This study examines how Israeli men who are army veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress and consequently participated in therapy engage “new masculinities” ideologies. Drawing from interview data with these veterans, we find changes in the men’s perceptions of masculinity and sense of themselves as men. They expressed this shift through criticisms of military masculinity and disassociating from the idea of man-as-fighter, disputing the sociocultural category of hegemonic masculinity, and performing practices identified as feminine. The men portrayed this movement, away from endorsing hegemonic military masculinity toward affirming “new masculinity” ideology rooted in therapeutic discourse, which emphasizes sensitivity, emotional disclosure, self-care, and seeking help, as intertwined with their mental recovery—and they attributed both to therapy. These findings suggest that new masculinity ideology embedded in therapeutic discourse, can offer men suffering from PTSS a template to reaffirm their status as men—although men of a different kind—and indicate the possibilities for therapy in this endeavor. However, while the men adopted new masculinity ideologies, they also conformed to hegemonic masculinity, constructing hybrid masculinities. The study joins growing evidence that hybrid masculinities may have positive effects in enabling men to overcome the limitations of hegemonic masculinity, while also conforming to its expectations more broadly and maintaining men’s power.

这项研究调查了身为退伍军人的以色列男性如何接受与战斗相关的创伤后压力并因此参与治疗的“新男子气概”意识形态。从对这些退伍军人的采访数据中，我们发现男性对男性气质的看法和作为男性的自我意识发生了变化。他们通过批评军事男子气概和脱离人为战士的观念，对霸权男子气概的社会文化范畴提出异议，以及被认定为女性的表演实践来表达这种转变。男人们描绘了这场运动，从认可霸权的军事男子气概转向肯定植根于治疗话语的“新男子气概”意识形态，强调敏感性、情感披露、自我照顾和寻求帮助，与他们的精神康复交织在一起——他们将两者都归因于治疗。这些发现表明，嵌入治疗话语中的新男性气质意识形态可以为患有 PTSS 的男性提供一个模板，以重申他们作为男性的地位——尽管男性是不同类型的——并表明在这一努力中进行治疗的可能性。然而，在男性接受新的男性气质意识形态的同时，他们也顺应了霸权男性气质，构建了混合男性气质。该研究加入了越来越多的证据，表明混合男性气质可能在使男性克服霸权男性气质的局限性方面产生积极影响，同时也更广泛地符合其期望并保持男性的权力。可以为患有 PTSS 的男性提供一个模板来重申他们作为男性的地位——尽管男性是不同的类型——并表明在这一努力中进行治疗的可能性。然而，在男性接受新的男性气质意识形态的同时，他们也顺应了霸权男性气质，构建了混合男性气质。该研究加入了越来越多的证据，表明混合男性气质可能在使男性克服霸权男性气质的局限性方面产生积极影响，同时也更广泛地符合其期望并保持男性的权力。可以为患有 PTSS 的男性提供一个模板来重申他们作为男性的地位——尽管男性是不同的类型——并表明在这一努力中进行治疗的可能性。然而，在男性接受新的男性气质意识形态的同时，他们也顺应了霸权男性气质，构建了混合男性气质。该研究加入了越来越多的证据，表明混合男性气质可能在使男性克服霸权男性气质的局限性方面产生积极影响，同时也更广泛地符合其期望并保持男性的权力。