🚨 New in Journal of Gender Studies: We consider how the concept of “backlash” can flatten and frame masculinist responses as merely reactive; we suggest “countermovement” better captures how masculinities are strategically organised www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social

The limits of ‘backlash’ masculinity: on the value of reframing gendered resistance as ‘countermovement’

This paper proposes a reconsideration of backlash as the dominant frame for analysing resistance to gender equality. Widely used to describe reactionary responses to feminist progress, the term oft...

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The ABC did me a kindness by giving me space for an expanded/ slightly more analytical version of my take on Louis Theroux’s manosphere doco. There is value for the uninitiated, but risks of glamour, & huge limits in lack of attending to real life harms women face. www.abc.net.au/religion/lou...

Louis Theroux’s ‘Inside the Manosphere’ shows the reach of misogyny, but not its harms - ABC Religion & Ethics

The manosphere offers a false certainty in a time of social flux. It promises cheat codes, leadership and restored order — what it delivers is hierarchy repackaged as empowerment, with consequences th...

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Great piece by @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social on Theroux's manosphere documentary - www.abc.net.au/religion/lou...

Louis Theroux’s ‘Inside the Manosphere’ shows the reach of misogyny, but not its harms - ABC Religion & Ethics

The manosphere offers a false certainty in a time of social flux. It promises cheat codes, leadership and restored order — what it delivers is hierarchy repackaged as empowerment, with consequences th...

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For @theconvo-bot.bsky.social I Explore what Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere shows: the brazen entitlement of influencers, how they recruit boys, the harms to girls & women, and discuss why trauma doesn’t drive or explain misogyny. theconversation.com/louis-therou...

Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere exposes the business model of misogyny

Theroux’s new Netflix documentary exposes the ‘manfluencers’ profiting off male grievance – and hurting both men and women in the process.

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This is not "collateral damage." It is always civilians who suffer the most when nation states wage war. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Death toll from Iran school bombing reportedly rises to almost 150

Strike on girls’ elementary school in south of Iran has killed 148 people and injured 95 others, according to Iran state media

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Part two of my debut on Taiwanese TV, with TaiwanPlus! :) In this section of 'Connected', we explored the trad wife phenomenon... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLJU...

Female Privilege? Why Tradwife Is More Economics Than Empowerment | CONNECTED Power and Principles

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Excited to have made my Taiwan TV debut this week! Here is part one of the 'Connected' show on TaiwanPlus, in discussion with Jess Reia, talking about the manosphere and networked misogyny. Part 2 (on tradwives) to follow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzGn...

Manosphere: How Misogyny Took Over Social Media | CONNECTED Power and Principles

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New in Monash Lens by me & @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social. Looking at Married at First Sight, we consider how the language of “masculine energy,” “alpha men,” & “natural roles” constructs a world where gender hierarchy feels inevitable rather than ideological. lens.monash.edu/married-at-f...

How Married at First Sight is normalising gender hierarchy

A heated MAFS exchange reveals how “masculine energy” talk disguises power and submission as human nature.

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Very happy to confirm our article is now OPEN ACCES! 'The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny', is published in Gender & Education. Pls share widely! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social

The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny

Drawing on qualitative survey data from 107 Australian teachers, we analyse how boys perform masculinity in schools through dominance, derision, defiance, and harassment, in ways that constitute re...

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What keeps men out of frontline care work? - Our new paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social suggests problem is less masculine identity anxieties & more low pay, insecure hours, limited progression & poor public understanding of care work onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #gender

Gendered Attitudes or Structural Barriers? Men Front Line Workers' Perspectives on What Keeps Men out of Paid Care Work in Australia

Gender segregation in paid care work offers a critical lens for understanding how gender inequality is reproduced in contemporary societies. While much research has explained men's absence from paid ....

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Very happy to confirm our article is now OPEN ACCES! 'The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny', is published in Gender & Education. Pls share widely! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social

The reanimation of normative manhood acts in schools: teachers’ accounts of boys’ manosphere-aggravated misogyny

Drawing on qualitative survey data from 107 Australian teachers, we analyse how boys perform masculinity in schools through dominance, derision, defiance, and harassment, in ways that constitute re...

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In Nov, @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social made the case that we need to avoid feeding into notions that boys are ‘under attack’, and highlight why gender equality is good for all of us - something many boys and men are already putting into practice in a variety of ways: nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

Towards Progressive Masculinities? Young Working-Class Men in Transition - Prof Steven Roberts - Now and Men

Is masculinity 'under attack', or

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What a privilege to talk to @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social for #NowandMen. We discussed how men's violence impacts on *everyone*, but also the seeds of hope found in young working-class masculinities, and Steven's experiences of both - in his own life and his research: nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

My new piece looks at why men’s struggles/ disconnection are real, but also part of a wider social malaise that we can’t be pinned on women. I reject Galloway’s framing & argue the real crisis is rooted in broader social breakdown, not gender-essentialist narratives. www.abc.net.au/religion/woe...

Scott Galloway mistakes a broad social malaise for a gender-specific pathology - ABC Religion & Ethics

A new book by the academic, podcaster and entrepreneur misdiagnoses the ills of our time as primarily a male economic and identity disorder — but he thereby narrows the structural story into a familia...

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The ideology of oppression, segregation the GC framework doesn't make sense to me. My Sunday morning reading; "This paper contributes to the ongoing task of analysing the ideological connections between this strand of feminism and the far right." Suzy Killmister: Monash University, Australia

This was such a lovely time and a great privilege. Thanks @thedailypanda.bsky.social and Sandy Ruxton for being such great and generous hosts

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We got pretty emotional on the latest #NowandMen talking to Prof @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social about his amazing life & work, which illuminates both the sexist ideas being fed to young men, and the seeds of hope in how many are challenging rigid notions of masculinity. nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

We got pretty emotional on the latest #NowandMen talking to Prof @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social about his amazing life & work, which illuminates both the sexist ideas being fed to young men, and the seeds of hope in how many are challenging rigid notions of masculinity. nowandmen.net/episode/stev...

1. A box a teenager checked on a form 20 years ago (that was accurate) isn’t newsworthy. 2. The source clearly had political motives and you hid that. 3. One the byline reporters on the “story” is an avid follower of an open white supremacist. 4. Pictures of tweets? Really? You that lazy?

I wrote on this with @sociananthony.bsky.social last year as well. Here if you’re interested. parisinstitute.org/on-the-crisi...

On the Crisis of (White) Masculinity • The Paris Institute

Image: "A Bantam," from Shadows by Charles Bennett (ca. 1856)

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“The real work lies in moving past old scripts and moral panics, and towards a more thoughtful, inclusive approach to gender justice.” @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social The discourse of masculinity as “in crisis” is deeply problematic. lens.monash.edu/@steven-robe...

Recycled panic: The long history of worrying about boys and men

Across media and politics, claims of a “masculinity crisis” are rising. But is this new or just history repeating? A deeper look at boys, men, and cultural change.

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My former colleague @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social 🙌🏻

Women’s safety is not a side-benefit of better male health: What Sussan Ley didn’t get quite right - ABC Religion & Ethics

Opposition leader Sussan Ley’s press club speech was brave, and her leadership presents an opportunity to shift long-stagnant debates — but along the way she tried to package two overlapping yet disti...

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A Muslim son of immigrants, backed by and backing Black and Jewish leaders, rising in NYC politics isn’t just coalition-building, it’s the American promise realized. It terrifies bigots precisely because it works. Diverse power-sharing isn’t a threat, it’s the future. So New York. So necessary.

nice life news: I am rejoining the Faculty of Arts at Monash Uni, as Professor of Sociology from September. Mixed emosh: the collaborations & friendships I’ve made in 3.5 years in Edu have been rewarding and transformative. But, I am *really* excited to return 'home' to School of Social Sciences.

📢 New open-access article from Catherine Waite Ben Lyall & me in Journal of Applied Youth Studies... exploring how young people navigate uncertainty post-COVID, we trace how young people cultivate cautious, situated forms of hope while confronting disrupted futures: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Qualified Hope: Young People’s Education and Employment Pathways in Times of Disruption - Journal of Applied Youth Studies

The pandemic and its aftermath have prompted an extended public and academic conversation about young people, with concerns about the increasing uncertainty of youth employment and education trajector...

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I had the extraordinary honour of being a keynote ar ‘Masculinities in Transition’ international conference in Stockholm. I borrow from Polanyi (!) to think about double movement that pulls young men towards reactionary AND caring masculinities, & suggest the margins can inspire a hopeful imaginary

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Had a great time at the Nordic conference on masculinity research at Stockholm University this week. @steven-d-roberts.bsky.social keynote was the best. keynote. ever. 🔥

‘ Examining the Impact of Domestic & Family Violence on Young Australians’ School-Level Education’ - New paper from Bec Stewart, @katefitzgibbon.bsky.social & me in Australian Journal of Social Issues, drawing on quality data from 1600 survey responses. Click: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New from @drstephaniewescott.bsky.social & me in Critical Education Studies. We advance SRGBV as an essential classifying, clarifying and categorising concept to encapsulate gendered abuse, misogyny, sexual harassment and sexism experienced by women, girls and non-binary young people in schools.

Why is environmentalism class divided? My new paper in The British Journal of Sociology maps attitudes to green issues in the social space of economic and cultural capital. Spoiler: it’s not just about being rich. 🧵https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.13231

Your Behaviour Management Strategy Can’t Fix Misogyny, Karen open.substack.com/pub/thebogan...

Your Behaviour Management Strategy Can’t Fix Misogyny, Karen

Just Boys Being Boys? Get fucked.

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