Research on men and masculinities is increasingly concerned with contemporary transformations in the way men understand and “do” gender. In particular, burgeoning paradigms like the hybrid masculinities framework have called attention to diverse patterns of practice among men that are seemingly at odds with traditional iterations of hegemonic masculinity. We conceptualize one component of this practice as a concerted process of “strategic masculine disinvestment.” Using new, nationally representative survey data pertaining to men living in the United States, we ask two novel questions about this phenomenon that have not been addressed at the population level. First, who disinvests from traditional masculinity? While masculine distancing tends to be observed among privileged men in qualitative studies, a comprehensive view of which men engage in this practice within the general population is absent from the literature. Secondly, how are contemporary transformations of gender like strategic masculine disinvestment associated with psychosocial functioning? Findings suggest that strategic masculine disinvestment is more common among young and college educated men, but is not necessarily unique to unilaterally privileged men. In fact, men experiencing financial strain are especially likely to disinvest from masculinity. We also observe that strategic masculine disinvestment is consistently associated with poorer psychosocial functioning, including lower levels of mastery and higher levels of anger, anxiety, depression, and non-specific psychological distress. We conclude with a discussion of the theoretical and practical implications of these findings for studies of men and masculinities and of contemporary transformations of gender more generally.

对男性和男性气质的研究越来越关注男性理解和“做”性别方式的当代转变。特别是，像混合男子气概框架这样新兴的范式引起了人们对男性之间不同实践模式的关注，这些模式似乎与传统的霸权男子气概相悖。我们将这种实践的一个组成部分概念化为“战略性男性撤资”的协调过程。使用与居住在美国的男性有关的新的、具有全国代表性的调查数据，我们提出了关于这一现象的两个新问题，这些问题尚未在人口层面得到解决。首先，谁会放弃传统的男子气概？虽然在定性研究中倾向于在特权男性中观察到男性疏远，但文献中没有关于普通人群中哪些男性从事这种做法的全面观点。其次，当代性别的转变，如战略性的男性撤资，如何与社会心理功能相关联？研究结果表明，战略性男性撤资在年轻和受过大学教育的男性中更为常见，但不一定是单方面享有特权的男性所独有的。事实上，经历经济压力的男性特别有可能从男子气概中撤资。我们还观察到，战略性男性撤资始终与较差的社会心理功能相关，包括较低的掌握水平和较高的愤怒、焦虑、抑郁和非特异性心理困扰。最后，我们讨论了这些发现对男性和男子气概研究以及更普遍的当代性别转变的理论和实践意义。