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A substantial psychological and behavioural literature has operationalised masculinity-related constructs through individual measures of attitudes, conformity, and gender role conflict. These measures can produce useful evidence, but when individual scores are treated as proxies for masculinity itself, the individual risks becoming both the unit of measurement and the assumed location of the problem. This paper examines the movement from relational theories of masculinity to individualised forms of explanation across men\u2019s health research, policy, and practice. It argues that individual, service, and structural factors are frequently identified without adequately explaining the mechanisms through which relationships, institutions, and material conditions produce, reinforce, or change gendered health practices. A relational approach does not displace individual agency or behavioural intervention. 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