R.W. Connell

Hegemonic masculinity is the culturally dominant model of manhood that helps legitimize men's collective power and ranks some masculinities above others. Connell stresses that it is an idealized social position, not a personality shared by every individual man.

Yes. The Australian sociologist Raewyn Connell has published under forms including R. W. Connell and is also associated with earlier bibliographic records under a former name.

Masculinities, first published in 1995, developed an influential account of hegemonic, subordinate, complicit, and marginalized masculinities. The book treats gender as a structure of social relations rather than a fixed list of male traits.

Southern Theory examines how social science has often treated ideas from Europe and North America as universal while marginalizing knowledge from the Global South. The 2007 book discusses intellectual traditions and social experiences from regions including Africa, Latin America, India, and Australia.