As topics surrounding men’s mental health continue to gain overdue attention, one Austin Peay State University psychologist is pushing the conversation beyond the spectrum of “either-or.”
Dr. Daniel McKelvey, assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Science and Counseling, has spent years researching masculinity and says it’s not as simple as mainstream conversations may lead us to believe.
“Decades of research tells us there are multiple types of masculinities,” he said. “People often imagine a spectrum where femininity and masculinity are opposites to each other, but, in reality, these things can exist simultaneously in the same person.”…