Toxic Masculinity: An Obstacle Preventing Men's Healing from Trauma

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cityu.schoolSchool of Health and Social Sciences
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorEmam, Bari
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-10T18:23:22Z
dc.date.available2022-06-10T18:23:22Z
dc.date.issued2022-05
dc.description.abstractThe aim in this capstone is to provide a sound argument based on research on the combination of societal expectations, traditional gender roles, and long-established systemic structures that contribute to toxic masculinity and how these factors are obstacles to men healing from trauma. It also highlights the impact that this issue has on the lives of people from all genders and our society as a whole. The literature review findings uncover the following key contributors to toxic masculinity: influence of patriarchy, colonialism, white supremacy, capitalism, heteronormative gender roles and systems expectations which seem to hinder men's ability to process emotions. Narrative therapy and attachment theory are then used to understand this problem both from a systemic perspective and that of the individual. Principles of polyvagal theory and somatic experiencing are proposed as strategies to assist potentially helpful insight for men in a therapeutic setting as part of their healing journey. This paper contributes to the field of counselling psychology by shifting views about men, their roles in society and the unhelpful narratives about gender roles.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/1816
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjecttoxic masculinity
dc.subjecttrauma
dc.subjectgender roles
dc.subjectdefense mechanism
dc.subjectattachment
dc.subjectnarratives
dc.subjectpolyvagal
dc.titleToxic Masculinity: An Obstacle Preventing Men's Healing from Trauma
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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