Hi good people of r/Male_Studies. In order to ensure that you have access to the highest quality intellectual experience possible, new rules have been added.

Some of them are fairly intuitive and we have been doing them by default albeit in the absence of a direct mandate.

Others have been added to ensure that we keep in the spirit of the sub while still keeping a free and inclusive environment.

New Rules

Rule 11: Posts must be about males, men or masculinity.

All posts must be about a study, survey or poll that feature males/masculinity/men as a subject of inquiry.

This can be hard to figure out. So to help you to figure what likely meets this criteria, please remember to T.A.B.

T - Title: Does it suggest that the researchers studied masculinity, male biology or men in general? Key words to look for are Boy(s), male(s), men, androgen(s), dihydrotestosterone, testosterone, gender and sex. The title doesn't necessarily have to feature these words but they are a good indicator of who the subjects might be.

If the title contains words like 'Female' 'Women', 'Woman', 'Girl(s)', 'Tween(s)', or 'feminity' without a masculine equivalent (i.e., Men, males, masculinity etc) or assignee (i.e., 'feminine men') it will likely be removed.

A - Abstract: If the title seems unclear, read the Abstract to the article or survey. Is it clear that the researchers were interested in learning about male biology, men or masculinity from the abstract? If the focus isn't at least in part males or men then it probably didn't study them.

B - Body: Read the Body of the article or survey. After you've read the article, can it reasonably be said that males, men or masculinity were the subject of study? A great way to do this quickly would be to check out the introduction followed by the materials and method section of the paper. If you don't see males or men mentioned as subjects then it's fairly reasonable to assume that the study is not a male study.

NOTE: Exceptions can be made (At mod's discretion) for studies which do not have male subjects if the findings of the study are arguably applicable to our understanding of boys, boyhood, males, manhood or masculinity.

In particular if:

A.) It's work in psychoneuroendocrinology conerned with the effects of androgenic hormones in-general but utilized female subjects as a part of the research paradigm.

B.) It is research that is focused on the trans-community, people who are intersex or people who are eunuchs

Rule 12: Subjects should be human or at least hominin.

Male_Studies is about sharing research on human men. However, we will accept studies about other [Male] hominid if the findings can reasonably be considered applicable to our understanding of human males.

Rule 13: No trolling.

Up to this point we have been very respectful and engaged to great conversation. But as we continue to grow as a sub, there are bound to be people who will try to troll us.

As a result, we are now going to hand out bans to trolls who harrass our members. Any attempt to troll people will be met with single warning. If the behavior persists, it will be met with a 30 day ban. If the trolling continues following the ban, the troll will be permanently banned.

Rule 14: Pre-published, unpublished or retracted works must be indicated as such.

Research that is in pre-publishing, unpublished or retracted MUST be indicated by adding the status of the article in [brackets] following the article title.

For example, if I have a study on Egg style preferences of boys that has been accepted but not published I would title the post Egg Cooking Style Preferences of boys aged 3-15 [Pre-publish]

No changes are required for regular published articles which have not been retracted. Since regular published works constitute 99.7% of what is posted here, I don't foresee this rule becoming terribly cumbersome.

Hopefully, these descriptions are clear. But if you want clarification, feel free to ask.