“The real me shining through M.E.”: Visualizing masculinity and identity threat in men with ME/CFS using photovoice and IPA.- Wilde et al 2020

Similarly, James photographed himself with his son playing rugby; a sport which is a leading definer of orthodox masculinity in the United Kingdom in particular (Harris & Clayton, 2007). Gottzen and Kremer-Sadlik (2012) propose that fathering through youth sports can be an expression of inclusive and caring masculinity, whilst also exercising orthodox masculinity by promoting hegemonic male ideologies in their children.
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Hegemonic masculinities refer to the attempt to ensure the dominant position of men and subordination of women through cultural ideals and institutional power.
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So that is one of the things fathers are supposedly doing through involvement with youth sports!
 
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Whilst our study makes a significant contribution to an under-researched population, our sample was formed of predominantly white, partnered, and heterosexual men who were members of online M.E./CFS communities who owned the technology required to participate in the study, which could influence the transferability of these findings to other communities. For example, men with M.E./CFS who identify as LGBTQ+, or Black or Ethnic Minority (BME), and those living alone and/or in deprived circumstances, may present different experiences due to further marginalization and subordination of masculinity and illness identity (Connell, 1995), and should be priorities for future researchers.
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Seems reasonable
 
Like others have alluded to, women with ME/CFS have many of the same experiences as men. To have a better idea what, if any, gender differences there are, mixed samples would be better. Though with in-depth qualitative research, sample sizes can be quite small, so questionnaires might be required to look for signals that are sufficiently strong.

And probably one would need to use other variables such as sexual orientation to get any stronger signals.
 
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Like others have alluded to, women with ME/CFS have many of the same experiences as men. To have a better idea what, if any, gender differences there are, mixed samples would be better. Though with in-depth qualitative research, sample sizes can be quite small, so questionnaires might be required to look for signals that are sufficiently strong.

And probably one would need to use other variables such as sexual orientation to get any stronger signals.
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That seems imperative if any gender differences in response are claimed. I would go further and make the questions gender neutral, and the people analysing the responses blinded to the race, gender, class and sexual orientation of the respondents.
 
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So that is one of the things fathers are supposedly doing through involvement with youth sports!
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So it is a bad thing promoting the hegemony of masculinity. This is in direct opposition to the encouragement to get children exercising! Maybe it is just because it is fun! Or maybe women are actually dominant and/or wiser and send the men out early on cold, damp Sunday mornings to take the kids to football!

It is all so much rubbish.
 
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