The study of men and masculinity as an important multicultural competency consideration.
Gender issues in multicultural competencies do not generally include the study of men and masculinity. This article outlines a rationale for the inclusion of men and masculinity by drawing parallels with Whiteness and privilege as integral aspects of multicultural competency. Additionally, by including the study of men and masculinity into multicultural competency, issues such as heterosexism, patriarchy, homophobia, and sexism that are aspects of dominant masculinity can be addressed. Simultaneously, training clinicians to work with men may mean more effective and improved services than currently available. The article concludes with several multicultural competencies for clinicians when working with men that use Sue, Arredondo, and McDavis (1992) framework of multicultural competencies.
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William Ming
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University of Iowa, Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. william-liu@uiowa.edu
D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D011586:Psychology, Clinical; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012919:Social Behavior; D014481:United States; D044465:White People