Masculinities and feminist interpellations in Argentina

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https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i21.62960

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This article is the result of research on the impact of the fourth feminist wave on cis heterosexual men in the city of Mar del Plata (Argentina). It seeks to contribute to the research that the field of masculinities has been producing, which warns of oscillations between masculinist reactions, cynicism, imposture, bewilderment and depatriarchalisation. Based on interviews with men, it dialogues with these productions, addressing questions related to their representations of feminisms; their links with feminist women; and their notions of "patriarchy", "machismo" and "male privilege". The findings reveal heterogeneous and recursive perceptions, starting by confirming feminism as an unavoidable interlocutor, identifying morally acceptable and questionable versions, as well as circumscribing structural gender violence to the actions of "macho men", rarely recognising themselves in any dominant position.

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Guido Vespucci, National Scientific and Technical Research Council

Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the National University of San Martín (UNSAM), and a B.A. and Professor of History from the National University of Mar del Plata (UNMdP). He is currently an Associate Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Argentina.

Estefania Martynowskyj, National Scientific and Technical Research Council

Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the National University of Quilmes (UNQ) and a degree in Sociology from the National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP). She is currently an assistant researcher at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (awaiting her position).

María Florencia Actis, National University of La Plata

Ph.D. in Communication from the National University of La Plata (UNLP); Specialist in Journalism, Social Communication and Gender from the UNLP; Specialist in Collective Memories, Human Rights and Resistance from CLACSO-FLACSO; Professor and Graduate in Communication (Journalism orientation) from the UNLP.

Constanza María Ferrario, National University of Mar del Plata

Ph.D. candidate in Social Anthropology from the National University of San Martín (UNSAM) and BA in Sociology from the National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP). She is currently working as a doctoral
doctoral fellow of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET/INHUS/UNMdP) and as a teaching assistant in the chair of Sociology of Culture and in various seminars on gender studies and feminist theory (Department of Sociology - UNMdP).

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2025-04-24

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Vespucci, G., Martynowskyj, E., Actis, M. F., & Ferrario, C. M. (2025). Masculinities and feminist interpellations in Argentina. Revista Periódicus, 2(21), 181–210. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i21.62960

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Vol. 2 No. 21 (2025): Defying monogamy: emergent biopolitics of relational dissidence

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