepreneurs and Chinese Masculinities in the Era of the Global Digital Economy	1
What’s in a Name? Gender & Power in Popular Music, 1960–2019	1
“Improvising” Gender Through Artistic Profession: Hybrid (Hegemonic) Masculinities of Japanese Classical Musicians	1
Gender Fluidity Versus Homohysteria: How Young Chinese Male Fans Consume Athletic Bromance	1
Race, Class, and Masculinities in a South African Primary School	1
Book Reviews: What About Men? A Feminist Answers the Question MoranCaitlin. What About Men? A Feminist Answers the Question. New York: Harper. 2023. 320 pp. $29.99 (cloth). ISBN: 0062893742.	1
Book Review: Masculinities and Language BakerPaulBrookesGavin. Masculinities and Language. London: Routledge. 2025. 239 pp. $ 190 (hardcover), $ 54.99 (paperback), $ 66.60 (ebook). ISBN: 9781032399218	1
A Movie With a Messy Ending: Mess as a Queer Tactic in Lebanese Cinema	1
Hockey Dads, Party Boys, and Devoted Players? Digital Representations of Men and Masculinities amongst Norwegian and Swedish Ice Hockey Players	1
Connecting Australian Masculinities and Culture to Mental Health: Men’s Perspectives and Experiences	1
Book Review: Masculinity, Consumerism and the Post-National Indian City: Streets, Neighbourhoods, Home	1
Book Review: Masculinity and Violent Extremism RooseJoshua M.FloodMichaelGreigAlanAlfanoMarkCoplandSimon. 2022. Masculinity and Violent Extremism. Cham: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-0	1
“‘I’m a Married Man. No, I’m Not. I’m a Married Fat Man’: Compensatory Manhood Acts, Hybrid Masculinities, and Fat Sexuality”	1
“To be Good as a Manager”: Masculinities and Everyday Life Within Transnational Corporations in Colombia and Ecuador	1

Book Review: Sovereign Attachments: Masculinity, Muslimness, and Affective Politics in Pakistan	1
Sisters, Bottoms, and “Exotic Combo”: Homonormative Misogyny and Respectable Masculinity of Middle-Class Gay Sex Workers in Hong Kong	1
The Caregiving Gap: Who Feels Confident Caring for Children?	1
Book Review: Masculinity in Lesbian “Pulp” Fiction Disappearing Heteronormativity? ThompsonPaul. Masculinity in Lesbian “Pulp” Fiction Disappearing Heteronormativity?London and New York: Routledge. 20	1
Striving to be Men in the Family: Masculinity and Capitalist Transformation in Vietnam	1
Book Review: On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence BederaNicole. On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivor	1
The Participation of the Private Sector in Achieving Gender Equality: How Working With Men Can Promote Shared Responsibility	1
Book Review: Rebels with a Cause: Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture WayNiobe. Rebels with a Cause: Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture. New York, NY: Dutton. 2024. 336 pp. $30.00 (	1
Serving as Men? Working-Class Masculinities in French Low-Cost Hardware Stores	1
A Few Millimeters of Bone: How Male Supremacists Leverage Scientific Sexism to Reinforce Misogynistic Ideologies	1
How Boys Deflect Responsibility for Street Harassment: Class, Race, and Responses to Sexual Violence Awareness Programs	1