The Tough Standard by Ronald F. Levant

Author:Ronald F. Levant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2020-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

Masculinity and Men’s Physical Health

The role of gender in men’s health received little research attention until the 1990s. According to Gough and Robertson (2017), “historically, men have been central to health-related research (e.g., new drugs tested on men but not women), but have not been understood as gendered beings” (p. 198). The central questions now are, Why do men have higher mortality rates than women, and how has research indicated that masculinity is linked with men’s health risk behaviors (Gough, 2013; Gough & Robertson, 2017)?

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