Health and masculinity: reflections from a gender point of view
The article discusses how representations and attitudes regarding health care and the search for a physician are permeated by gender attributions. These attributions, because they associate masculinity with characteristics of force, assertivity and invulnerability – associated with the hegemonic mas...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2003 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Associação Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais (ABEP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista brasileira de estudos de população (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.rebep.org.br:article/305 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://rebep.org.br/revista/article/view/305 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Gender Masculinity Health Gênero Masculinidades Saúde |
| Resumo: | The article discusses how representations and attitudes regarding health care and the search for a physician are permeated by gender attributions. These attributions, because they associate masculinity with characteristics of force, assertivity and invulnerability – associated with the hegemonic masculinity – lead to less concern for health and less search for doctors by men, since this is seen as a weakness. But the study also showed that these attributions can be contested and even modified. |
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