Male disorder – what’s wrong with Scottish men? - Herald Scotland | News | Home News: "From Braveheart to breakfast porridge, the popular portrayal of our nation’s manhood remains that of a rugged kilt-clad hero, stoic at his best, out of touch with his feelings and prone to a spot of boozy chest-beating at worst.
While the model of the metrosexual man – as comfortable with a spot of “guyliner” and nursing a baby as he is chopping wood or watching football – is seen as the pinnacle in the modern western world of what a man should be, this phase in the social evolution of men appears to have all but passed by the Scottish male, according to experts.
Some of the nation’s leading psychologists are now warning the enduring stereotype is posing an impossible dilemma for men as they struggle to marry the challenges of modern life and the pressure to be a caring “new man” with the traditional ingrained model of the strong, manly Scot.
“One of the ongoing challenges we have is this hard man, tough guy image that seems to be prevalent in many ways,” says Dr Ewan Gillon, a chartered psychologist who will describe the dangers of Scotland’s model of masculinity to delegates from the British Psychological Society at a lecture in Glasgow next week."
Monday 5 July 2010
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