TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Hierarchies of masculinity and lad culture on campus: "bad guys", "good guys", and complicit men
JO  - Men and masculinities
A1  - Jordan, Ana
A1  - Anitha, Sundari
A1  - Jameson, Jill
A1  - Davy, Zowie
SP  - 698
EP  - 720
VL  - 25
IS  - 5
N2  - Research on lad culture and gender-based violence (GBV) in student communities has examined hypermasculine gender performances, with little attention paid to hierarchies of masculinity. We explore lad culture by analysing qualitative, in-depth interviews with students. Our findings challenge simplistic constructions of ?good guys? as allies/protectors in opposition to hypermasculinised, deviant ?bad guys?. We demonstrate how such binary constructions are premised upon gendered norms of men-as-protectors/women-as-weak and bolster problematic hierarchies of masculinity. We also highlight the crucial role of complicit masculinity in maintaining GBV-tolerant cultures. Our research suggests academic understandings of lad culture could benefit from a more comprehensive picture of the relationship between masculinity/ies and campus GBV. By theorising complex negotiations of hegemonic masculinity in this context, the paper also advances conceptual debates around the promise/limitations of changing, ?softer? masculinities. Practice implications include rethinking how/whether prevention education can deploy ?softer? masculinities whilst avoiding reinstating gender hierarchies that ultimately scaffold GBV.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1097-184X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1097184X211064321
ID  - ref1
ER  -