The Crisis of Masculinity in the Economic Crisis Context

This article describes two important contemporary phenomenons – the crisis of masculinity and the economic crisis. In general they are treated as the independent parts of life. In the analysis below the economic sphere was taken into consideration as a part of stereotype about masculinity. The idea of article is based on the statistics made by Eurostat. Important part of the article consists also of the scientific theories and articles connected with economy or gender problems. The aim of the research was to find some connotations between the crisis of masculinity and economic crisis – especially in 2 points: the rate of unemployment and the rate of marriages. The data comes from the surveys made in years 2004-2011 – 3 years before the Global Financial Crisis and 3 years after it had started. In the text below the emphasis is putted more on the effects of analysis than on analysis itself.