Followed, hoping I don't miss this summary/conclusion. In America, men are practically barred from publicly speaking objectively about this, so it can be difficult/impossible to get a frank male perspective on this.
Would you consider making a post with a list of these book recommendations with a synopsis of each? My current reading list is like two miles long but this is a subject area of great interest to me. Cheers.
Hey Annie thanks for following me. I have to say that my study title is "Crisis of masculinity among fathers is modern-day Serbia", but neverteless the cause of the crisis is the same - losing symbolic capital. My literature is mostly on English anyway, because few scientist in Serbia covered this topic. The most established name in what is known as "gender studies" is Raewyn Connell an Australian sociologist formerly a men, but for my theoretical framework I used "Theory Of Practice" by Pierre Bourdieu.
Thank you for this generous response and recommendations drumsta. I'm not sure how much I want to learn about gender issues from someone with gender dysphoria, but I will definitely check out Theory of Practice.
If I may offer a reciprocal recommendation, I recently read the book Fascinating Womanhood by Helen Andelin, that offered a very different viewpoint from most of what I've come across in contemporary literature (I think it could be regarded to be in the 'gender studies' field); maybe it can offer some value to you in your studies.
Cheers.