Sociohistorical Analysis of Normative Standards of Masculinity in the Pandemic of COVID-19: Impacts on Men's Health/Mental Health.

Objective: This study aims to analyze sociohistorically how the normative patterns of hegemonic masculinity produced impacts on men's health/mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A qualitative study from a socio-historical perspective was conducted with 50 men based on an online survey. A semistructured form was applied. The data were analyzed by the Collective Subject Discourse method, interpreted in the light of the context of epidemic disease and hegemonic masculinity. Results: The experience of the pandemic exposed the normative patterns of masculinities from the consummation of acts representative of the pandemic context, which incited men to deny the existence of COVID-19 disease and to delay the understanding and adoption of measures to protect and control COVID-19. As a repercussion, men presented conflicts in the regulation of emotions; presented emotional suppression; were more reactive; felt threatened regarding the loss of the role of family provider, virility; and revealed a sense of invulnerability, added to the weakening of self-care. Conclusion: The discourse revealed that the men's behaviors are consistent with the characteristics of hegemonic masculinity, but express signs of recognition that this behavior causes harm to themselves and their health.

Care-educational technology to support men in facing the coronavirus pandemic

Objetivo: Descrever a construção de uma tecnologia cuidativo-educacional voltada ao apoio de homens para o enfrentamento da pandemia do Coronavírus no Brasil. Método: Estudo metodológico, realizada de março a abril de 2020 com 1.015 homens, no Brasil. A produção tecnológica foi estruturada em quatro etapas, subsidiada pelo modelo teórico-conceitual de Tecnologia Cuidativo-Educacional. Resultados: O trabalho resultou na construção de um guia digital para orientações de apoio ao enfrentamento de homens à pandemia no novo Coronavírus no Brasil. Considerações Finais: O recurso tecnológico torna-se uma ferramenta facilitadora do enfrentamento de homens à pandemia do novo Coronavírus no Brasil. (AU) Objective: To describe the construction of a caring-educational technology aimed at supporting men to face the Coronavirus pandemic in Brazil. Method: Methodological study, carried out from March to April 2020 with 1,015 men, in Brazil. The technological production was structured in four stages, subsidized by the theoretical-conceptual model of Care-Educational Technology. Results: The work resulted in the construction of a digital guide for guidelines to support the confrontation of men to the pandemic in the new Coronavirus in Brazil. Final Considerations: The technological resource becomes a tool that facilitates the confrontation of men to the pandemic of the new Coronavirus in Brazil. (AU) Objetivo: Describir la construcción de una tecnología educativa y solidaria destinada a ayudar a los hombres a enfrentar la pandemia de coronavirus en Brasil. Método: Estudio metodológico, realizado de marzo a abril de 2020 con 1.015 hombres, en Brasil. La producción tecnológica se estructuró en cuatro etapas, subsidiada por el modelo teórico-conceptual de Tecnología Educativa-Cuidado. Resultados: El trabajo resultó en la construcción de una guía digital de pautas para apoyar la confrontación de los hombres a la pandemia en el nuevo Coronavirus en Brasil. Consideraciones finales: El recurso tecnológico se convierte en una herramienta que facilita la confrontación de los hombres con la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus en Brasil. (AU)