Most citations to “hegemonic masculinity” focus on gender ideals and men’s attempts to justify domination. Few scholars have tested the theory that masculinity can be hegemonic in effect by gaining the overt consent of others to their domination. We specify this largely untested theory and use data from a pilot study of middle-age men for our demonstration of how to operationalize and recognize hegemony. We argue that scholars will find that effect at intersections of gender and other inequalities such as age. We show that, in their discussion of linked ideals of gender and age, three respondents mention domination of older men by younger men, and then both consent to that domination and accept personal responsibility for forestalling it through regimens of fitness, productivity, and health. We call for further research on the hegemony of masculinity via study of intersections of gender with such understudied inequities as age.

对“霸权男性气概”的大多数引用都集中在性别理想和男人为称霸统治的尝试上。很少有学者检验过这样的理论，即男子气概可以通过获得他人对其统治的公开同意而实际上是霸权。我们详细说明了这一未经检验的理论，并使用来自中年男性的初步研究数据来证明如何实现和承认霸权。我们认为，学者将在性别与其他不平等现象（例如年龄）的交集中发现这种影响。我们显示，在对性别和年龄相关联的理想进行讨论时，三名受访者提到了年轻男子对老年男子的统治，然后他们都同意这种统治，并承担通过健身，生产力和健康养护方案来阻止这种统治的个人责任。