Abstract
In this, the first investigation of inclusive masculinities among 18- to 19-year-old Czech students, the authors interviewed 19 participants from a rural part of the country. The purpose of this research was to identify attitudes of young, rural, Czech men toward homosexuality and examine for perceived generational difference compared to men who emerged under communism. Results showed evidence of inclusive masculinities for these rural youth based in three principal categories: (1) positive attitudes toward homosexuality; (2) openness to a bromance with a gay male (dependent on gender typicality); and (3) perceived generational differences in gay acceptance compared to their parents’ generation. Overall, results therefore show that young men in this rural part of Czechia are enacting more inclusive forms of masculinity than possible under communist rule.
Highlights
Borkowska (2018) has recently described masculinity studies occurring in three theoretical stages, of which the latest she describes as ‘Andersonian’ (p. 3)
Anderson’s (2009) theoretical model of explicating this level of masculinity comes through his notion of homohysteria which takes multiple variables into account in order to make predictions about what masculine behaviours and attitudes will be acceptable to adolescent youth
Anderson’s (2009) Inclusive Masculinity Theory has been used as a framework for the investigation of changing masculinities in multiple countries
Summary
Borkowska (2018) has recently described masculinity studies occurring in three theoretical stages, of which the latest she describes as ‘Andersonian’ (p. 3). Anderson’s (2009) theoretical model of explicating this level of masculinity comes through his notion of homohysteria which takes multiple variables into account in order to make predictions about what masculine behaviours and attitudes will be acceptable to adolescent youth. Part of this emerging body of inclusive masculinity research is focused on the relatively new term ‘bromance’, which describes a close relationship between two, usually. This study contributes to research in this area by examining the dynamics of men and masculinities in a formerly Eastern Bloc country, that of Czechia ( considered Central Europe), examining a small town, far from metropolitan areas
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