worldview)‚ and where domestic‚ institutional‚ and state politics coverage to uphold and maintain male domination. It is a world in which society values men for possessing the traits equating them to being perceived as possessing manliness—having masculinity‚ power‚ independence‚ and dominance over others. Therefore‚ the social pressures resulting from this system‚ honoring and facilitating to the worship of virility‚ mandated certain behaviors determining the classification of individuals in Mrs. Dalloway
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Gender Violence In today’s society there is a stigma that males are predominately more aggressive than females. This stereotype is upheld when we take a look at nearly every prison in America‚ males are the dominant population. “Masculinity [is] usually characterized by dominance and aggression” (567). This assumption is also enforced in media‚ television‚ and especially in movies. In movies‚ most crimes‚ whether they are robbery‚ rape‚ murder‚ or drug related‚ are performed by a male or by groups
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through a sense of pride‚ that seemingly span both cultures. Kigũũnda sees himself as strong‚ male figure. He holds a great sense of pride is his masculinity or manhood. ‘A man brags about his own penis‚ However tiny.’ Is repeated throughout the play. For Kigũũnda the reference to his penis is an obvious symbol of his manhood. His pride in his masculinity is enforced by another symbolic presence: ‘there hangs a sheathed sword’. This masculine symbol gives the image again of strength‚ power and struggle
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the ever worsening effects of climate change. Their refusal to take the matter seriously only points to a mentality that reaffirms the paradigm that states that the environment is merely a tool for the use of men in order to display their power. (Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear‚ Shame‚ and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity‚ MS Kimmel‚ 2004‚ Oxford University
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and femininity. And‚ used properly‚ that combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I’ve ever met.” Why then‚ do women still feel that men are superior to them? Does being feminine lower us‚ or make us inferior? What defines femininity‚ and masculinity as the opposite? In an excerpt from source B‚ De Beauvoir says this “The terms masculine and feminine are used symmetrically only as a matter of form‚ as on legal papers.” She makes the point that masculine and feminine are unimportant in everyday
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Reading Response 1 When confronting issues of masculinity‚ one must defend their ideologic view of how a man should act in society. Certain types of appeals‚ created by the greek philosopher Aristotle‚ are most likely to prove the general efficacy of the defendant’s argument. These appeals include logos‚ ethos‚ pathos‚ and kairos. To consider which of these appeals is the most effective for proving demonstrable qualities of masculinity‚ one must take into consideration the time the argument
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shifting nature of masculinity in Macbeth and explain what effect this has on your understanding of masculinity. Macbeth is a famous play written in 1606 by an English playwright named William Shakespeare. The play is about Macbeth‚ a Scottish general‚ who is madly driven by his ambitious desires to become king and thus‚ performs immoral acts to achieve his goal‚ resulting in disastrous outcomes. Throughout the play‚ Shakespeare explores the paradoxical concept of “masculinity”‚ which appears constantly
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Gender identity and gender role attitudes can have important influences on health behavior (Visser & Mcdonnell‚ 2012). The application of gender double-standards present a different set of principles and expectations to men and women which in return‚ will have effects on men’s and women’s engagement in health-related behaviors such as alcohol use. The purpose of this study is to apply a mixed-methods approach to explore how gender double-standards for alcohol use affect young people’s alcohol use
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echoed by Connell (2005) who argues that “punks” belong to a subordinate type of masculinity that symbolises powerlessness and weakness. This she says allows the more masculine or “manly” offender to control and execute power over the weaker “punks” through rape. The rape offenders are determined to humiliate‚ degrade‚ undermine and weaken the victim’s masculinity by doing so and concurrently enhance the former’s masculinity (Groth & Burgess‚ 1980). Male rape feminises the weaker victims by eroding his
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hegemonic masculinity (Hughes & Paxton‚ 2014; Cheng‚ 1999). Paxton and Hughes (2014) discusses the various definitions and implications of gender. The two authors argue that gender deeply impact one’s perception of another as it is socialized and engrained since birth (Hughes & Paxton‚ 2014). Consequently‚ gender biases can be subtle but pervasive in every facet of life. Bayard de Volo’s article is
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