In this commentary on “A Relational-Cultural Framework for Promoting Healthy Masculinities” (Di Bianca & Mahalik, 2022), I suggest that healthy masculinities may benefit from considering other factors than hegemonic masculinity. Borrowing the concept of mosaic masculinities, I argue that many men do not view hegemonic masculinity as an aspirational ideal. They create other ideals for themselves by using elements of hegemonic masculinity that they value and that they can attain. Some men may create mosaics of ideals that they use as north stars to guide who they would like to be and how they would like others to view them. To illustrate this point, I cite and discuss research on African American men’s masculinities, and use the concept of intersectionality to discuss why and how this approach to promoting healthy masculinities may be advantageous. I argue that integrating the concept of manhood would also add important texture to the ideals that men have. This alternative perspective also is relationally constructed and it centers a more heterogeneous array of cultural factors that give masculinities meaning and that shape the implications of masculinities for health and well-being.

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“健康的男子气概是马赛克”：Di Bianca 和 Mahalik 的评论 (2022)。

在这篇关于“促进健康男性气质的关系文化框架”（Di Bianca & Mahalik，2022 年）的评论中，我建议健康的男性气质可能受益于考虑霸权男性气质以外的其他因素。借用马赛克男性气质的概念，我认为许多男人并不认为霸权男性气质是一种理想的理想。他们通过使用他们看重并且可以获得的霸权男子气概的元素为自己创造其他理想。有些人可能会创造出他们作为北极星使用的理想马赛克来指导他们想成为什么样的人以及他们希望别人如何看待他们。为了说明这一点，我引用并讨论了关于非裔美国男性男子气概的研究，并使用交叉性的概念来讨论这种促进健康男性气质的方法为什么以及如何可能是有利的。我认为整合男子气概的概念也会为男人的理想增添重要的质感。这种另类观点也是相关构建的，它集中了一系列更加异质的文化因素，这些文化因素赋予男性气质意义，并塑造男性气质对健康和福祉的影响。