Las Masculinidades Compasivas: La Incorporación de la Compasión y la Autocompasión en la Salud Mental Masculina
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https://doi.org/10.5944/rdp.v37i133.45997Palabras clave:
género, masculinidad, formación en psicoterapia, Compasión, AutocompasiónResumen
Este artículo propone un modelo conceptual de masculinidades compasivas, articulando hallazgos empíricos y desarrollos teóricos provenientes de la psicología clínica, la intervención comunitaria y los estudios de género. A partir de una revisión crítica y argumentativa, se analiza cómo la masculinidad hegemónica—caracterizada por la represión emocional, la autosuficiencia y la competitividad—afecta negativamente la salud mental de los hombres y refuerza estructuras de desigualdad. En respuesta, se plantea la autocompasión como una herramienta terapéutica y política para promover una transformación subjetiva y relacional que favorezca nuevas formas de ser hombre, más empáticas, equitativas y corresponsables.
El artículo integra aportes de la Terapia Focalizada en la Compasión (CFT), la Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso (ACT) y el mindfulness en su dimensión ética, destacando su potencial para reconfigurar narrativas identitarias masculinas. Se subraya la relevancia de implementar estas estrategias en espacios clínicos, educativos y comunitarios, enfatizando el riesgo de instrumentalización neoliberal de la compasión si no se vincula con una crítica estructural. En conjunto, se ofrece una propuesta teórico-aplicada que permite trabajar la autocompasión masculina desde una perspectiva interseccional, decolonial y feminista, orientada a la justicia social.
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