Transcript Analysis: Masculinity and its Impact on Boys' Lives

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The interviewees provide in this case are Mark, Asha, Jason and Lindsay
Ash’s interview
Ash on the other hand is 37 years old and was raised in Freemantle. Ash finished university
education aged 19 years and spent quite some time working internationally and travelling in
various countries. Ash is currently a physiotherapist and has one child.
Ash past life have been affected by his past relationship with his family especially the father.
Ash parents separated and divorced (Gattario et al, 2015).He indicates that hhe felt that his father
somehow isolated the family to a certain extent.It is evident that Ash faced difficulties during
childhood as a boy
According to Ash masculinity issue, his father figure was quite authoritarian
While in school he indicates that there is high gender separation since most boys practiced sports
than the girls.He agrees that factors like physical strength or size characterized the aspects of
masculinity. He notices that he interacted with fellow boys in school who had bad behaviors of
name calling and abuses bring about themes of homophobia, male chauvinism and racism
especially in the university level. Ash is very certain that the behaviors of these men often get
into the nerves of the relationship especially when they finally get married which has shaped his
current relationship.

According to his past experiences,It is evident that past experiences with male masculinity make
girls to be afraid of men and their association or friendship dishes.it affect their future marital
status and relationships.
The Australian masculinity has been characterized by discriminatory and inequitable public
policy over the years (Joffe 2012).According to the interviews the existing legacy of trauma that
manifest from antisocial behaviors and also aberrant conduct in young men have been
programmed from the early years.
Be that as it may, some conventional goals appear to drop away. Hardly any young fellows
concurred that society discloses to them they should utilize brutality to get regard (35%), straight
men ought to evade gay men as companions (36%), young men shouldn't figure out how to cook
and clean (38%), and men shouldn't do family unit tasks (39%).
According to Ash,to begin with, there is a predictable hole among people with regards to
perspectives on gender orientation roles. Youthful Australian men are less mindful than young
ladies of sexism and increasingly steady of male strength and fierce frames of mind toward
ladies.
Appendix A
Interview 1:Codes for ASH Interview
Profile Item Codes themes
1 As a boy Ash faced
difficulties during
childhood.
childhood 1.Gende
r
2Feminism 3.Gender
inequalit
y
4.Physical
health

2 Ash on the other hand is
37 years old and was
raised in Freemantle.
Work and age
3 Ash finished university
education aged 19 years
and spent quite some
time working
internationally and
travelling in various
countries.
Category: curriculum
4 Ash is currently a
physiotherapist and
currently has one child.
Family and career
5 "Society likewise needs to
venture up and challenge these
destructive thoughts,
Code: technical
6 to urge young men to act
naturally and demonstrate their
feelings and in particular,
show all youngsters that they
will be adored
Feeling
7 Ash is currently a
physiotherapist
Career
8 While in school ash
indicates that there is
high gender separation
since most boys practiced
sports than the girls. He
Discrimination

agrees that factors like
physical strength or size
characterized the aspects
of masculinity
9 Ash notices that he
interacted with men who
had bad behaviors of
name calling and abuses
bring about themes of
homophobia, male
chauvinism and racism
especially in the
university level
Violence
10 Ash is very certain that
the behaviors of these
men often get into the
nerves of the relationship
especially when they
finally get married which
has shaped his current
relationship.
Family
11 It is evident that past
experiences with male
masculinity make girls to
Relationship