Raewyn Connell

Hegemonic Masculinity

The concept of hegemonic masculinity has influenced gender studies across many academic fields but has also attracted serious criticism. The authors trace the origin of the conc...

Masculinities and Globalization

Recent social science research has made important changes in our understanding of masculinities and men's gender practices, emphasizing the plurality and hierarchy of masculinit...

Globalization and Business Masculinities

The idea of “transnational business masculinity” is explored in life-history interviews with Australian managers. Their world is male-dominated but has a strong consciousness of...

Ruling Class, Ruling Culture

This is a study of the Australian ruling class - the main companies, the leading political groups and the links and conflicts among them. The author also analyses class inequali...

Masculinities, Change, and Conflict in Global Society: Thinking about the Future of Men's Studies

Contemporary men's studies arises from a history of debates about gender relations, men, and masculinities, yet represents a new departure based on social analysis of gender and...

Class, patriarchy, and Sartre's theory of practice

Theorising Gender

A social theory of gender is implied and required by current sexual politics. Its scope cannot be defined a priori, but can be defined practically by the reach of a network of a...

Gender Relations in Secondary Schooling

There is abundant evidence that inequality between women and men is a very general feature of Western education systems. Differential treatment and differential outcomes for bot...