Erkekleri Feminizmin İçinde ve Dışında Çerçevelemek : [Framing ‘men in and not in feminism]

This article addresses some aspects of the “Man Question” in feminism, by way of the analysis ofmen’s diverse gender-conscious positionings in relation to gender, gender equality and feminism. Itbuilds on earlier work, making use of theoretical models in feminist literature combined with themicro-sociological concept of passing. Consideration is also given to men’s non-gender-consciouspositionings. The article is primarily concerned with the theoretical and empirical complexities,contradictions and ambiguities of men’s positionings, as when they are self-defined as “feminists” (orsimilar identifications) in radical or deconstructive ways. In this, a Swedish interview data is used.Sweden is considered particularly interesting, with a qualified societal consensus on gender equalityand a broadly positive place accorded to men’s relations with feminism. The authors argue in the finalsection that there is a need to further dialogue between analyses of men/masculinities and themultidimensionality of feminisms, as well as a need for more empirical studies of men’s different(pro)feminist positionings in order to elaborate the theoretical implications of different socialcontexts. The framing presented seeks to provide greater possibilities for such complex, nuanced andsituated understandings of men’s relation to feminism, theoretically, analytically and politically.translatiojn by G. Akşit and B. Varışlı