“Gender troubled” – from the production and reproduction of masculinity to the forms of overcrossing gender: Men in psychotherapy and normative patterns of masculinity – consistency and transformation

• Authors: Frąckowiak-Sochańska, Monika

Abstracts

EN

This article locates itself within the field of social studies with a special focus on the borderline of sociology and psychology. It attempts to analyze the patterns of social behavior of men in psychotherapy and answer the question as to what extent the problems affecting the mental health of men reflect certain constructions of gender that function in modern society. The empirical basis of the article is data obtained during in-depth interviews with psychotherapists. This data was analyzed in accordance with the rules of the Grounded Theory Method. The research shows that gender is a category commonly used in summaries and interpretations of experiences of individuals. The analysis of the research material makes it possible to identify the most important problems of mental health of men, and to deduce directions and mechanisms of changes in men gender schemes in contemporary society. On the basis of the results of the study recommendations for further research in this field and for therapeutic work with men have been formulated.

Keywords

EN

gender; masculinity; men; psychotherapy; grounded theory

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 18(2)
• Pages: 91-114

Dates

published

2017-10-24

Contributors

author

Frąckowiak-Sochańska, Monika