Man, body and identity A feminist vision to masculinities that create safe spaces

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Published: 07/30/2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/eo.v10i.3817
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Masculinities, feminism, alter-geopolitics, racialized stigmatization, social determinism, violence, hegemonic masculinity

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Juan Sebastián Armijos Guzmán
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9332-8157

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This article analyzes the relationship between masculinities, territory, and security from a feminist and alter-geopolitical perspective. Considering the increase in femicides in Ecuador and the racialized stigmatization of masculinity, it examines how men have been subjected to social determinisms that legitimize violence. The argument is made that alternative masculinities can create safe territories through non-violent practices and forms of re-existence, challenging hegemonic masculinity. Finally, it concludes that the male body, when politicized, becomes a means of resistance and symbolic appropriation of space.

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Vol. 10 (2025): El Outsider

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Acercamientos Académicos/Academic Approaches
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Armijos Guzmán, J. S. (2025). Man, body and identity: A feminist vision to masculinities that create safe spaces. El Outsider: Journal of International Relations and Political Science, 10, 44-62. https://doi.org/10.18272/eo.v10i.3817

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