Master’s Research Project:

“Performing masculinity: young men and boys vulnerable to harmful social media portrayals of manhood”

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shifted life online. For many young men, a demographic already vulnerable to feelings of loneliness or isolation, the online world became a place to find community and belonging.  

At the same time, social beliefs around gender roles continued to shift, leaving some young men unsure of where they stood, according to masculinity researchers…