Martin, Jarred H.Van Wijk, Charles H.2021-07-212021-07-212021-03Martin JH, Van Wijk CH. The Endorsement of Traditional Masculine Ideology by South African Navy Men: A Research Report. The Journal of Men’s Studies. 2021;29(1):106-117. doi:10.1177/1060826520933583.1060-8265 (print)1933-0251 (online)10.1177/1060826520933583http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80914Although the study of masculinity/ies in South Africa has been a point of academic interest, especially since the fall of apartheid; there has been little focus on masculinity/ies peculiar to the South African military establishment. Where there has been, this has focused on the army environment and adopted a smaller-scale qualitative approach. In contrast, this study focuses on the South African Navy. The study provides a brief report of findings from the administration of a traditional masculine ideology scale with 1,185 South African navy men, between 19 and 59 years of age (mean of 25 years). Descriptive statistics, a multiple regression analysis, one-sample t-test, and one-way analysis of variance were run to analyze the data. Results demonstrated that this sample of navy men significantly endorsed constructs of self-sufficiency, physical toughness, and emotional restrictedness, as dimensions of traditional masculine ideology. Avoidance of femininity and risk-taking were not significantly endorsed.en© 2020 SAGE PublicationsTraditional masculine ideologyNaval masculinityNavy menMilitary masculinitySouth Africa (SA)Postprint Article