SEXTANT: masculinities, sexualities & decolonialities

ABSTRACT

This literature review explores the inner workings of international men’s health, both mental and physical. With increasing public interest surrounding the ever-climbing numbers of male suicide, this literature review seeks to shed light on the mental torment many men go through in our modern world, not only affecting them mentally, but also, at times, physically. While dealing with internal and external pressures to be hypermasculine, as well as the lasting effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic, many men face alcoholism and anabolic steroid and other drug abuse in efforts to cope with depression and anxiety, as the stigma surrounding men’s mental health lives on. While there are ongoing efforts to destigmatize men speaking out, up to this point the “toxic” stereotypes and expectations of masculinity have persisted in the lives of so many men across the world.

KEY WOrDS

Masculinities; Health; Mental health; Suicide; Stigma

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