How ‘Mankeeping’ Entered the Psychological Lexicon

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The paper, “Theorizing Mankeeping,” lived within the small world of academic publishing after its release last October. Either you saw complaints about “mankeeping” as an outgrowth of tone-deaf campus progressives or comeuppance to men and the patriarchy. In the paper, Ferrara describes mankeeping as a version of “kinkeeping,” a phrase used to describe similar work done within families. Ferrara’s paper was published in Psychology of Men & Masculinities, the flagship journal of Division 51, the American Psychological Association’s group dedicated to men’s mental health. He spoke highly of Wong’s leadership of Psychology of Men & Masculinities and the incoming Division 51 President Sonia Molloy.