Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

The persuasive power of storytelling in the current media universe presents the receiver as the most important objective of all kinds of stories, which seek the positioning of a brand. This article, related as a storytelling, exposes the experiences of a storyteller and researcher, Emerson, who, as the author's alter ego, recounts the self-reflection experiences that have been necessary for the creation of stories that seek to awaken emotions, thoughts and actions of receptors. However, Emerson first requires persuading himself. Seek in him his deepest convictions and values ​​about what he narrates. He seeks to hunt the receiver from the sincerity of his heart. The subtext contains above all an ethical message about the responsibility involved in telling stories that will influence the behavior of others, in the midst of a toxic media universe contaminated by the vanity of hunting at all costs the attention of an unsuspecting receiver. , with bland and irresponsible content with the improvement of the quality of life of people and society. 

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Never in Spain’s history have sexual minorities enjoyed the current rights. However, LGBTIphobic rhetoric displayed by extreme-right activism threats the gains made. An online survey among LGBTI+ people between 16 and 29 years was conducted. 152 people answered. Results show that Spanish LGBTI+ youth is mostly prone to activism, they were quite informed about legal initiatives and they mostly think that LGBTI+ people continue to suffer discrimination, the group of friends and peers appears to be the safest context and teachers seem to fail on the duty of help LGBTI+ young people. Additionally, LGBTI+ young people often use inclusive language, especially in casual context, and they seek referents in social media, where they follow influencers who openly declared themselves part of the LGBTI+ collective. The study serves as an example of the changing cultural and political practices of non-cis-hetero youth in a society moving fast towards equality but attending the raising of regressive movements.

This article explores pro-feminist podcasting as an emergent approach to engaging men and boys in gender justice. In recent years, an increasing number of podcasts have surfaced which implicitly or explicitly espouse pro-feminist praxis. However, scholarship in this area remains underexamined. This article seeks to move the literature forward by 1) situating pro-feminist podcasting within the wider multi-disciplinary literatures on critical podcasting pedagogies; 2) sharing examples from the current landscape of English-language pro-feminist podcasts; and 3) discussing the potential benefits, challenges, and risks of this approach. In doing so, this article considers how pro-feminist podcasts have the potential to expand men’s engagement efforts to wider audiences, provide new accessible entry points, and help facilitate ways to bring together and mobilise groups of pro-feminist men. However, there are several challenges and tensions involved in pro-feminist podcasting - as is the case with other forms of engaging men and pro-feminist allyship - which demonstrate that this work should be undertaken with care, ongoing reflexivity, and accountability. Overall, this article seeks to start a conversation about the potential of podcasting in the field of engaging men and boys and to draw attention to the need for further work and research in this area.

This paper analyzes the actions of social organizations oriented to the deconstruction of hegemonic masculinities in Colombia, from theoretical elements of Gender Studies and Collective Action; the research was qualitative-interpretative, developing participant observation in five collective initiatives and semi-structured interviews with members and leaders of these spaces; the results describe the process of self-identification with a male-Otherness that distances from the hegemonic pattern, and it is pointed out that non-formal education, Popular Education, performative initiatives, political incidence and the creation of social networks, are the prevalent political-methodological strategies; the  thematic axes are related to sexual and reproductive rights, violence against women, the resignification of masculine identity and the anti-militarist approach in which the political commitment goes from the transformation of microsocial practices towards the structural conditions implied.

This report analyzes the meanings that boys and girls have on the configuration of masculinity (s) expressed through feminist children's literature. A qualitative grounded theory design with emergent cut based on symbolic interactionism was used. Five girls and five boys between the ages of eight and ten took part in the research and were interviewed after reading four feminist children's stories. Analysis highlighting that some gender stereotypes related to appearance and behavior are maintained and that positions of power in gender social relations were evoked. In the stories there is an admiration for heroic and powerful male figures, who have the need to act decisively because this becomes a crucial way of positioning themselves to be recognized in society as a man. The meaning of masculinity is understood as a recognition with transformations and variability, especially with regard to emotional expression, the need for control and demonstration; an initial sense of respect for individual configurations of masculinity is identified.

Chronic disease conditions can degrade men physically and psychologically which has the effect of making men is not being able to meet social demands about masculinity (ideal self-image for men). This study aimed to develop a conceptual understanding of the dilemmas that occur in men with chronic diseases in carrying out social roles. This was a qualitative meta-synthesis to examine critically all relevant previous qualitative studies. A systematic search strategy was carried out by involving four academic databases: CINAHL, Scopus, ProQuest and Wiley Online Library. Searches were conducted for studies published between 2015 to 2020. Sixteen articles that met the criteria were used in the study. Four themes of the social role dilemmas among men with chronic diseases were constructed: (1) Dilemma of the role of men as father; (2) Dilemma of the role of men as husband; (3) Dilemma of the role of men as the breadwinner; (4) Dilemma of public perceptions: men are physically stronger. Health workers, in particular family health nurses, need to provide an intervention with a psychosocial and gender approach in order to be able to improve men's quality of life.

Demographic changes open up more opportunities for intergenerational relationships, as grandparents and grandchildren coexist longer and have fewer grandchildren. The objective is to analyze how older men perceive their role as grandfathers and describe their relationships with their grandchildren, through the concept of kinship work. An anthropological investigation was carried out in a total of 9 cases in Santiago de Chile. Semi-structured interviews were conducted both regarding the times, spaces and activities that the grandparents shared with their grandchildren, as well as their perspectives regarding the changes between parenthood and grandparenthood. Three key categories resulted from this: the home, grandparent-grandchild activities, and the role of the grandparent. It was concluded that grandparents describe themselves as "bad breeders" of their grandchildren, that is, not responsible for raising their grandchildren, leaving aside the notion of responsibility or family work when relating to their grandchildren. The role of the grandfather is conditioned by the gender division of labor, even when the grandfather has retired from work. Added to this is the relevance of co-residence in kinship work.

The struggle of feminist movements in recent decades to uncover the power embedded in gender relations situates men as subjects of socio-cultural practices in which power constantly operates. In this sense, understanding masculinities as socially and culturally constructed and as multiple and plural places men as key agents for change. This article aims to analyze the deconstruction of Hegemonic Masculinity in men who have initiated a process of revision of their masculinity. To this end, five in-depth interviews were conducted. The content analysis of them differentiates between, those changes that are comfortably accepted by the current neoliberal system, such as the incursion of men into the emotional world for productive purposes, and those elements culturally associated with femininity that break with systems of domination, including vulnerability, as opposed to strength as a masculine quality, and the non-productive social revaluation of care.