Masculinity In The Workplace

Reading chapter six about the men and masculinity it was interesting to finally read a chapter about men. From reading all about the female or femininity side of gender it is finally good to see the male side and to learn more about it. Not just also the side of the patriarchy, but also the race and class. This comes into play with the hierarchy of men. Lisa Wade and Myra Ferree defines this as a rough ranking of men from most to least masculine, with the assumption that being more masculine is better (2015).

Society’s current structure of masculinity is unforgiving in form. It cuts out other forms of masculinity, it physically and mentally demanding, and its ill effects extend far beyond the men it infuses itself in. Yet what would we do if we were given other options for masculinity, ones that allowed for unique blends of attitudes and perceptions? Looking in to the lives of homeless men we can see the forced strategies which create new masculine codes created for the adaption against patriarchal pressures. They are made out of survival need to circumnavigate the painful mental and physical reality that is only made worse by harsh masculine standards. Yet these new masculinities hold out a form of hopefulness for society. They offer up new discussion to what it means to be a man, the potential for change, and what we can expect from changes in male identity over time. Using what we learn from the disadvantaged, we can hope to improve the lives of people, although the process will take time, effort, and careful mediation.

To read Babio without recognizing the gender politics at work in the play would disregard much of how the play itself creates meaning. So much of the play’s plot and character dynamics are related to the way gender functions in this play. One major theme of Babio is the idea of masculinity and how masculinity is defined. Through the portrayal of Babio as an effeminate character, Babio is able to define masculinity through absences in Babio’s Character. Consequently, Babio makes the additional point that lovesickness is not an intrinsic aspect of medieval masculinity, despite the fact that love sickness is often attributed to men.

Male gender roles in contemporary media that are negatively portrayed through masculinity greatly effects the physical, psychological, and behavioral image of men. The social construct of masculinity in society and its relationship to males is generally reflected in male media consumption. The popular concept of women’s feminine image in the media is vastly overshadowed and more predominantly acceptable in subtle society in comparison to male’s image of masculinity.

Continuing on with the discussion on working-class occupation and masculinity, Paul Willis (1977) conducted research and wrote an article on why working-class kids get working-class jobs. The 12 working-class 'lads ' that Willis (1977) interviewed were all from a town in England, that was largely industrial, called Hammertown. Willis (1977) witnessed a distinct counter-culture towards the school and what Willis calls 'learning labour '. The argument that is put forward in the article is that the 'lads ' rejected the 'learning labour ' not because they had bad experiences in school, but instead because it was seen as feminine (Willis, P., 1977). Thus 'lads ' demonstrated stereotypical views of working-class males masculinity. They believed that manual labour and working physically hard is an expression of male masculinity (ibid). The article does also share an idea that the lads conform to the ideas that are shared by the leader or others members of the group (ibid). This conforming to social groups does give us a valuable insight to the possible reason why working-class males get working-class masculine jobs. Linking in with Joan Acker 's (2006) work on inequality regimes, Willis (1977) does make reference to companies praying on lads, similar to the ones he interviewed, who are from working-class backgrounds and share the lads masculine ideas, to work in their low-skilled factories. However, the 'lads ' did not see this as them being exploited by the organisations,

This review provides an explanation from teen fathers while measuring masculinity differences. This material covers topics that impact teen fathers’ interactions, beliefs, traditional societal ideologies, and judgment. This analysis reflects qualitative data that describes stigma and the involvement of society regarding teen pregnancy.

How is gender and gender roles socially constructed? Soulliere states that gender is a cultural creation that is frequently developed by and represented through popular cultural media such as advertisements, music, sports, and entertainment television (Soulliere 2006). The article “Wrestling with Masculinity: Messages about Manhood in the WWE” by Danielle M. Soulliere (2006), examines messages about manhood revealed by televised professional wrestling (Soulliere 1). Messages concerning masculinity and manhood were investigated and compared to the cultural version of masculinity (Soulliere 2006). Soulliere’s research proves that the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) depicts messages, which supports the dominant hegemonic form of masculinity (Soulliere 2006). To further grasp and understand Soulliere’s hypothesis, we must first examine her research methods and outcomes.

Showing your humanity through raw emotions used to be seen as proof of a person’s sincerity, honesty, and integrity. Something happened in the 20th century, women became the picture of teary-eyed fragility and the tearless, aggressive male became the ideal of masculinity. Media messages, commercials, and television shows stopped portraying men as responsible, competent, and compassionate husbands, sons, and fathers, instead they consist of idiotic or misogynistic archetypes. When men are portrayed as sensitive humans, it is largely under the caveat of being gay. As stated in A New Vision of Masculinity, there is still little worse than being mistaken for a homosexual (Cooper, 2016).

A cowboy, the strong and silent “man’s man” is the iconic figure of masculinity. The same cowboy also has a certain fragileness. The perception of a man usually does not reveal the fragile side. However, Gretel Ehrlich reveals this underlying soft side of cowboys in About Men (1985), and Paul Theroux explains in Being a Man (1985) that the idea of manhood is pitiful because there is a fragile side to every man.

These claims by culture and feminism do not match up with the definition of manliness, and that is where the debate lies. If the discrepancy was due to the researchers Mansfield and Gilmore, what are they to make of their observations and study? What are we to do with centuries of history in which humans lived with men at the helm because they were needed? How are we to explain the unconscious feeling that a man is doing right when he works to provide for his family? How can we explain the opposite feeling when a man does not? The argument that is not being made on the manliness side is that men should be the only ones in government or in business or that misogyny plays any role at all. They are not arguing for a return of the patriarchy, but they are arguing for a return of true manliness.

This dissertation explores an emerging masculinity with an unlikely genesis stemming from a television program called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I call this developing form of masculinity “concordant masculinity” which defines itself through harmony by means of collaboration and agreement without coercion or appropriation. This form of masculinity varies from other structures of the term in that it allows for greater gender fluidity and a wider array of gender performances while further fracturing contemporary understandings of traditional masculinity. Simultaneously, concordant masculinity does not dismiss or marginalize other types of masculinity as previous constructs have a tendency to do. Moreover, compromise is a key component

No matter where you go in the world, gender is always constructed in two ways: Feminine and Masculine. Woman are seen as feminine and submissive, while men are known to be masculine and dominant. Socially femininity meant being: “girly”, frail, a woman, caring etc. While being masculine meant the opposite. Strong, man, hardworking, tough. That’s what we as a society see masculinity. But who can show masculinity? Why can people only show masculinity because of their gender? What will happen if they don’t hold enough masculinity that the public want? Article we were given in class will provide some insight to these questions.

The masculinities and femininities which exist in society play an important role in the gender inequality and gender relations. There are many cultural activities which are gendered and contribute to the construction and reconstruction of these femininities and masculinities. One of the most prominent cultural activities which are gendered is sport. Therefore we need to be aware of the role sport has in constructing masculinities and femininities and the ideology, sportocracy. Sport is a gendered cultural activity because it perpetuates many gender stereotypes and promotes or encourages specific masculinities, especially aggression, physicality, competitiveness and dominance.

In today’s society, it is made up of androcentrism everywhere a person looks, even if they do not want to believe it displays androcentrism. Masculinity and femininity have been created and evolve on a long period of time, these traits of gender can impact an individual’s life in both a positive and negative way. Living without androcentrism in society could confuse a huge amount of people; however, an enormous amount could benefit and live a masculine and feminine life easier. Individuals can encounter androcentric traits in anything they do in life. Such as, the work place, the career a person picks, and how a person interacts with each other.

When thinking of anything to do with the gender norm shifting or otherwise it comes to terms with masculinity and feminism and these are always a topic when we discuss the understandings of women within militarism and war (Riley, 2008 p. 1193). Of course war is considered and seen as the quintessential masculine activity, though which manhood is demonstrated and expected when engaging within war (McLaughlin, 1990 p. 193). However, when we think of this within the understanding of how women could have been or can be a massive influential element to the understanding of the nature of war one can say it could be inaccurate. It is well known and quite common within the descriptions of warfare in medieval texts were prepped with referencing and