In the article named “Girl Hunt” written by David Grazian in 2007, Grazian studies how young men show their masculinity. Grazian studies this through the setting of the downtown nightlife. Grazian figures out that there are three things that characterize girl hunting, these three things are performative and ceremonial, some form of homosocial activity, and lastly a collective activity which means to action together as a group to heighten one’s status and achieve a common objective. In this article review, I will break down how hetero male (ideally students) utilize the energy of aggregate ceremonials of homo-sociality to perform sexual ability and manly personality by "girl hunting". Grazian additionally says how it is "statically uncommon"
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“Here, one’s male peers are the intended audience for competitive games of sexual reputation and peer status, public displays of situational dominance and rule transgression, and in-group rituals of solidarity and loyalty” (Grazian, 2007, 224). Since we pick up gendered characters from society, with maybe little impact from singular thoughts of being a man or lady. The significance of exclusive's manliness contrary to another man's manliness is a key factor in deciding how and why masculinities are recreated, and for whom they are imitated. This theory can be applied to the practices of social life, because it is the basis of a male’s sexual life. What is being described from this article is basically one of the underlying themes of social …show more content…
Grazian is trying to give his audience a clear view into the experiences of heterosexual men heightening their performance of masculinity through picking up females. I think Grazian accomplishes giving the readers a nice depiction on that kind of life. The reason I think this is because, the author (Grazian) has been studying a number of these types of males for some time. Additionally, he gives the readers experiences from other males that have been “girl hunting” for quite some time. These experiences that were described in detail definitely supports his claims in which males don’t pick up girls to fulfill sexual desires, but to gain status among their male
“Here, one’s male peers are the intended audience for competitive games of sexual reputation and peer status, public displays of situational dominance and rule transgression, and in-group rituals of solidarity and loyalty” (Grazian, 2007, 224). Since we pick up gendered characters from society, with maybe little impact from singular thoughts of being a man or lady. The significance of exclusive's manliness contrary to another man's manliness is a key factor in deciding how and why masculinities are recreated, and for whom they are imitated. This theory can be applied to the practices of social life, because it is the basis of a male’s sexual life. What is being described from this article is basically one of the underlying themes of social …show more content…
Grazian is trying to give his audience a clear view into the experiences of heterosexual men heightening their performance of masculinity through picking up females. I think Grazian accomplishes giving the readers a nice depiction on that kind of life. The reason I think this is because, the author (Grazian) has been studying a number of these types of males for some time. Additionally, he gives the readers experiences from other males that have been “girl hunting” for quite some time. These experiences that were described in detail definitely supports his claims in which males don’t pick up girls to fulfill sexual desires, but to gain status among their male