Last week, Thailand’s Queen Suthida made headline news after flying a Gripen fighter jet solo. Her historic achievement challenges long-held assumptions about women, technical competence and military authority, says Dr Stephen Whitehead...
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Men are increasingly discussed as though ‘masculinity’ is a single condition with a single problem. For Dr Stephen Whitehead, there are five masculinities, reflecting men responding very differently to profound changes in work, relationships and ageing
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In the second part of his examination of , Dr Stephen Whitehead argues that male social withdrawal affects families, employers and the stability of wider society.
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In the second part of his examination of , Dr Stephen Whitehead argues that male social withdrawal affects families, employers and the stability of wider society.
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A ‘crisis of masculinity’ or a rational response to the erosion of work, status, relationships and social structures through which masculinity has traditionally been performed? Sociologist Dr Stephen Whitehead answers.
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Another great piece by Dr Stephen Whitehead: What the rise of synthetic companionship reveals about men and women:
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Dr Stephen Whitehead talks to the British-born Buddhist teacher about masculinity in later life, from fathers, friendship and loneliness to desire and growing old:
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A symbol of Black achievement, Jason Arday later faced intense scrutiny before his death at just 41. Dr Stephen Whitehead argues that, whatever the legitimate questions surrounding his scholarship, the public reckoning lost sight of the human being:
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A 14-year-old boy’s killing of eight people in Thailand is the latest attack exposing, according to Dr Stephen Whitehead, a pattern of male violence linked to toxic masculinity. But like climate change, society repeatedly refuses to confront the underlying pattern.
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More Western men are travelling to Thailand in search of supposedly submissive partners. But are ‘passport bros’ mistaking emotional restraint for inner and unseen strength?
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More Western men are travelling to Thailand in search of supposedly submissive partners. But are ‘passport bros’ mistaking emotional restraint for inner and unseen strength?
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If AI companies are serious about reducing cultural bias, employing a resident sociologist is only the first step. Dr Stephen Whitehead explains how he would embed sociology to identify hidden assumptions before they become costly, embarrassing failures.
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As AI transforms work, geopolitical instability grows and trust declines, the all-knowing male leader is no longer fit for purpose. Dr Stephen Whitehead argues that healthier organisations need reflective, relational and accountable leadership. Link below.
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Pop star Sting suggests that the decline of manual labour is fuelling toxic masculinity. But, according to Dr Stephen Whitehead, the problem runs far deeper, rooted not in deindustrialisation but in centuries-old ideas about what it means to be a man:
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Modern women are independent, emotionally self-aware and unwilling to settle, but have men adapted to that reality? Dr Stephen Whitehead explores why so many women feel unheard and emotionally exhausted in modern relationships.
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