{"id":75006,"date":"2026-04-01T10:33:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&p=75006"},"modified":"2026-11-01T00:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:18:16","slug":"the-social-pull-of-masculinity","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/masculinity\/the-social-pull-of-masculinity\/","title":{"rendered":"The social pull of masculinity"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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What does it mean to be a man today? On the pressure to conform, on uncertainty \u2013 and why simple answers are so seductive.
\nBy Anton Vester<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n

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Our upbringing still often gives us<\/strong> clear ideas of what masculinity means. But many people want to renegotiate that role rather than be squeezed into the ready-made categories society offers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Hannover, the week at mannigfaltig e.V.<\/a> begins at Monday lunchtime with a team meeting. Educators, counsellors and therapists gather round a table with five new project requests on it. Schools and independent organisations have been in touch. They want workshops, counselling and support on the question of masculinity. Demand is high \u2013 too high for what the team can realistically deliver. There is a discussion. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Julian Mader-Pathmanathan<\/strong> (left), Olaf Jantz (head) and David Mutinda (right) in discussion at a team meeting. Will they be able to handle all the requests?<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n

Mannigfaltig e.V. is an accredited specialist counselling service for boys and men, and has been supporting them with a wide range of issues in their lives for more than 25 years. The association offers free counselling to young men up to the age of 21. A particular focus is on helping them deal with and work through boundary violations and violence, whether they have experienced it, witnessed it or committed it themselves. As a recognised non-profit youth welfare organisation in Hannover, mannigfaltig works to encourage responsible behaviour and to make gender-sensitive education a firm part of young people’s everyday lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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