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Feature Article
Masculinity as Performance:
A Power-Centred Reading of the Adolescent Man Box Study
Author: Ghaith Krayem
November 2025
In this article, I offer a power-centred reading of the Man Box findings, one that takes gender seriously, but situates it within the broader forces that shape identity, belonging and behaviour. Masculinity, as the study shows, is something boys perform under scrutiny, not something they simply believe. When we view this through a power lens, a clearer picture emerges of why boys act as they do, why some resist prevention messages, and what it would take to support them more effectively.
Reconfiguring
Gravity
What if inclusion isn’t about bringing people closer to power but about redefining where the centre is?
Reconfiguring Gravity is a new framework developed by Hikmah Consulting to help leaders, organisations, and communities rethink how power works and how systems can shift ethically, structurally, and strategically.
It’s about more than voice. It’s about the forces that decide whose voice matters and how we build new gravitational centres based on justice, trust, and shared purpose.
We’re launching a national series of pilot workshops to explore the framework in action. If you’re a changemaker, strategist, or community builder who’s ready to lead differently we’d love you to be part of it.