The Men's Directory : A World Directory of Research and Resources

D. Janssen

In late 2007 no definitive research guide existed for the burgeoning field of men and masculinities studies. This was surprising given the one-and-a-half decade of scholarly commentary on men-as-men, and after a decade of thematic extension and diversification in men's health studies (gay-affirmative psychotherapy, transgender care, Aging Male Syndrome and andropause, to name a few areas). Research guides nowadays tend to be scattered across the internet which arguably has played an important role in facilitating "men's studies" as a social scientific elaboration of 1980s "men's movement" initiatives. Only some vestiges of movement still remain, and today most initiatives dedicated to men as an entitled group self-identify in terms of public education and resource centers. Not limited to "men's studies" this directory seeks to cover all research areas specific and dedicated to boys, men and masculinities. It has, in short, a double purview of male sex and masculine gender, however without insisting on any necessary form of "correspondence." The Men's Directory (TMD) provides short identification of materials, events, organizations, and a variety of grass roots initiatives that are aimed at the production, distribution or monitoring of information on men/boys, men's/boys' genders, male health, and male masculinities. With paragraph 7.3.1. Homosexualities.