Men Together: Questions of Men's Experience in Sheds

Abstract

The behaviour of men has long been under scrutiny in academia, focusing on the outward action of men throughout history without trying to understand the underlying psychological experience behind these actions. What is needed is to listen to the experience of those males who have come together in groups to seek out friendship and to instil meaning in their lives after a time in which the men-only group was deemed politically incorrect and the dangerous world in which misogyny and homophobia are born. What is presented here is a brief glimpse into the world of the australian Public Men's Shed, a place for men to gather and socialize as well as work and organize for the greater community. also presented are possible health benefits to the individual males as well as the community in which the sheds are present. By looking behind-the-scenes at the experience of the world of males, it is hoped that we will gain a better understanding of their fragile psychological and biological life. This in turn will allow for a more understanding discipline of study based around the complete human life. in the place of the australian Men's Shed we begin to ask questions of what in the world men are experiencing.