Male Shaming processes: between heteronormativity and performing corporeality, Social representations and discrimination of Masculinity

The shaming process represents the process of marginalization, de-humanization and derision against a person or a group of people for their anthropometric, psychological, social and cultural characteristics. This contribution aims to study the male shaming process, trying to outline psychological, social and cultural characteristics around the construction of the male identity, analyzing the social representations of masculinity and the main discrimination suffered by men within their in-groups, both in development and in adulthood, between hate speech and shaming processes. To this end, we asked ourselves the following research questions: - What are the main reasons for discrimination for adolescent males? - Is there continuity and historical evolution of the discrimination suffered in adolescence with any discrimination and shaming processes in adulthood? - What are the main contexts where discrimination and harassment are exercised? What are the protective factors that push the subject to "proactive" responses? In order to answer the questions posed, a mix methods research design was used, with an anonymous online questionnaire, administered to 150 men aged 18 and 45 years old and a semi-structured biographical interview, submitted to 40 men selected through online questionnaires.