Men account for approximately 75% of the one million annual suicide deaths worldwide. Emerging research indicates a link between suicide and men's active pursuit of hegemonic masculinity via emotional restriction. However, little is known of the continuum of suicidal men's emotional practice, and particularly how men mobilise emotions to actively pursue or resist hegemonic masculine ideals. This theorised life-history study aimed to explore the emotional lives of 18 Australian men who had attempted suicide. Findings indicate that men in this study experienced a range of emotions. However, during childhood, they learned that expressing emotions such as sadness reduced masculine standing, whereas expressing emotions such as anger through acts of violence could enhance masculine status. Although the gendering of emotions offered participants multiple avenues of action to pursue or contest masculine ideals, they remained vulnerable to suicide. For some men, it became impossible to conceal escalating feelings of distress. For other men, displays of anger and violence resulted in job loss, relationship breakdown or criminal conviction. Many participants indicated that suicide presented a means of ending painful emotions. Paradoxically, suicide could also become an alternative means of demonstrating masculinity, whereby the body became both the vehicle and object of violence.

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男子气概、情绪和男性自杀

在全世界每年 100 万的自杀死亡人数中，男性约占 75%。新兴研究表明，自杀与男性通过情感限制积极追求霸权男子气概之间存在联系。然而，人们对自杀男性的情感实践的连续性知之甚少，尤其是男性如何调动情感积极追求或抵制霸权男性理想。这项理论化的生活史研究旨在探索 18 名企图自杀的澳大利亚男性的情感生活。结果表明，这项研究中的男性经历了一系列情绪。然而，在童年时期，他们了解到表达悲伤等情绪会降低男性地位，而通过暴力行为表达愤怒等情绪可以提高男性地位。尽管情绪的性别化为参与者提供了多种行动途径来追求或挑战男性理想，但他们仍然容易自杀。对于一些男人来说，难以掩饰不断升级的痛苦感。对于其他男性，表现出愤怒和暴力会导致失业、关系破裂或刑事定罪。许多参与者表示，自杀是结束痛苦情绪的一种方式。矛盾的是，自杀也可能成为展示男子气概的另一种方式，从而使身体既成为暴力的载体又成为暴力的对象。关系破裂或刑事定罪。许多参与者表示，自杀是结束痛苦情绪的一种方式。矛盾的是，自杀也可能成为展示男子气概的另一种方式，从而使身体既成为暴力的载体又成为暴力的对象。关系破裂或刑事定罪。许多参与者表示，自杀是结束痛苦情绪的一种方式。矛盾的是，自杀也可能成为展示男子气概的另一种方式，从而使身体既成为暴力的载体又成为暴力的对象。