Loneliness, social dislocation and invisibility experienced by older men who are single or living alone: accounting for differences across sexual identity and social context
Loneliness, social dislocation and invisibility experienced by older men who are single or living alone: accounting for differences across sexual identity and social context
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单身或独居老年男性经历的孤独、社会错位和隐形：解释性别认同和社会背景之间的差异
作者：
Pauline Willis;A. Vickery;Tricia Jessiman
摘要在关于孤独和衰老的文献中，很少有人关注衰老、性和男性气质的交叉点，以及这如何塑造老年男性的社会联系。我们报告的结果，从定性研究老年男性的孤独和社会参与的经验，侧重于从两个群体谁是单身和/或独居的观点：男人确定为（a）异性恋和（B）同性恋（非双性恋）。我们目前的调查结果产生的半结构化访谈72名男子居住在英格兰（65-95岁）。我们讨论了三个突出的主题：（a）孤独，损失和社会错位;（B）不同的生活事件，引发孤独;（c）在不同的社会环境中的可见性和排斥的变化。在男性对孤独的描述中，嵌入了一个关于社会错位的主题，它讲述了一种更广泛的社会分离和疏远感。男同性恋者的独特之处在于，他们生活在异性恋的社会环境中，在同性恋社会环境中遇到年龄歧视，从而加剧了孤独和社会孤立的经历。老年男子的帐户传达焦虑的能见度和预期的排斥在社会环境中与其他男子共享，根据性别身份和背景而有所不同。当我们寻求超越对孤独的异性中心主义理解时，我们讨论性行为、单身和/或独居如何影响老年男性的社会参与。
Abstract Across literature on loneliness and ageing, little attention is given to the intersection of ageing, sexuality and masculinities, and how this shapes the social connections of older men. We report findings from a qualitative study of older men's experiences of loneliness and social participation, focusing on perspectives from two groups who are single and/or living alone: men identifying as (a) heterosexual and (b) gay (not bisexual). We present findings generated from semi-structured interviews with 72 men residing in England (65–95 years). We discuss three prominent themes: (a) loneliness, loss and social dislocation; (b) diverging life-events that trigger loneliness; and (c) variations in visibility and exclusion across social settings. Embedded within men's descriptions of loneliness is a running theme of social dislocation that speaks to a wider sense of social separation and estrangement. Unique to gay men's accounts are the ways in which experiences of loneliness and social isolation are compounded by living in heteronormative social environments and their encounters with ageism in gay social settings. Older men's accounts convey anxieties about visibility and anticipated exclusion across social settings shared with other men that vary according to sexual identity and context. We discuss how sexuality and being single and/or living alone impact on older men's social participation as we seek to move beyond a heterocentric understanding of loneliness.
影响因子：
5.7
作者：
Kim, Hyun-Jun;Fredriksen-Goldsen, Karen I.
通讯作者：
Fredriksen-Goldsen, Karen I.