The field of gender and disasters emerged from the notion that a disaster is a physically and socially constructed event. Recognition that women's position in society and the home increases vulnerabilities to disasters has led to the development and application of gender in disaster policy and practice over the last three decades. Gender research has been important to ensure women's needs are recognised and assistance provided in an appropriate manner within disaster contexts. However, ‘gender and disaster’ has become synonymous with the interests and concerns of women due to enduring structural inequalities that extend into disaster management. Drawing on sets of understandings about the body politic within social and political theory, which considers how the male body underpins sets of understandings about the ‘neutral’, idealised gender, this paper reviews how an inclusive understanding of gender and disasters may be developed through considering the strengths of, and challenges for, men. There has been limited analyses of the broader perceptions and personal experiences of men impacted by disasters. Therefore, expanding this scholarship through an analysis of masculinity will provide a foundation for understanding men's stories and experiences of disaster.

性别和灾难领域的出现源于这样的概念，即灾难是一种物理和社会构造的事件。过去三十年来，人们认识到妇女在社会和家庭中的地位增加了对灾害的脆弱性，这导致了性别在灾害政策和实践中的发展和应用。性别研究对于确保在灾害情况下适当认识到妇女的需求和提供援助至关重要。然而，由于持久的结构性不平等延伸到灾害管理中，“性别与灾难”已成为妇女利益和关切的代名词。利用社会政治理论中对政治身体的一系列理解，该理论考虑了男性身体如何支撑对“中性”，理想化性别的一系列理解，本文回顾了如何通过考虑男性的优势和挑战来发展对性别与灾难的包容性理解。对受灾男子的更广泛的看法和个人经验的分析有限。因此，通过对男性气质的分析来扩展该奖学金，将为理解男人的灾难故事和经历奠定基础。