The purpose of the study was to be able to illustrate men´s vulnerability to violence in close relationships, to see what support there is and the significance the professionals have for the vulnerable men. The methodological starting points that are central to the study are hermeneutic qualitative approaches, where semi-structured interviews have been conducted. In total, six people have been interviewed who have worked in some form with vulnerable men. The study is based on social constructionism and exit theory. The results of the study indicate that violence against men in close relationships is prevalent but that there is unrecorded. The result also shows the important role of the professionals in the treatment work and that the presence and commitment of the professionals is of great importance for an individual´s change process. It can be seen that there is a difference in which violence is most prevalent depending on what activities the professionals work on and that there is a difference in legislation depending which gender is exposed to violence in today's society. The Conclusion of the study indicates that it is an important subject to work against and lift and that the professional role of the professionals is important for the vulnerable men.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The objective of this research was the perception of the masculinity role model which is predominant in the content from Men s Health Brazil magazine and how it is transmitted through such content. Considering the increasing segmentation of the magazine market and the rising number of vehicles that approach the issue of body and health, this publication is presented in a different way as it escapes from the traditional model for men s magazines once it grasps a series of elements which, after analysis, have been identified as components of a construction script for an ideal masculinity model, cast by a quite clear view of what a healthy and successful man should be like (in his personal and social life). With the slogan Living better is easy , the publication guides the construction of its readers masculinity based on truth-speeches mainly legitimated in the sphere of scientific knowledge (such as researches from different universities and the collaboration of professionals from various areas in the elaboration of articles), instructing its readers in several areas from the male experience, from body care and its figure to their everyday living with women and other men. In shaping this ideal model of being a man, Men s Health also brings a series of values on what it is to be a man, which concern the necessity of being virile, competitive, healthy, good in bed , independent and owner of their world. Notwithstanding all of these aspects hold a close approximation to elements that have already been approached by gender theory as belonging to the patriarchal masculinity model. Through the theoretical productions of Michel Foucault on discipline, norm and body and from the complementing to his theory proposed by Anthony Giddens, which is about the reflexive identity embodiment, I have sought to understand how the magazine elaborates its speech in a way that it shapes the reader into a worldwide accepted standard (once this publication is available in several countries) in relation to a hegemonic masculinity. The latter, on its own, as proposed by Robert/Raewyn Connell, is constructed through processes of socialization of the access to means of communication, which exhibit a masculinity that is stated in the differentiation of other masculinity assortments, in the case of Men s Health, the masculinity of men who do not fit in the physical model advertised by the magazine. / O objetivo desta pesquisa foi a percepção do modelo de masculinidade predominante no conteúdo da revista Men s Health Brasil e como este é transmitido através de seu conteúdo. Diante da crescente segmentação do mercado de revistas e o crescimento do número de veículos que abordam a questão do corpo e da saúde, esta publicação apresenta-se de maneira diferenciada, na medida em que escapa ao modelo tradicional da revista masculina, uma vez que traz em seu conteúdo uma série de elementos que, após análise, identifiquei como componentes de um roteiro de construção de um modelo de masculinidade ideal, formado por uma visão bastante clara do que um homem saudável e bem-sucedido (na vida pessoal e social) deve ser. Sob o slogan Viver melhor é fácil , a publicação orienta, com base em discursos-verdade legitimados principalmente na esfera do conhecimento científico (como pesquisas de universidades diversas e participação de profissionais de diversas áreas na elaboração das matérias), a construção da masculinidade de seus leitores, esclarecendo-os em diversas áreas da experiência masculina, desde o cuidado do corpo e sua formatação até o seu convívio com mulheres e outros homens. Na lapidação deste modelo ideal de ser homem, Men s Health traz também uma série de valores acerca do que é ser homem, os quais concernem à necessidade de ser viril, competitivo, saudável, bom de cama , independente e controlador de seu mundo. Não por coincidência, todos esses aspectos guardam forte aproximação com elementos já abordados pela teoria de gênero como pertencentes ao modelo patriarcal de masculinidade. Através das produções teóricas de Michel Foucault sobre disciplina, norma e corpo e da complementação à sua teoria proposta por Anthony Giddens, que trata da corporificação identitária reflexiva, busquei compreender como a revista em questão elabora seu discurso de forma a moldar seu leitor a uma norma aceita mundialmente (uma vez que a publicação está presente em diversos países) relativa a uma masculinidade hegemônica. Esta, por sua vez, como propõe Robert/Raewyn Connell, é construída através de processos de socialização do acesso aos meios de comunicação, que demonstram uma masculinidade que se afirma na diferenciação de outros arranjos de masculinidade, no caso de Men s Health, de masculinidades dos homens que não se encaixam no modelo físico propagandeado pela revista.

Goal of this master's thesis is to analyse offer and consumer behaviour on men's grooming market in Czech republic with primary focus on the men's skin care subcategory. Considering the analysis of consumer behaviour the main aim is to discover main motivations linked with usage and refusal of men's skin care products and verification of defined hypothesis. First part of this thesis contains explanation of theoretical terms, history of men's grooming, characterization of global and european men's grooming market. Second part of the thesis focuses on men's grooming market in Czech republic. First, general characteristic of the market is provided and then the offer on the czech market with men's skin care is analysed. In the final part consumer behaviour is examined. For this cause secondary and primary sources were used including the MML-TGI database and questionnaire.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-13T14:10:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 etica_e_comunicacao_prazeres.pdf: 9971824 bytes, checksum: cbe15af3ca84a1741a8d8f21867db0ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-26 / Our object is composed by the discourses contained in two Brazilian magazines: Men s Health and Nova. We approach the object through a transversal dialogue between the communication and social sciences fields and the philosophy of Michel Foucault. From this perspective, we suggest as a theoretical proposition that mass media influences its receptors subjective constitutions an influence upon the constitution of their individual self. This influence operates mainly through norms : internalized rules that guide the individuals in a natural-like fashion Men s Health and Nova, publications with prescriptive contents, are part of this operation. The norm, however, is not inescapable: Foucault offers an alternative to its objective restriction of our subjective identities: the dimension of ethics, an existential dimension in which we create our own selves through a free self-reflected intellectual exercise. After establishing our theoretical premises, we thoroughly investigate the way through which the magazines discourses operate (analyzing 6 issues of each one of them), defining what we called their physiology . Our aim is to answer the following problem: is there, in the reception of the discourses contained in these magazines, an ethical dimension? For that we interviewed 21 receptors, to find out that they conduct their lives in a complex power play that is strongly established upon norms, either to affirm or deny them. Men s Health and Nova operate along with many other social instances in a regime where its receptors think themselves based on pre-established criteria, where ephemeral pleasures are desired by some and criticized by all, while the ideal of eternal love is also a unanimous intention. At the same time, all value a specific kind of healthy body that is, at the same time, beautiful and sexy. None of that, though, is perceived though an exercise of self-reflection, free pondering. In other words, none of that comes from an ethical dimension / Este trabalho tem por objeto a recepção dos discursos das revistas Men s Health e Nova. Abordamos o objeto a partir de um diálogo transversal entre os campos da comunicação, ciências sociais e a filosofia do francês Michel Foucault. Nessa perspectiva, propomos como pressuposto teórico a influência dos meios de comunicação sobre a constituição subjetiva de seus receptores, ou seja, a influência sobre a maneira como eles pensam sobre si próprios e se caracterizam seres donos de seus eus . Essa influência opera fundamentalmente por meio de normas, ou seja, regras internalizadas nos indivíduos à guisa de natureza Men s Health e Nova, publicações cujos discursos são prescritivos e normativos, fazem parte dessa conjuntura. A norma, no entanto, não é inescapável: Foucault propõe um caminho, uma resistência, uma dimensão livre de constituição da própria subjetividade: a ética. Deitadas essas bases, analisamos os discursos de 6 edições de cada revista, identificando um fio condutor, uma fisiologia desses discursos. O objetivo final do trabalho é responder ao seguinte problema: existe, na recepção dos discursos de Men s Health e Nova, a possibilidade de uma dimensão ética, ou seja, de uma dimensão de livre constituição da própria subjetividade? Para isso, fomos a campo, entrevistando em profundidade 21 receptores (homens no caso de Men s Health, mulheres no caso de Nova). Constatamos, a partir dos relatos dos entrevistados, que a condução de suas vidas se dá num complexo jogo em que as normas servem de apoio, seja na afirmação ou negação de suas ações. Men s Health e Nova operam junto com diversas outras instâncias sociais num regime em que seus receptores se percebem e se refletem no mundo a partir de critérios préestabelecidos, onde prazeres fugazes são praticados por muitos e mal vistos por todos, enquanto amores eternos são, também, intenção unânime. Ao mesmo tempo, todos valorizam um tipo específico de corpo saudável, que é ao mesmo tempo belo e sedutor valorização que identificamos na forma de intenção ou de conduta, propriamente. Nada disso, entretanto, dentro de uma auto-reflexão, de uma ponderação livre, de uma dimensão ética, enfim.

This thesis is concerned with the men and their identity in modern society. Introductory chapter is dealing with issue of male identity, its evolution from childhood, and finding the heart of today's crisis, as many call it. Further it makes us acquainted with the areas of family, employment and society, and with the roles and status of male sex there. The main aim of the thesis is to present a picture of a man in various spheres of life and his male identity. I was interested how men themselves cope with new roles and demands that society and women poses on them. The part of thesis is empirical research that occupies with the attitudes of men and women to their traditional family and working roles that are influenced by persisting gender stereotypes.

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This essay explores men´s relationship to training through a phenomenological understanding of bodily comfort and orientation. This is done by a survey performed with three men who identified themselves as feminist and continuingly exercise their bodies. The phenomenological understanding is then broadened by coupling the men's experiences to contemporary research on masculinity. By employing theories surrounding Sara Ahmed's view on phenomenology and Raewyn Connell's hegemonic masculinity, the essay shows that the men's bodily comfort and orientation is affected by the fact that they exercise. Through their training they construct bodies that in some aspects correlates with the conception of being in form, being fit. It also correlates with normative conceptions of masculine bodies. The conception of the fit body and masculinity is also explored through a view on norms of society. The feeling of incorporating social norms increases the men's bodily comfort, and give them a sense of being in control of their bodies. That they identified as feminist shows that they have an ambivalent relationship to their practitioner.

This sociological thesis has focus om men´s violence against women, both general and domestic. My aim is to examine how the Swedish court system portrays women as victims and men as offenders in cases with men´s violence against women. I also have a special focus on the perspective of the construction of gender. I executed the thesis by using two qualitive methods; thematic content analysis and observations. The empirical material consisted mainly of court case documents but also of the field notes I took during the observations of two court hearings. My theoretical framework consists of the gender system by Yvonne Hirdman (2003) which mainly describes the different societal positions of power men and women possess and what consequences it has. I’ve also used a victim discourse which examines how victims are expected to act, and react, in connection to be a victim of crime. The thesis showed that the court system in my material maintains stereotypical gender norms regarding the theory of the gender system. It showed considerations based on men´s superior positions and women´s subordinate positions according to the same system. It also showed that the female victims are expected to react according to what the court system see suitable; which in my analyzed cases meant a display of the correct feelings. If the correct feelings were not present, it could affect the outcome of the trial.

Introdução: No Brasil, verifica-se maior mortalidade masculina em, praticamente, todas as idades e para quase a totalidade das causas. Objetivo: Estimar e descrever a tendência da mortalidade masculina, entre 1979 e 2007, em três capitais de estados brasileiros, São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ) e Porto Alegre (RS), segundo faixa etária, local de residência e causa básica de morte. Material e método: As populações de estudo referem-se aos contingentes de residentes em São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro e Porto Alegre, nos triênios, 1979/1981, 1990/1992, 1999/2001 e 2005/2007 e aos respectivos óbitos. As fontes de dados foram IBGE e Sistemas de Informações em Saúde do Ministério da Saúde. As localidades foram selecionadas por, reconhecidamente, apresentarem adequada qualidade das informações necessárias. Calcularam-se coeficientes de mortalidade gerais (brutos e padronizados) e específicos, médios para os triênios. Foram feitas comparações entre os indicadores, no tempo e no espaço. Resultados: Verificou-se, no período e nas três capitais, declínio da proporção de crianças e de jovens e tendência crescente da proporção de pessoas de 60 anos e mais de idade. Até os 24 anos, homens predominaram na população; a partir daí, já se observaram maiores participações femininas e razões de sexos cada vez mais baixas, evidenciando, entre idosos, alta presença de mulheres, fato associado à elevada mortalidade masculina (coeficientes padronizados, respectivamente, no início e fim da série temporal, de 11,9 e 9,4 óbitos por mil homens, em São Paulo; de 12,7 e 9,8 óbitos por mil homens, no Rio de Janeiro e de 12,1 e 9,5 mortes por mil homens, em Porto Alegre). Notou-se acometimento intenso de homens jovens pelas causas externas, cujos coeficientes específicos, para homens de 20 a 24 anos, foram, em 1979/1981 e 2005/2007, respectivamente, de 163,8 e 165,8 por cem mil homens paulistas; de 241 e 336,2 por cem mil, no Rio de Janeiro, e de 144,1 e 236,1 por cem mil, em Porto Alegre. Ao longo da série, as causas externas apresentaram grande estimativa de risco de morte masculina, sendo que, em 2005/2007, foram a primeira causa de morte em homens até a idade de 40 a 44 anos, em São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro; em Porto Alegre, manteve a primeira posição até a faixa de 30 a 34 anos. Após, em quase todos os grupos etários seguintes, as doenças do aparelho circulatório aparecem como a principal causa de morte e, as neoplasias passam à segunda posição entre as mais importantes causas de morte masculina. Considerações finais: As localidades evidenciam características de cidades em vias de desenvolvimento, com redução da fecundidade, aumento da longevidade e conseqüente envelhecimento populacional. As estimativas do elevado risco de morrer de homens tornam clara sua vulnerabilidade em adultos jovens, acometimento intenso das mortes violentas; a partir dos 35 anos, as doenças crônicas e degenerativas se destacam. A intensidade com que estes eventos ocorrem, entre homens, demanda ações que possibilitem redução dos índices de mortalidade por causas preveníveis e evitáveis, eliminando comportamentos de risco e adoção de hábitos de vida saudáveis. Diante disso, haverá aumento da sua esperança de vida e redução das diferenças entre mortalidade feminina e masculina / Introduction: In Brazil, there is a higher male mortality in almost all ages and causes. Objective: To estimate and describe the trend in male mortality, between 1979 and 2007, in three State Capitals, São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and Porto Alegre (RS), according to age, place of residence and underlying cause of death. Methods: The study populations refer to the residents in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre, in the periods, 1979/1981, 1990/1992, 1999/2001 and 2005/2007, and their deaths. The data sources were Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and Information System in Health of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. These cities were selected because, admittedly, they have an appropriate quality of death information. Overall (crude and standardized) and specific mortality coefficients were calculated (average for the triennium). Comparisons were done in time and space. Results: There was, in the period, reduction in the proportion of children and youth, and growing trend in the proportion of older people (60 years and above). Up to 24 years, men predominate in the population; it has been observed higher female participation and gender ratios ever lower, showing among the elderly, high presence of women. This fact is associated with high male mortality (standardized coefficients, respectively, at the beginning and end of the series, from 11.9 to 9.4 deaths per thousand men in São Paulo, from 12.7 to 9.8 deaths per thousand men in Rio de Janeiro and 12.1 to 9, 5 deaths per thousand men in Porto Alegre). It was noted, specifically, intense involvement of young men and external causes, whose specific rates for ages 20 to 24, were in 1979/191 and 2005/2007, respectively, 163.8 and 165.8 deaths per hundred thousand men from São Paulo, 241 and 336.2 per hundred thousand in Rio de Janeiro, and 144.1 and 236.1 per hundred thousand men in Porto Alegre. Throughout the series, these causes were responsible for large risk estimates of male death, and in 2005/2007, this group was the leading cause of death in men until the age group 40 to 44 years in Sao Paulo and Rio Janeiro. In Porto Alegre, it maintained the first position until ages 30 to 34 years. After that, almost in all age groups, deaths by circulatory system diseases appear as the main cause; cancer came in the second position among the most important causes of male deaths. Conclusion: These capitals show features of a developing city, with reduced fertility, increased longevity and consequent trending to an aging population. Estimates of the men high risk of dying make clear their vulnerability as young adults, in intense involvement in violent deaths; after 35 years, chronic and degenerative diseases stand out. The intensity with which these events occur demand actions that should reduces the mortality rates of preventable diseases, reduce the mens risky behaviors. It is necessary that men try to adopt healthier lifestyles habits, thus increasing life expectancy and reducing the differences between female and male mortalities

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2016-08-17T16:23:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcela Olivieri.pdf: 1217846 bytes, checksum: 6268b7ab76dac68602b9e9becd7dbff1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T16:23:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcela Olivieri.pdf: 1217846 bytes, checksum: 6268b7ab76dac68602b9e9becd7dbff1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-17 / Prostate cancer is the 6th most common type of cancer worldwide and the 2nd most prevalent in Brazil so precocious diagnosis in the early stages can reduce its morbidity and mortality rates. Gender conceptions represent an important contribution to understanding of the cultural barriers of men to carry out the preventive examination, especially the digital rectal examination. Therefore, to reveal what men think and feel about the preventive examination will be able to subsidize new educative approaches regarding the adoption of preventive examinations. This study had as the main goal to investigate the social representations of men who search the Bus of the Men (Ônibus do Homem) about prostate cancer prevention. Twelve men were interviewed during the medical consultation carried by the Bus of the Men that goes through different neighborhoods of Sorocaba city in the state of São Paulo. The data collection was made by recorded oral interview gathering opinions, feelings and reasons for the adoption or refusal of the prostate cancer preventive examinations by the interviewees, as well as adoption and sociodemographic question form offered by the mobile unit. The interviews were organized according to a collective subject speech, and for the data analysis and interpretation a content analysis was used, subject area analysis mode. The results have shown that 41,7% of the participants go through preventive examinations regularly. The most quoted barrier to the digital rectal examinations were sexism, embarrassment and prejudice. The most quoted reasons to adopt the examination were the importance of prevention and maintenance as well as media influence. In order to have more men adopting the prevention the following was suggested: prostate cancer counseling to the resistant, dissemination of information about prevention and the silent evolution of cancer, demystification and recruiting / O câncer de próstata é o sexto tipo de câncer mais comum no mundo e o segundo mais prevalente no Brasil. Por isso a detecção precoce dos estágios iniciais pode reduzir taxas de morbidade e mortalidade. As concepções de gênero representam uma importante contribuição ao entendimento das barreiras culturais dos homens para a realização do exame preventivo, sobretudo o toque retal. Portanto desvelar o que os homens pensam e sentem sobre o exame preventivo do câncer de próstata poderá subsidiar novas abordagens educativas com vistas à adesão aos exames preventivos. O estudo teve como objetivo investigar, em homens que procuram o Ônibus do Homem, suas representações sociais sobre a prevenção do câncer de próstata. Foram entrevistados doze homens durante os atendimentos efetuados pelo Ônibus do Homem, que percorre diferentes bairros do município de Sorocaba, estado de São Paulo. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevista oral gravada, buscando captar opiniões, sentimentos e motivos da adesão ou recusa dos entrevistados aos exames preventivos do câncer de próstata, além da aplicação de formulário sobre dados sociodemográficos e de adesão aos exames oferecidos pela unidade móvel. Os depoimentos foram organizados conforme a técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Para análise e interpretação dos dados foi utilizada a análise de conteúdo, modalidade de análise temática. Os resultados mostraram que 41,7% dos participantes realizam exames preventivos regularmente. As barreiras à realização do toque retal mais citadas foram o machismo, a vergonha e o preconceito; os indutores da adesão mais relatados foram a importância da prevenção, da manutenção do corpo, do exame para a prevenção, e a influência da mídia. Para que mais homens realizem a prevenção, foi sugerido: aconselhamento sobre o câncer de próstata aos resistentes, divulgação sobre a importância da prevenção e a evolução silenciosa do câncer, desmistificação e chamada para o exame, acesso a muita informação