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Latitudes of Masculinity: Reactions to Sex‐Role Deviance in Men
Author(s) -
O'Leary Virginia E.,
Donoghue James M.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1978.tb02538.x
Subject(s) - masculinity , deviance (statistics) , devaluation , psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , mathematics , psychoanalysis , economics , statistics , exchange rate , macroeconomics
The popular assumption that the male role, as traditionally defined in our society, is narrowly defined and that men who deviate from that role risk devaluation is reexamined. Two studies are presented which did not support the hypothesis that the adult male role is restrictive. A review of the literature relevant to the latitudes of acceptable masculine behavior is presented and a reconceptualization of the definition of the adult male role is proposed.