Mario LIONG
Associate ProfessorCritical Studies of Men and Masculinities; Gender Studies; Fatherhood; Migrant Families; Youth Sexualities
Ph.D. in Gender Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Post-doctoral Researcher, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies, Umeå University, Sweden
Assistant Professor, Centennial College, Hong Kong
Associate Professor, College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, National Taipei University, Taiwan
Liong, Mario and Petula Sik-ying Ho. 2019. “Men in Upheaval: Integrating Hong Kong Politics and Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities.” Gender, Place, and Culture, 26(7-9): 1081-1093.
Liong, Mario and Grand H.-L. Cheng. 2019. “Objectifying or Liberating? Investigation of the Effects of Sexting on Body Image.” Journal of Sex Research, 56(3): 337-344.
Liong, Mario. 2017. “Sacrifice for the Family: Representation and Practice of Stay-at-home Fathers in the Intersection of Masculinity and Class in Hong Kong.” Journal of Gender Studies, 26(4): 402-417.
Liong, Mario and Grand H.-L. Cheng. 2017. “Sext and Gender: Examining Gender Effects on Sexting Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour.” Behaviour & Information Technology, 36(7): 726-736.
Liong, Mario. 2016. “Re-negotiating Fatherhood: Divorced Fathers in Hong Kong Experiencing and Resisting Stigma.” Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, 39 (Special Issue: Parenthood, Gender and Generation in Urban East Asia, edited by Kristina Göransson and Lisa Eklund). Available at: http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue39/liong.pdf
Liong, Mario. 2015. “Like Father, Like Son: Negotiation of Masculinity in the Ethnographic Context in Hong Kong.” Gender, Place, and Culture, 22(7): 937-953.
Liong, Mario. 2015. “In the Shadow of Deception: Ethical Dilemma, Positionality, and Reflexivity in Ethnographic Fieldwork.” Qualitative Research Journal, 15(1): 61-73.
Liong, Mario. 2014. “Problematizing Fatherhood: The Impact of the Intact Family Ideal on Fathers in Hong Kong.” Marriage and Family Review, 50(7): 577-597.
Liong, Mario. 2013. “Factors Influencing Distress Toward Erectile Dysfunction and Attitude Toward Erectile Dysfunction Drugs among Middle-aged and Elderly Chinese Women and Men in Hong Kong.” Journal of Sexual Medicine, 10(3): 782-790.
Chan, Lih Shing and Mario Liong. 2012. “Sexualized Female Bodies: Gender Implications on the Characterization of ‘Lengmo’ in Hong Kong Print Media.” Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences, 42(Spring/Summer): 83-96. (in Chinese)
Liong, Mario and Lih-Shing Chan. 2020. “Men and Masculinities in Contemporary East Asia.” In Routledge International Handbook on Masculinity Studies, Lucas Gottzén, Ulf Mellström, and Tamara Shefer (eds.). Oxon: Routledge.
Liong, Mario and Lih-Shing Chan. 2015. “Sexual Lengmo: The Post-Feminist Construction of Female Sexuality?” In Gender/Sexual Politics in Hong Kong, Angela Wai-ching Wong and Po-king Choi (eds.), pp. 137-149. Hong Kong: Commercial Press. (in Chinese)
Liong, Mario. 2015. “Hegemony and Humor: Class and Hegemonic Masculinities in Three Pre- modern Chinese Humorous Texts.” In Humour, Laughter, and the (Un)making of Gender: Historical and Cultural Perspectives, Anna Foka & Jonas Liliequist (eds.), pp. 191-209. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chan, Lih Shing and Mario Liong. 2015. “Consuming Fantasy: Interpreting the Media Projection and the Consumption of (Trans-)Local Sexual Content among Hong Kong Young Men.” In Digital Culture and Communication, Kai-Uwe Hugger, Angela Tillmann, & Theo Hug (eds.), pp. 189-206. Wiesbaden: Springer.
Tam, Siumi Maria, Anthony Fung, Lucetta Kam, and Mario Liong. “Re-gendering Hong Kong Man in Social, Physical and Discursive Space.” In Mainstreaming Gender in Hong Kong Society, Fanny M. Cheung & Eleanor Holroyd (eds.), pp. 335-365. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press.
Liong, Mario. 2009. “Men’s Movement in Hong Kong: Lack of Feminist Standpoint.” In Promoting Gender Equality: Research and Action on Men’s Participation, Weiyi Rong (ed.), pp. 63-79. Beijing: Beijing Publishing Company. (in Chinese)
Yeung, Dannii Y.-L. and Mario Liong.2016. The Women’s Foundation’s Girls-Go-Tech School Programme Final Report on Impact Assessment. Hong Kong: The Women’s Foundation.
Yeung, Dannii Y.-L. and Mario Liong. 2016. To STEM or Not To STEM? Factors Influencing Adolescent Girls’ Choice of STEM Subjects: Final Report. Hong Kong: The Women’s Foundation.
Tam, Siumi Maria, Wyman Wai-Man Tang, and Mario Liong. 2015. Survey of Ethnic Minority Living Condition in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: New Home Association.
Choi, Susanne Yuk-ping, Winton Wing-tung Au, Angela Wai-ching Wong, Mario Liong, Margaret Fung-yee Wong, Sally Ka-wing Lo, and Kin-chong Chao. 2012. Exploratory Study on Gender Stereotyping and Its Impacts on Male Gender Report. Hong Kong: Equal Opportunities Commission.
Chiu, Patricia, Helena Chui, Heidi Ip, Iris Kam Vanessa Kwok, April Lai, Mario Liong, Terry Mui, Emily Ng, Joyce Tang. 2006. The Status of Women & Girls in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Women’s Foundation.
Liong, Mario. 2017. “Masculinities and Place.” Social & Cultural Geography, 18(2): 288-289.
Invited Talks
2019 Discussant, “Masculinities in Five East Asian Cities” Study Group at Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, 20 February.
2017 “From China to Sweden: Gender Dynamics and Practices among Chinese Academic Immigrant Families in Sweden,” Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden, 7 September
2017 “Caring Masculinities in Hong Kong,” the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, 25 July
2017 Discussant, “Gender Equality from Perspective of Men and Boys” panel at the Gender Summit 10, Tokyo, Japan, 26 May
2016 “Endangered Fathers? Masculinity Crisis and Reflexivity in Times of Change,” the Centre of Urban History, Culture and Media, the Institute of Future Cities, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 7 December
2016 “How to Better Prepare Students for Future Jobs through Today’s STEM Education,” Education Bureau, Hong Kong, 3 November
2016 “Understanding Survey Methodology,” Department of Anthropology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 27 October
2016 “International Women’s Day Panel,” Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong, 2 March
2015 “How Media is Addressing Gender Diversity,” the 12th Annual Women of Influence Conference, the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 6 November
2011 “Masculinities and Femininities,” Department of Anthropology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 17 November
2011 “Young Men and Young Female Model in Hong Kong,” Department of Anthropology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 18 February
2009 “Gender Equality and Gender Analysis for Social Welfare Officer,” Social Welfare Department, Hong Kong, 6 January
2008 “Gender Equality and Gender Analysis for Social Work Officer,” Social Welfare Department, Hong Kong, 8 July
Conference Presentations
2018 “From China to Sweden: Gender Dynamics and Practices among Chinese Academic Immigrant Families in Sweden,” the Twenty-second Asian Studies Conference Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 30 June-1 July
2018 “Between China and Sweden: Gender Dynamics and Practices among Chinese Academic Immigrant Families in Sweden,” Global Migrations Conference 2018, Dunedin, New Zealand, 20-22 Feb
2017 “From China to Sweden: Gender Dynamics and Practices among Chinese Academic Immigrant Families in Sweden,” the Sixth Conference of the Sino-Nordic Women and Gender Studies Conference, Oslo, Norway, 27-30 August
2016 “Representations of Chinese Fathers as Primary Caregivers in the Print Media in Hong Kong,” the 2016 Annual National Conference of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Seattle, United States, 22-25 March
2015 “Public Fathers: Representations of Stay-at-home Fathers in the Intersection of Masculinity and Class in Hong Kong,” Focus on Fathers: Fatherhood in Contemporary Discourse, Wrocław, Poland, 4-5 September
2015 “Sexting as Objectifying and Sexually Liberating: Transformation of Gender and Sexuality Through Digital Media,” Femininities, Masculinities and the Posthuman: The Femininities and Masculinities Project, 5th Global Meeting, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2–4 May
2013 “West VS East, 300 (2006) VS Red Cliff (2008): Masculinities, Bodies and the Spectators Gaze in Popular Historical Film,” EUPOP 2013, Turku, Finland, 31 July – 2 August
2013 “Walking a Tightrope: A Bourdieusian Delineation of Chinese young masculinities,” the Twelfth Nordic Youth Research Symposium, Tallinn, Estonia, 12-14 June
2012 “Reproducing Hegemonic Masculinities: Representations of Fatherhood and Masculinities in Three Pre-modern Chinese Humourous Texts,” Gender, Laughter and Humour Across Cultures and Time Workshop, Umeå, Sweden, 8-9 December
2012 “Walking a Tightrope: Performing Chinese Young Masculinities in Hong Kong,” the Ninth International Conference Crossroads in Cultural Studies, Paris, France, 2-6 July
2012 “Under the Shadow of Deviance: Positionality, Subjectivity, and Masculinity of the Male Feminist Ethnographer in a Patriarchal Field Setting,” Seventh International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Barcelona, Spain, 25-28 June
2012 “Structural Thinking: A Two-edged Blade of Fatherhood in Hong Kong,” Conference on Masculinities in Motion, Oslo, Norway, 31 May – 1 June
2011 “Sexualized Female Body: Gender Implications on the Media Characterization of Leng Mo in Hong Kong,” Gender/Sexual Politics in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 15-17 April
2011 “Consuming Leng Mo: Performing Hong Kong Young Masculinities,” Centre for Research on Men and Masculinities Workshop on the State of Play in the Critical Study of Men and Masculinities, Wollongong, Australia, 17-18 March
2010 “Problematising New Fatherhood: Need for New Fatherhood Politics,” Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association Conference on Emerging Spaces: New Possibilities in Critical Times, Adelaide, Australia, 29 June – 2 July
2009 “Are ‘New Good Fathers’ New?: The Cultural Construction of Fatherhood in Hong Kong,” WAGNet Graduate Workshop on Women and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Studies, Bristol, United Kingdom, 21-23 January
2007 “New Masculinity: Old Wine, New Bottle,” American Men’s Studies Association 15th Annual Conference on Men and Masculinities – Engaging Boys and Men: How Are We Doing?, Kansas City, United States, 30 March – 1 April
2006 “Men’s Movement in Hong Kong: Lack of Feminist Standpoint,” Men and Gender Equality: Diversity, Dialogue, and Discussion, Beijing, China, 4-6 December
2004 “The Cultural Construction of Fatherhood in Hong Kong,” Symposium on Gender Studies in Asia: Peoples, Politics and Power – A Postgraduate Work-in-Progress Workshop, Singapore, 23-24 September