Norms Of Masculinity

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).

Americans understanding about getting involved in physical activity has been evolving since the idea of sport first entered the culture. At first a sport was nothing more than a way to prove yourself to others and to show masculinity. These changes were brought to fruition through more knowledge. When Americans first realized that physical health was of importance, it was what started to make sure that everyone was getting active in some way. These changes happened first for males. It was, for a long time, still considered inappropriate for a female to in peak physical condition. Because it took so long for anyone to believe that the same resources that men were given to stay physically active should be given to women to, women are still not given the same opportunities at any level of sport in America today.

There is a masculinity crisis in America that has been escalating, since society has gravitated to the auspice of anti-marriage and single parenthood. The nuclear family is the root of a successful society. In a traditional nuclear family, family structure plays a vital role in the healthy developmental stages from birth through adolescence; otherwise, the child cannot adjust due to lack of social conventions. There are numerous factors that contribute to the threat of masculinity in our society; namely, families headed by single mothers, the media metrosexualizing males, and absence of God.

Rejecting traditional masculinity as a whole would improve society on many different levels. Masculinity is very dangerous in the aspect that aggression, competition, and dare plays a major role. These aspects can have negative effects on boys in the long run by increasing levels of stress, physical injury and early death. Rejecting traditional masculinity contibutes to the fact that these factors would be nonigsistent. In addition, traditional masculinity takes away from relationships men try to have. Traditional masculinity contributes to the great emotional distance from other people. Also, traditonal masculinity has a negative effect on the way women and men interact. As men attempt to show of their masculinity, they seem to see women

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.

Demographics. Participants were asked to indicate their (a) age, (b) current state of residence according to the four Census Bureau-designated areas (i.e., Midwest, Northeast, South, West), (c) education level, (d) health insurance, (e) household income per year, (f) marital status, (g) religiosity, (h) sexual orientation, and (i) work status, among others described elsewhere (Rogers & Goodson, 2014).

Contemporary Society's Crisis of Masculinity Works Cited Not Included Masculinity is the word used to describe the broad stereotyped traits traditionally ascribed to all males in British society and the notion of how men should appear and behave. It is more accurate to refer to 'masculinities', to reflect the complexity and diversity of masculinity today. There are important differences made between 'hegemonic' and 'subordinate' masculinities; hegemonic masculinity is the dominant western image - white, heterosexual and middle class, subordinate the diverse masculinities - homosexual men, black men and the working class. David Beckham is a modern icon who has expressed and challenged some of the

After reading the chapter, the author of the textbook mentions that inequality towards women is one of the main reasons why several occupations are dominated by females because of “occupational sex segregation”, which is basically employing men and women in occupations according to their gender, in addition to separating women from manual labor and high-paid positions. This type of segregation mostly puts limits upon women on what they can and can’t do because of expectations/stereotypes being augmented towards children as they grow up, also known as gender roles. Society contributes to this by socializing children of what is expected of them according to their sex, “what is appropriate behavior for girls and boys. This includes defining appropriate occupations for women versus men” (Leon-Guerrero, 106).

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).

Throughout history women have been looked as less than and that they should be treated differently because of their gender. The respect or lack of respect a person has for a woman shows a lot into what kind of person they are. Women have gained more power in the United States and are getting treated better but in some different places around the world women are still treated like a piece of property. Even some women in the United States are treated like a piece of property. Women are still abused just as bad or even worse today.Many places are not willing to call out the abusers especially in places like Afghanistan because there is a high probability that nothing will happen to the abuser but thankfully in the United States women are speaking out more and have more places to turn to.

The notion of hegemonic masculinity has altered the field of gender studies and many academic arenas. An idea popularized by R.W. Connell, hegemonic masculinity has played an integral role in the emotional development of American men, articulating the impact that this societal construction has had on the concept of American masculinity. It is a contested topic, yet the impacts that it has in terms of sexuality, struggles for power and political leadership, and gender identities are valid (Connell 830). Although difficult to fully achieve, it acts as a guiding force for the stereotypically masculine. Hegemonic masculinity assumes the subordination of all other forms of masculinity, placing it at the top of the social hierarchy. At the same time, the idea of hegemonic masculinity has served as a bridge between the growing field of men’s’ studies and female studies (Connell 829). Several authors share the premise that men in American society conform to the standards of the social construct of hegemonic masculinity.

In 2014, twenty-four-year-old football player, Michael Sam, was the first openly gay man to be drafted into the NFL. The country rejoiced at the fact that not all gay men were “sissies”. The feminine man stereotype is perceived as bad and negative; yet, most gay men have most likely had at least one “feminine” experience. However, no one knows why, exactly, that is. Why is it that there is a very evident stereotype that all gay men, do traditionally feminine things? Even more so, why is that stereotype mostly true? Where does this stereotype come from? And finally, why is there such a negative stigma? The feminine gay man stereotype has lived on for centuries, and will most likely continue for many more. It is

Throughout the world, countries and cultures are struggling with the idea of queer. The problem is that the United States and many countries live with the concept of patriarchy. Patriarchy is a social constructed structure to organize people to live in a gender binary society. The gender binary is the constructed gender roles that men and women are expected to do in which it affects the everyday lives of queers and it doesn’t allow them to freely express who they truly are. Historically, white heterosexual males and heterosexual families are the ideal model and are those in higher power.

Masculinity is diverse and it pervasive as discourse in the in the individual consciousness. Foucault (1990), in his book “The History of Sexuality” at part “Scientia Sexualis”, offered a new concept of power that is not based on a particular class domination to view sexuality. Therefore, the power that is constantly competing to gain access to the formation of the truth-Knowledge. Masculinity as a discourse, in the end, would be a basis of truth -knowledge, that is applied by action. As a knowledge, masculinity ultimately affect the sexual life of the individual, in such matter, this male masculinity of the man. The influence of discourse on sexual life depicted by the society. For example, the tribes and religion believe virginity is sacred, and responsibility to keep women virgin or on their pregnancy because having sex with them is the construction of masculinity.