Masculinity

and can be used in various situations as well, as it always has a negative connotation to the term. For this purpose, when the term is applied to someone, it has a continuous connection with power and it reiterates the importance of displaying masculinity. Furthermore, Pascole characterizes the term as a “Hot potato” dynamic, as no one wants the term to be applied to themselves, whereas they must continuously apply the term so someone else. However,…

feel males have always dominated all fields of study just by the virtue of being men, so how can men have problems? This becomes especially true when we try to compare women v men instead of men v. the social strings that guide them. The role of masculinity…

Suha’s rejection of the current Palestine. This is a man’s world, thus women who enter will face sexual threats. Khaled remarks that her car “almost got pregnant here” (4:15) when Suha enters the car garage. Typically, car garages are a place where masculinity can flourish, causing Suha to face a form of…

societal constructs of femininity and masculinity and how these constructs impact men and women in society. It discusses the experiences and issues of mainly men, focusing on the influence society has on men by enforcing certain expectations of what a man should be like. Joe Herman, Michael Kimmel and several others discuss their experiences with societal pressures to behave masculine. Some of the main issues discussed in this documentary are toxic masculinity, violence in young men and boys,…

several institutions that contribute to masculinity and femininity, and how members of each group carry out their gender role. Like, media, for example, is one of the biggest culprit of gender normalities and stereotypes. Through popular culture, time after time, what is means to be a man or what it means to be women is redefined, and we cultivate these ideas to perform our gender. The flaw in this concept is that it assumes that there are only one masculinity and femininity, which is typically…

The caption states, "CHEAT ON YOUR GIRLFRIEND, NOT YOUR WORK OUT" (Reebok). In the "Cheat On Your Girlfriend" campaign, Reebok reinforces that acts of sexism is acceptable because that is what allows a man to maintain his masculinity. Through this advertisement, masculinity is defined through the success of…

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…

is legal. I use this example because I know that LGBTQ issues are far from being over but there is slow change to be inclusive of all people. I believe that the same goes for gender roles, a snap of the fingers can't automatically reverse toxic masculinity and gender ranking but this class taught me that a series of small changes can be a huge step…

discusses hegemonic masculinity. The way in which More than Men: Latino Feminist Masculinities and Intersectionality is structured is as follows: it begins by defining hegemonic masculinity and the purpose of the…

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…