Pursuit of Justice Award from the California Women's Law Center (2011)
Academic background
Alma mater
California State University, Chico (B.A. and M.A.) University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.)
Thesis
Masculinity and sports: an exploration of the changing meaning of male identity in the lifecourse of the athlete (1985)
Academic work
Institutions
University of Southern California
Main interests
Men's studies, sociology of sports, masculinities, men and feminism
Website
http://www.michaelmessner.org
Michael Alan Messner (born 1952) is an American sociologist. His main areas of research are gender (especially men's studies) and the sociology of sports. He is the author of several books, he gives public speeches and teaches on issues of gender-based violence, the lives of men and boys, and gender and sports.
Since 1987, Messner has worked as a professor of sociology and gender studies at the University of Southern California. He was head of the department, and still retains his dual faculty appointment. He was the president of the Pacific Sociological Association in 2010-2011, and in 2011 the California Women's Law Center presented him with the Pursuit of Justice Award.
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(2001). "Beer commercials: a manual on masculinity". In Kimmel, Michael; Messner, Michael (eds.). Men's lives (5th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. ISBN 9780205321056...
and forums devoted to men's rights, sexual strategy, and misogyny. Messner, Michael A. (1998). "The Limits of 'The Male Sex Role': An Analysis of the Men's...
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Support in Court of Appeals". The New York Times. 4 May 1983. Higdon, Michael J. (2011). "Fatherhood by Conscription: Nonconsensual Insemination and...
politics" is fomenting the rise of white nationalism. Anthropologist MichaelMessner has suggested that the Million Man March was an example of racial identity...
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theory that originates from political scientist Michael Kaufman and elaborated on by sociologist MichaelMessner. The triad of violence consists of violence...
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due to the work of sociologists and theorists such as R. W. Connell, Michael Kimmel, and E. Anthony Rotundo. These changes and expansions have led to...
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Pdf. Messner, Michael A. (1992). Power at play: sports and the problem of masculinity. Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807041048. Messner, Michael A.; Sabo...
disrepute': Nicholas Reece". Sky News Australia – via YouTube. Bradley, Michael (13 October 2020). "Campus rape case ruling a blow to Bettina Arndt's 'kangaroo...
television, magazines, advertisements, newspapers, the Internet, etc. MichaelMessner argues that "gendered interactions, structure, and cultural meanings...
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oppression and resistance exist simultaneously in the realm of sports. MichaelMessner has showcased this aspect of this framework in his article, "Sports...
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