All Outputs (6)

Young men and violence against women prevention: Exploring reactions and emotions (2024)
Report
McQueen, F. (2024). Young men and violence against women prevention: Exploring reactions and emotions. Edinburgh: School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University

There has been an increase in attention paid to the need for prevention work in response to the pervasive issue of violence against women (VAW) which includes femicide, rape and other violence. The need to directly address men and boys in prevention... Read More about Young men and violence against women prevention: Exploring reactions and emotions.

Job crafting as a means of shifting emphasis from ‘work-life balance’ towards managing ‘work-home conflict’ in the post Covid-19 era (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., McQueen, F., Osborn, S., & Holland, P. (2023, June). Job crafting as a means of shifting emphasis from ‘work-life balance’ towards managing ‘work-home conflict’ in the post Covid-19 era. Paper presented at 16th International Human Resou

The new feeling rules of emotion work in heterosexual couple relationships (2022)
Journal Article
McQueen, F. (2023). The new feeling rules of emotion work in heterosexual couple relationships. Emotions and Society, 5(1), 85-99. https://doi.org/10.1332/263169021X16541387415753

This article suggests that new feeling rules of intimacy within heterosexual couple relationships are widely recognised and reflect the contention that an androgynisation of the value of emotion is taking place (Illouz, 2008) whereby men are expected... Read More about The new feeling rules of emotion work in heterosexual couple relationships.

‘I Would Like to Be Better at It’: A Critical Engagement with Illouz’s Account of Men and Intimacy in Romantic Relationships (2019)
Book Chapter
McQueen, F., & Osborn, S. (2020). ‘I Would Like to Be Better at It’: A Critical Engagement with Illouz’s Account of Men and Intimacy in Romantic Relationships. In J. Carter, & L. Arocha (Eds.), Romantic Relationships in a Time of ‘Cold Intimaciesâ

With a focus on established heterosexual romantic relationships, this chapter engages with Illouz’s claim that the predominance of the therapeutic ethos has caused a convergence in the capacity for intimacy between middle-class men and women and a di... Read More about ‘I Would Like to Be Better at It’: A Critical Engagement with Illouz’s Account of Men and Intimacy in Romantic Relationships.

Engaging young working class men in the delivery of sex and relationships education (2019)
Journal Article
Brown, S., & McQueen, F. (2020). Engaging young working class men in the delivery of sex and relationships education. Sex Education, 20(2), 186-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2019.1636780

Despite a substantial body of research on young people’s wishes about the content and delivery of sex and relationships education (SRE), studies still indicate dissatisfaction with the way lessons are provided. This discussion takes place in a public... Read More about Engaging young working class men in the delivery of sex and relationships education.

Male emotionality: ‘boys don’t cry’ versus ‘it’s good to talk’ (2017)
Journal Article
McQueen, F. (2017). Male emotionality: ‘boys don’t cry’ versus ‘it’s good to talk’. NORMA - Nordisk tidsskrift for maskulinitetsstudier, 12(3-4), 205-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/18902138.2017.1336877

In this article male affect within intimate relationships is examined as a product of the tension between two competing discourses: ‘it’s good to talk’ versus ‘boys don’t cry’. Central to this tension is how men perform ‘manliness’ within intimate re... Read More about Male emotionality: ‘boys don’t cry’ versus ‘it’s good to talk’.