Hegemonic masculinity

unwillingness to submit, he was raped and murdered. The film illustrates the implications of gender roles, and the violence that occurs against people who do not fit in the norm. Gendered violence, like the violence agaisnt Brandon Teena, is fueled by hegemonic masculinity. Brandon Teena’s murder served as a catalyst to the transgendered…

Theorizing Masculinity: Multiplicity, Embodiment, Politics Feminist theory has sought to undo the binary opposition of man/woman and male/female, to varying degrees of success. What appears to still be intact, if only for its common use by the very theorists who would seek to unravel it, is a third binary: masculinity/femininity. As such, this paper focuses on arguments about the former term, masculinity, presented in two important works: Masculinities by Raewyn Connell and Female Masculinity…

specifically, plays a crucial role in creating films with such influence. By looking at the “movement” of film noir, an influence of gender roles can be displayed and analyzed. In the film Double Indemnity, we can see how the use of the treatments of masculinity and the Femme Fatale character reinforce gender roles of the 1940s and 1950s. Men in film noir, specifically…

The stereotypical representations of masculinity - the “six pack,” “square chest” and “big arms” - have been questioned by contemporary advertising in the male grooming industry. Although the rise of metro- and lumbersexualities has mirrored the shifts in social perception of masculinity, such shifts miss the myriad versions of existing male identities. Lynx- a male grooming company – utilizes a diverse range of male figures within its latest advertising campaigns, so that ordinary people could…

review gender separation arranged particularly in institutions. Michelle Webber explains, through the curriculum taught by teachers in school, forms of masculinity and femininity are portrayed according to the dominant ideals (Webber, 2010, p. 251). In other words, students are taught how to act through social constructions of “hegemonic masculinity” and “emphasized femininity”. Both concepts are seen as stereotypical views, which arrive from the social and dominant assertion of how a gender is…

In this paper, I explore the links between cognitive development and masculinity. Researchers have explored if ‘boys will be boys,’ but equally note the problems of hegemonic masculinity standards. I explore these topics through my own experiences and anntedotes to position some of what literature has found to be of merit to the conversation of masculinity and education. I then turn to explore how masculinity may be in opposition to schooling. Next, I discuss the achievement gap in regards…

Haefner also interprets inclusive masculinity in subculture allow for identity exploration. He notes the importance of communities that foster identity construction because they give young people the space to experiment with their identity and challenge traditional gender norms: While impossible to generalize across the diverse array of subculture, let alone specific scenes, subcultures have provided space for young men to challenge hegemonic relationships. In fact, participants in some scenes…

1. In “Men, Masculinity, and Manhood Acts”, Shrock and Schwalbe describe the concept of “multiple manhoods”, which exist largely due to socioeconomic measures, allow men of certain means and stature the chance to fully embody a hegemonic masculinity. When men have access and control over larger quantities of resources and people, their opportunity to exert their will on others is exponentially high, due to a personal conception of superiority. However, those with fewer resources and virtually no…

project. Suggestions provided by all of you helped me produce reorganize the dissertation into a more streamlined argument, primarily that Bronies are changing contemporary concepts of masculinity, well as building a new masculinity framework. Advice provided by all members gave the insight to concentrate on the masculinity issues facing the fandom and removing the editorializing parts that detract from the overall argument. Much of the nonessential digressions and stream of conscious writing is…

historians, activists and critics. As a discipline, femininity budded earlier than masculinity in the works of several novelists whether male or female. This is because in most historical as well as literary eras society was patriarchal per se. The flourishing of feminine studies is a reaction to that sort of the patriarchy of Man. Novel is the best literary genre to tackle with the imbibed controversial issues like Masculinity and Femininity. The vast literary space of novel as literary genre…