We present a conceptual framework for relational interventions focused on helping boys and men navigate harmful socialization occurring in U.S. dominant culture, one which upholds a restrictive image of manhood that gives rise to health problems and social injustice. Drawing from relational-cultural theory, we frame the crises linked to hegemonic masculine socialization as shaped by interpersonal and sociocultural disconnections that keep boys and men in rigid confines of what is expected of “real men,” which are detrimental to their well-being and operate to maintain oppression and violence. To work against the relational and societal ways that hegemonic masculinity is taught and reinforced, we view boys’ and men’s experiences in connection with others and in community as the central context in which healthy masculinities develop. Experiences in growth-fostering relationships of empathy, mutuality, and empowerment can help boys and men reject hegemonic relational dynamics and promote human capacities for vulnerability, connection, and compassion into healthy and flexible ways of being men in the world. We view these relational experiences as critical to prevention, health promotion, and social change efforts at the social, community, and systems levels. To that end, we offer recommendations for interventions to engage boys and men in collectively dismantling hegemonic masculinity and developing healthy masculinities.

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促进健康男子气概的关系文化框架。

我们提出了一个关系干预的概念框架，重点是帮助男孩和男人驾驭美国主流文化中发生的有害社会化，这种社会化支持一种限制性的男子气概形象，这种形象会导致健康问题和社会不公正。借鉴关系文化理论，我们将与霸权男性社会化相关的危机构建为由人际和社会文化脱节形成的危机，这种脱节使男孩和男人严格限制在“真正的男人”所期望的范围内，这不利于他们的幸福和运作以维持压迫和暴力。为了反对教授和强化霸权男子气概的关系和社会方式，我们将男孩和男人与他人和社区联系起来的经历视为健康男子气概发展的核心环境。促进同理心、相互性和赋权关系的成长经验可以帮助男孩和男人拒绝霸权的关系动态，并促进人类在脆弱、联系和同情方面的能力，以健康和灵活的方式成为世界上的男人。我们认为这些关系经验对于社会、社区和系统层面的预防、健康促进和社会变革努力至关重要。为此，我们提供干预措施建议，让男孩和男性参与共同消除霸权男子气概和发展健康的男子气概。我们认为这些关系经验对于社会、社区和系统层面的预防、健康促进和社会变革努力至关重要。为此，我们提供干预措施建议，让男孩和男性参与共同消除霸权男子气概和发展健康的男子气概。我们认为这些关系经验对于社会、社区和系统层面的预防、健康促进和社会变革努力至关重要。为此，我们提供干预措施建议，让男孩和男性参与共同消除霸权男子气概和发展健康的男子气概。