Abstract
<jats:p>This chapter proposes an analytical examination of migration studies from a gender perspective, emphasizing the need to integrate men as gendered subjects within the migratory phenomenon. Drawing on a bibliographic analysis, major theoretical currents, conceptual debates, and historical moments that have shaped the study of human mobility between Mexico and the United States are explored. The trajectory identifies the historical centrality of men in migration narratives, traditionally linked to their role as economic providers. It then addresses the visibility of migrant women and the emergence of gender-and-migration studies, which enabled a deeper understanding of inequalities, roles, and power relations embedded in migratory experiences. This periodization distinguishes several analytical stages: the recognition of women as migrant subjects; the consolidation of the gender–migration approach; the integration of gender as a constitutive element of migratory processes; and the strengthening of migrant masculinities studies, introducing categories to analyze the reconfiguration of male identities in transnational contexts. Finally, migration is framed not only as geographic displacement but as a process involving subjective, familial, and symbolic transformations that reshape gender relations, broadening interpretive horizons and opening new avenues for social research and gender-sensitive public policy.</jats:p>