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The Male Sex Role: Definitions, Problems, and Sources of Change
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This article examines some persistent paradoxes in the definition of the male role, and proposes a distinction between traditional and modern male roles. Four current perspectives on the problems of the male role are distinguished: individual‐level sex‐role identity, cultural‐level sex‐role identity, contradictory socialization role strain, and inherent role strain. Finally, sources and forms of change in the male role are analyzed in terms of a distinction between the male role in relationship to women and the male role in other areas of life experience.
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- Authors
- Pieck, J. H.
- Venue
- Journal of Social Issues
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1976-07
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 155-164
- ISSN
- 0022-4537 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-4560
- OpenAlex
- W2097032006
- Cited by
- 199
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 16.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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