Connell [11] defines masculinity as a social
construction dependent on a specific historical
time, culture and locale. Such a definition
captures the complexity of men’s lives, which
‘‘like all lives, are always individual, always
particular and inexhaustibly various’’ [12], and
moves us away from the essentialist notion
that a relatively stable or unitary masculine
essence exists that defines men and differentiates
them froma feminine essence that defines
women [13].