ABSTRACT
As men who also identify as feminists, we try to articulate how men can combat patriarchy on an everyday basis! To do so, we must understand masculinities, the positive kinds and the toxic kinds, and what we can do about them as activists, researchers, teachers, sons, husbands, brothers, friends, and socially just-oriented humans. To help prepare us for this theoretically informed, but action-oriented tasks, we detail the historical and disciplinary roots of the study of masculinity and the tensions and challenges in deploying this theoretical framework. Next, we detail three projects to illustrate the theory “in action,” and how the study of masculinity fits into the emerging fourth wave of feminism. Finally, we end with a call to others, to consider so much unfinished business for understanding how masculinity and the critical research on men can offer a part of the solution for creating a more gender-equitable world.
