A look into the masculine bachelorhood
Historically society has placed more attention on the unmarried woman as opposed to the unmarried male, which is reflected in the lack of research on male bachelorhood. This paper presents an analysis of the reason that gives professional men of medium socioeconomic level of Mexico about his singlen...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2015 |
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repository: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/17874 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reflexiones/article/view/17874 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | soltería masculinidad pareja compromiso género singleness masculinity couple commitment gender |
| Summary: | Historically society has placed more attention on the unmarried woman as opposed to the unmarried male, which is reflected in the lack of research on male bachelorhood. This paper presents an analysis of the reason that gives professional men of medium socioeconomic level of Mexico about his singleness. We conducted a qualitative research, with semistructured interviews in seven participants between 32 and 49 years old. The data show that among the reasons to continue bachelor identifies three central arguments: the defense of freedom, the refusal to be economical provider, and the impact of loving rejections. Continued discussion if they are building new ways of being a man, if they can generate changes for the benefit of both genders, or his singleness be based on traditional stereotypes with modern dyes. |
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