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  • Jonathan Scourfield

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    Across the West, suicide rates in young men have been rising for some time. This trend has attracted considerable media attention and is often cited within media discourse as evidence of a \'crisis of masculinity\'. The field of suicide research (or suicidology) is dominated by quantitative methodology, and although there has been research attention to the gendered character of suicidal behaviour, studies tend to compare \'men\' as a group with \'women\' as a group. There is also relatively little consideration within this literature of power relations and the social-political dimension of masculinities. This paper argues the case for a qualitative sociological approach to the study of gendered suicide and begins to outline a framework for understanding the diversity of suicidal masculinities. Connell\'s theoretical work on masculinities is used to analyse evidence from the suicidology literature. The framework includes consideration of when hegemonic masculinity fails; the subordinated masculinities of gay sexuality and mental illness; and control in intimate relationships.

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    Article provided by Sociological Research Online in its journal Sociological Research Online.

    Volume (Year): 10 (2005)
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    Handle: RePEc:sro:srosro:2004-19-3

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    Keywords: Suicide; Masculinity; Men; Gender; Crisis; Hegemonic; Subordinated; Mental Health; Autopsy; Qualitative;

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