Take it like a man: Gender-threatened men’s experience of gender role discrepancy, emotion activation, and pain tolerance.

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle S. Berke ◽  
Dennis E. Reidy ◽  
Joshua D. Miller ◽  
Amos Zeichner
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Pain Tolerance ◽  
Men's Experience ◽  
Role Discrepancy

Correlates of Men’s Bystander Intervention to Prevent Sexual and Relationship Violence: The Role of Masculine Discrepancy Stress

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051988099
Author(s):  
Danielle S. Berke ◽  
Ruschelle M. Leone ◽  
Courtland S. Hyatt ◽  
Amos Zeichner ◽  
Dominic J. Parrott
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Bystander Intervention ◽  
Relationship Violence ◽  
Bystander Behavior ◽  
Gender Expectations ◽  
Conditional Indirect Effects ◽  
Bystander Behaviors ◽  
Masculine Gender ◽  
Role Discrepancy

Extant literature suggests that men may be less likely than women to engage in prosocial bystander behavior to interrupt sexual and relationship violence. However, there has been little consideration of the influence of masculine gender role discrepancy and masculine discrepancy stress (i.e., stress that occurs when men perceive themselves as falling short of traditional gender norms) on men’s bystander beliefs and behaviors. The current study fills an important gap in the literature by assessing the influence of masculine gender role discrepancy and masculine discrepancy stress on a range of prosocial bystander behaviors through their influence on the bystander decision-making process. Participants were 356 undergraduate men recruited from two different Southeastern U.S. universities who completed online surveys assessing self-perceptions of gender role discrepancy, consequent discrepancy stress, bystander decision-making, and bystander behavior in sexual and relationship violence contexts. Path models indicated significant conditional indirect effects of masculine gender role discrepancy on proactive bystander behaviors (i.e., behaviors related to making a plan in advance of being in a risky situation) and bystander behavior in drinking situations across levels of masculine discrepancy stress. Specifically, men who believed that they are less masculine than the typical man reported more pros to intervention in sexual and relationship violence than cons, and thus reported intervening more, but only if they were high in masculine discrepancy stress. Findings suggest that bystander intervention programs should explicitly address and challenge rigid expectations of what it means to be “manly” to transform gender expectations perpetuating sexual and relationship violence.

scholarly journals Gender Role Discrepancy Stress, High-Risk Sexual Behavior, and Sexually Transmitted Disease

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 459-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis E. Reidy ◽  
Kathryn A. Brookmeyer ◽  
Brittany Gentile ◽  
Danielle S. Berke ◽  
Amos Zeichner
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Disease ◽  
Transmitted Disease ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behavior ◽  
Risk Sexual Behavior ◽  
Role Discrepancy

The relationship between pain tolerance and trait aggression: effects of sex and gender role

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 422-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis E. Reidy ◽  
Katie Dimmick ◽  
Kate MacDonald ◽  
Amos Zeichner
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Pain Tolerance ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Trait Aggression ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

Altering gender role expectations: effects on pain tolerance, pain threshold, and pain ratings

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 284-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Robinson ◽  
Christine M. Gagnon ◽  
Joseph L. Riley ◽  
Donald D. Price
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Pain Threshold ◽  
Pain Tolerance ◽  
Role Expectations ◽  
Gender Role Expectations ◽  
Pain Ratings

Masculine gender role discrepancy strain and self-esteem.

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina M. Rummell ◽  
Ronald F. Levant
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Masculine Gender ◽  
Role Discrepancy
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