Men growing into adulthood are inundated with cultural messages about what it is to be a man in American society. This cultural message recreates the “code of masculinity” for each man within various ethnic, racial, cultural, socioeconomic, and sexual orientation contexts. Working within the code of masculinity as a cultural practice and building on the strengths inherent within a culture by means of a solution-focused practice is the focus of this article.
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