Ciekawostka: 38% of American men say they love their cars more than women

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“Even more than that, men love cars”: “Car guy” memes and hegemonic masculinity. The construction of gender identities occurs through a variety of social forces, including memes widely circulated on social media. Beyond the function of internet memes as entertainment, they also promote gender-based bonding through humor in ways that encourage performative gender roles central to self-image. Decoding memes as a form of contemporary data reveals desires and fears, both conscious and unconscious, that underlie dramaturgical performances supporting hegemonic masculinity. In the case of “car guys,” car aficionados whose passion for cars is integral to their identity, memes reflect the group's as…

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Discovering Real Men Care: The Emergent Masculinities of Stay-at-Home Husbands in Hong Kong.. The rising phenomenon of stay-at-home husbands (SAHHs) in Hong Kong exemplifies the evolution of masculinities in Asia. The development of emergent masculinities through SAHHs is intertwined with hybrid masculinities to expand the range of visible male roles in an Asian context. The implication of SAHHs is explored through interviews conducted with 31 middle-class SAHHs and 19 wives of SAHHs in Hong Kong. Two key findings are (1) emergent masculinities via SAHHs upend conventional gendered family roles as they become the primary caregivers for their children with notable support from their breadwin…

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The history of women in the United States encompasses the lived experiences and contributions of women throughout American history. The earliest women living in what is now the United States were Native Americans. European women arrived in the 17th century and brought with them European culture and values. During the 19th century, women were primarily restricted to domestic roles in keeping with Protestant values. The campaign for women's suffrage in the United States culminated with the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. During World War II, many women filled roles vacated by men fighting overseas. Beginning in the 1960s, the second-wave feminist movemen…

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Are American Women more deprived than Men?. Abstract American men experience higher premature death than women, while women are more likely to experience poverty throughout their lifetimes. These gender inequalities are substantially different across racial groups. Based on these facts, I explore in this paper two complementary questions. First, what is the most disadvantaged gender group when combining poverty and mortality data? Second, are there racial disparities in the pattern of gender inequalities in total deprivation? This study uses the generated deprivation index, a novel indicator that aggregates poverty and mortality as components of total deprivation, to answer those questions.…

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“Men Love Women, But Even More Than That, Men Love Cars”: Motor Racing on Film

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Out of Sight: Sex Differences in Public and Semi-Public Drug Use Settings Among People Who Use Opioids in Baltimore, Maryland.. Background Drug use settings are critical determinants of overdose risk and other drug-related harms. Although sex differences in drug use patterns are well documented, less is known about sex differences in the types of locations where people use drugs. This study examined sex differences in drug use settings among people who use opioids. Methods Data were from the baseline survey of the OASIS project, a community-based study conducted in Baltimore, Maryland (N = 869), focusing on 9 specific types of locations where participants reported drug use in the past 30 da…

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Acid and Alkali Chemical Assault Burns (Vitriolage): A Systematic Review of Epidemiology.. Background Chemical assaults involve the intentional use of chemicals to cause harm. These attacks frequently occur in domestic settings, with reliable epidemiological data remaining limited. This systematic review sought to explore epidemiological aspects of such incidents. Methods It included all peer-reviewed reports providing original cases of chemical assaults, detailing at least the number of victims involved, identified through PubMed and Web of Science searches conducted from database inception to May 26, 2024. Results Globally, the mean age of victims was 29.03 years (SD 11.99 y). Women accou…

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Guy Talk, Precarious Masculinity, and Men's Sexual Health: A Qualitative Content Analysis of <i>Men's Health</i> Magazine Covers.. The current study engages precarious masculinity as a framework to examine sexual health in magazines marketed for male audiences. Precarious masculinity is the idea that masculinity is fragile and always being challenged or questioned, particularly considering pressures to defend the social status and privilege associated with masculinity. We conducted a qualitative content analysis of the text or "coverlines" on the covers of Men's Health magazines over nearly 40 years (1986-2024; N = 333) of which only 26 (8%) covers address men's sexual health. S…

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Love Is Blind is a reality television series on Netflix created by Chris Coelen and produced by Kinetic Content which ranks as the number one most-watched streaming original series of all time, in terms of total appearances on the Nielsen Streaming Top 10, and as the top unscripted streaming program of all time. Described as a social experiment where single men and women look for love and get engaged, all before meeting in person, the series has received mostly positive reviews from critics, winning three Critics Choice Awards and receiving six Critics Choice nominations, in addition to garnering six Emmy nominations as Outstanding Structured Reality Program. Originally premiering on Februa…

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Looking back on childhood experiences of homelessness: Stories of ongoing residential instability and resilience.. Families' experience of homelessness is typically examined from the perspective of parents during or shortly after a shelter stay. Parents complain about rules, surveillance, crowding, and challenges to parenting in both homeless shelters and in doubling up with other households (sharing the others' homes), and relief when they attain their own place. The current study uses qualitative interviews to examine the retrospective views of housing and homelessness among young adults who were homeless as children with their families. We compare their perspectives to earlier reports of…

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Secondhand smoke and breast health awareness among Vietnamese American families in California: A mixed-methods study.. Introduction Tobacco exposure is a preventable breast cancer risk factor. High smoking rates among Vietnamese American (VA) men place VA women at elevated secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe) risk; yet research on the extent to which VA women are aware of SHSe and breast cancer risk is limited. Methods This community-partnered, mixed-methods, cross-sectional study examined SHSe prevalences, knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about SHSe as a breast cancer risk factor among VA women (aged 18-65 years) and explored multilevel factors contributing to SHSe within VA families in South…

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Generation Z (or Gen Z for short), colloquially known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Members of Generation Z, were born between the mid-to-late 1990s and the early 2010s, with the generation typically being defined as those born from 1997 to 2012. In other words, the first wave came of age during the latter half of the second decade of the twenty-first century, a time of significant demographic change due to declining birthrates, population aging, and immigration. Americans who grew up in the 2000s and 2010s saw gains in IQ points, but loss in creativity. They also reach puberty earlier than previous generations. On the whole, th…