New Study Confirms Stigmatization of Men in Canadian Society (March 29, 2018) - Canadian Association for Equality

ThirdTurnip · 2018-04-01T10:42:22+00:00

A supervisor accused “Derek” of being sexually interested in her. He protested that he only wanted friendship, and she was placated only after he explained he is “gay.” This sequence had happened to him previously. He said he resents the need to disclose his sexual orientation to be believed on such matters by women.

I've faced that one - except I didn't tell her I was gay. I naively thought I had the right to say no.

But I was actually told by one staff member (in the Social Work department) that I should have told her. As if every horny woman who can't take no for an answer has the right to personal details like that.

I could not make her understand that she was wrong - that I'm not obliged to share information like that with anyone. That no should be sufficient.

Instead, by not telling her I was gay, I'd somehow brought her transparently malicious complaint of sexual harassment on myself. After she had explicitly threatened me in writing via email for refusing to date her.

“Abused” estimated that “sixty to seventy percent of the (social work) course in which he enrolled was based on radical feminist ideology.”

I didn't take any social work courses but I was told by one of my tutors that this is what it's like.

azazelcrowley · 2018-04-01T20:01:51+00:00

Although the concept of stigma had previously been used to examine the place of various minority populations and women in society, it had not been previously applied to men.

GEE. Almost like they were prejudging the situation based on spurious, misandrist, and dogmatic ideological assertions rather than researching it. "World's flat, no need to check. Hey look, there's no evidence for the world not being flat, that proves us right." Feminist logic.

throwaway59232 · 2018-04-03T21:58:32+00:00

Because the sample size was small, it could be that only a certain subset of men are prone to such stigmatization.

Of course, I’m sure physically unattractive, quiet, socially awkward men are no more likely to be branded creeps than any other subset of the male population, because everyone knows women aren’t mean and shallow like that. /s

tenchineuro · 2018-04-01T10:36:11+00:00

In this study, stigma was defined as a general imputation of character rendering the stigmatized unfit for particular sorts of social interactions. The research explored the experiences of 16 Canadian heterosexual, homosexual and transsexual men. Although the concept of stigma had previously been used to examine the place of various minority populations and women in society, it had not been previously applied to men.

All participants in this research experienced instances where it was assumed that they were a threat to others or irresponsible and incapable with respect to family responsibilities. As a result, they were judged as unfit in their roles as parents or as employees in specific occupations. These judgments were made without any investigation into their actual parenting or work practices.

"of 16 Canadian heterosexual, homosexual and transsexual men." This is a very small, and somewhat odd study group. And why would TS men, who are really women share this stigma?

Robertson cautioned that while the study sample was diverse, it is possible that the stigma experienced does not apply to all men but to some, as yet unidentified, subset of men. He suggested that further quantitative research into the extent of this form of stigma is needed.

Say what?

“This research reinforces the experiences of the hundreds of men that have reached out to us for help in family court, in accessing mental health services and in their professional lives,” said Justin Trottier, who manages the Canadian Centre for Men and Families, a men’s social service facility with operations in Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary. “Men face stigma, but so do men and women who perform research in this underexplored area. Dr. Robertson deserves credit for this courageous and ground-breaking work. Our charity will aim to use his findings to help us better support men and families in our community.”

Title	New Study Confirms Stigmatization of Men in Canadian Society (March 29, 2018) - Canadian Association for Equality
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