Research on ‘lad culture’ and gender-based violence (GBV) in student communities has examined ‘hypermasculine’ gender performances, with little attention paid to hierarchies of masculinity. We explore ‘lad culture’ by analysing qualitative, in-depth interviews with students. Our findings challenge simplistic constructions of ‘good guys’ as allies/protectors in opposition to hypermasculinised, deviant ‘bad guys’. We demonstrate how…Continue Reading Hierarchies of Masculinity and Lad Culture on Campus: Bad Guys, Good Guys and Complicit Men
Month: January 2022
The Brexit deal and UK fisheries—has reality matched the rhetoric?
Fisheries management has been a strongly contested aspect of the UK’s position in the EU since UK accession, with the fishing industry frequently questioning both the efficacy and fairness of arrangements. During the campaign for UK exit (Brexit) from the EU, and the subsequent negotiations of a new legal and political relationship from 2016 to…Continue Reading The Brexit deal and UK fisheries—has reality matched the rhetoric?
Ageing Without Children in East Lindsey: Ageing Diversities
The Healthy Ageing Research Group at the University of Lincoln and TED in East Lindsey with East Lindsey District Council held an online learning event on Thursday 2 December focussing on Ageing Without Children in East Lindsey. The keynote presentation, delivered by Professor Mo Ray of the Healthy Ageing Research Group at the University of…Continue Reading Ageing Without Children in East Lindsey: Ageing Diversities
The Flow-Clutch Scale: Development and preliminary validation in sport and exercise
Objectives The Integrated Model of Flow and Clutch States describes two overlapping psychological states that underlie exceptional performance and rewarding exercise experiences. However, research based on this model is currently hampered because no validated measure has yet been developed. Therefore, the aim of this multi-study paper was to develop and provide preliminary validation of the…Continue Reading The Flow-Clutch Scale: Development and preliminary validation in sport and exercise
Prevent, Ideology and Ideological State Apparatus: Analysing Terrorism Prevention Policies Using Althusser’s Framework
The work of Louis Althusser is well regarded in the study of ideology, having been used to analyse the material basis for ideology, and challenging the idea that ideology is simply a product of the mind. Recent advances in counterterrorism have seen many states adopting preventative programmes which are non-violent, and nominally voluntary, attempting to…Continue Reading Prevent, Ideology and Ideological State Apparatus: Analysing Terrorism Prevention Policies Using Althusser’s Framework
Self-disgust as a potential mechanism underlying the association between body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours
This study examined whether self-disgust added incremental variance to and mediated the multivariate association between measures of body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. We hypothesized that self-disgust would be associated with suicidal ideation above the effects of body image disturbance, and that self-disgust would mediate the relationship between body image disturbance and suicidal…Continue Reading Self-disgust as a potential mechanism underlying the association between body image disturbance and suicidal thoughts and behaviours
Livestock microbial landscape patterns: Retail poultry microbiomes significantly vary by region and season
Microbes play key roles in animal welfare and food safety but there is little understanding of whether microbiomes associated with livestock vary in space and time. Here we analysed the bacteria associated with the carcasses of the same breed of 28 poultry broiler flocks at different stages of processing across two climatically similar UK regions over two seasons with…Continue Reading Livestock microbial landscape patterns: Retail poultry microbiomes significantly vary by region and season