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Engaging Disenfranchised Youth through an Equine Assisted Activities Program: Understanding Psychosocial Benefits of Horse-Human Interactions
Contributor(s):: Norwood, Michael Francis, Lakhani, Ali, Kendall, Elizabeth, Fullagar, Simone, Maujean, Annick
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Induced Stress and Tactile Stimulation Applied to Primiparous does and their Consequences on Maternal Behavior, Human-Animal Relationships, and Future Offspring's Sexual Disorders
Contributor(s):: Oliveira, A. C. F., Bernardi, L. M., Monteiro, A. L. B., Silva, K. G., Weber, S. H., Borges, T. D., Dalmau, A., Costa, L. B.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether tactile stimulation in rabbits during the gestation phase improve the maternal behavior and human-animal relationships as well as the effects on reproductive behavior of male kits when reached maturity compared to induced stress. A total of 33...
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American Animals, American Men: Popular Literature from 1830 to 1915
| Contributor(s):: Kelly, Stephen D.
Critics of animal rights often deride the movement’s proponents for having a sentimental, juvenile misconception of what animals really are, an argument bolstered by the fact that few twenty-first-century Americans besides those engaged in the industries of animal exploitation have any...
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Trophy Hunters & Crazy Cat Ladies: exploring cats and conservation in North America and Southern Africa through intersectionality
| Contributor(s):: McCubbin, Sandra G., Van Patter, Lauren E.
What explains the silencing, dismissal, disavowal, ridicule, and stigmatizing of care for individual animals observed in conservation discourses? We examine this question using a comparative case study of feral cat management in North America and lion conservation in southern Africa. We apply...
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Dog Fighting: Performing Masculinity in Rural South Punjab, Pakistan
| Contributor(s):: Kavesh, Muhammad A.
Dog fighting, along with other nonhuman-animal-fighting activities, is a popular pastime in rural South Punjab, Pakistan. This article explicates dog fighting and discusses its symbolic significance to those who control the game, organize it, and participate in the performance. In discussing the...
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Exploring the Role of Playfulness with Canine Companions in Coping with Stress: How Men Are Impacted by Human–Animal Interaction Through Calling on a Memory of Play
| Contributor(s):: Mary Harlinger, Chris Blazina
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Do Men Underreport and Mask Their Emotional Attachment to Animal Companions? The Influence of Precarious Masculinity on Men’s Bonds with Their Dogs
| Contributor(s):: Blazina, Chris, Kogan, Lori
Males’ underreporting of psychological issues, physical symptoms, and personal information is commonplace both in medical and psychological settings in North America. One explanation for this occurrence is men that endorse traditional forms of masculine gender roles underreport or mask their...
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Effects of communal rearing and group size on breeding rabbits’ post-grouping behaviour and its relation to ano-genital distance
| Contributor(s):: Buijs, Stephanie, Vangeyte, Jürgen, Tuyttens, Frank A. M.
Group housing is becoming the standard for many farm animal species, as it is seen as a more welfare friendly way of keeping gregarious animals. Aggression between female breeding rabbits currently obstructs the implementation of group housing for this species. Lack of social experience during...
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The human horse: equine husbandry, anthropomorphic hierarchies, and daily life in Lower Saxony, 1550-1735
| Contributor(s):: Amanda Eisemann
This dissertation examines how human-animal relationships were formed through daily equine trade networks in early modern Germany. As reflections of human cultural values and experiences, these relationships had a significant impact in early modern Braunschweig-Lüneburg both on the practice...
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Humans, Horses, and Hybrids : On Rights, Welfare, and Masculinity in Equestrian Sports
| Contributor(s):: Kutte Jonsson
The fact that horses play an essential role for equestrian sports raises rather specific ethical concerns. Questions like what should be morally permissible to do to (non-consenting) nonhumans for the sake of human interests become urgent. Is it not an example of (animal) rights violation to...
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Pen pals: An examination of human-animal interaction as an outlet for healthy masculinity in prison
| Contributor(s):: Fournier, Angela K., Blazina, Christopher, Kogan, Lori R.
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Men and mustangs: From communicative messages within the Wild Horse Inmate Program to a communicative theory of learning how to teach
| Contributor(s):: Reyes, Kristine L.
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When the lads go hunting: the 'Hammertown mechanism' and the conflict over wolves in Norway
| Contributor(s):: Krange, Olve, Skogen, Ketil
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Hunting with the Camera: Nature Photography, Manliness, and Modern Memory, 1890-1930
| Contributor(s):: Dunaway, Finis
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'Undaunted all he views': The Gibraltar Charger, Astley's Amphitheatre and Masculine Performance
| Contributor(s):: Mattfeld, Monica
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Manliness and the“Morality of Field Sports”: E. A. Freeman and Anthony Trollope, 1869–71
| Contributor(s):: Boddice, Rob
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The Manly Mind? Revisiting the Victorian 'Sex in Brain' Debate
| Contributor(s):: Boddice, Rob
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Cat Person, Dog Person, Gay, or Heterosexual: The Effect of Labels on a Man's Perceived Masculinity, Femininity, and Likability
| Contributor(s):: Mitchell, R. W., Ellis, A. L.
American undergraduates (192 male, 521 female) rated masculinity, femininity, and likability of two men (one highly masculine and unfeminine, one normally masculine with low femininity) from a videotaped interaction. Participants were informed that both men were cat persons, dog persons,...
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Petey and Chato: The pitbull's transition from mainstream to marginalized masculinity
| Contributor(s):: Allen, Theresa
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Animals as domesticates, 'pets' and food
The study of animals - and the relationship between humans and other animals - is now one of the most fiercely debated topics in contemporary science and culture. Animals have a long history in human society, providing food, labour, sport and companionship as well as becoming objects for exhibit....
