Due to changes in the economy and the growing sector of service jobs, more men are having to adjust to a less defined traditional male gender role and take on a variety of gender role characteristics in the workplace and family setting. this variation in the male gender role is best explained by which concept?

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Tori Copeland

9 November, 04:03

Due to changes in the economy and the growing sector of service jobs, more men are having to adjust to a less defined traditional male gender role and take on a variety of gender role characteristics in the workplace and family setting. this variation in the male gender role is best explained by which concept?

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Skylar Lopez · Answer 1

This concept can be explained by multiple masculinities. Multiple masculinities is part of the hegemonic masculinity which is part of R. W. Connellâ€™s gender order theory. This theory recognizes that there are multiple masculinities that vary across time, culture, and the individual.