Male bonding

Male bonding

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Male bonding is a term that is used in ethology, social science, and in general usage to describe patterns of friendship and/or cooperation in men (or in the case of ethology: males of various species). The exact meaning of the term differs across contexts.

In the context of human relationships, male bonding is used to (sometimes jokingly or informally) describe friendship between men, or the way in which men befriend each other. The expression is sometimes used synonymously with the word camaraderie. Friendships among men are often primarily based on shared activities, instead of emotional sharing (which is the stereotype of women’s friendships). The first widely-noticed use of the term was in Men in Groups (1969;2004) by anthropologist Lionel Tiger.

See also

Bachelor band

Bromance

Female bonding

Homosociality

Human bonding

Man cave

Masculine psychology

Men’s spaces

Further reading

Brehm, S. S., Miller, R. S., Perlman, D. & Campbell, S. M. (1992). Intimate relationships. Third edition, chapter 7: paragraph about “gender differences in same-sex friendships”, p. 212-213.

Fanning, Patrick & McKay, Matthew. (1993). Being a friend: Making and keeping male friends. In “Being a man: A guide to the new masculinity” (pp. 108125). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Garfinkel, Perry. (1992). “In a man’s world: Father, son, brother, friend, and other roles men play.” Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.

Miller, Stuart. (1986). “Men & friendship.” Bath, England: Gateway Books.

Nardi, Peter. (1999). Gay Men’s Friendships: Invincible Communities. U. of Chicago Press.

Nardi, Peter. (1992). “Men’s friendships” (Research on men and masculinities series). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

Pasick, Robert S. (1990). Friendship between men. In Meth, Richard L., Pasick, Robert S., et al., “Men in therapy: The challenge of change” (pp. 108127). New York: The Guilford Press.

Pasick, Robert S. (1992). Staying awake: The importance of friendship. In “Awakening from the deep sleep: A powerful guide for courageous men” (pp. 222244). San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco (A division of HarperCollins, Publishers).

Wrangham, R. & Peterson, D. (1996). Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

Lionel Tiger, Men in Groups, Random House 1969; Transaction, 2004

Potvin, John. (2008) Material and Visual Cultures Beyond Male Bonding, 1870-1914. Hampshire England, Ashgate Publishing Limited

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