meaning beneath this cloak of motivation. This ad is inspiring‚ but also depicting what society believes masculinity is. Nike is emphasizing the importance of working out and being one’s own person in a way to define masculinity. The advertisement displays stereotypes of masculinity through the man‚ the weights‚ and displays a theme of bravery‚ a characteristic often associated with masculinity. In the background picture‚ there is a man working out‚ which is stereotypical because it is commonly accepted
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Equally important as femininities‚ masculinity is socially constructed gender profiles that are categorized. Characterizing men in a specific category rather than equalizing them also diminishes them entirely by placing rigid expectations that are similar to that of societal views of women.
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In the Journal of Homosexuality‚ I found an article titled "Heterosexual Masculinity and Homophobia: A Reaction to the Self?" This article discussed information based on a case study that was done on 74 college males. The study investigated the link between heterosexual masculinity and homophobia. "Heterosexual Masculinity and Homophobia: A Reaction to the Self" examined specific areas as the predictors of homophobia. One area discussed was gender self-discrepancy. Gender discrepancy is how
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Masculinity vs. Femininity Geert Hofstede Here you can see four persons‚ three of them are adults and the other one is a student. One of the adult seems to be the principal of a school‚ the other two seem to be the parents of that student. Those people are in a room‚ which seems to be the bureau f the principal since the sign on the door says “principal”. The reason why the parents of the student and the principal meet is because the student is not good in school. The principal is about to tell
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The media has also affected masculinity through the music and movies but more specific by their artists and the stars they created. As any industry these two created their own products‚ every company invest big quantities of money in them‚ the better the product more money they will make. The stars and famous people in the media are products of these industries‚ they invest tons of money in these certain people that sometime they even do not have any talent‚ but with money they make special and spectacular
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Michael S. Kimmel’s article of‚ “Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear‚ Shame‚ and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity‚” is exploring how men perceive this idea of masculinity/masculine and how it came to be. It discuss the pressure of what men have to prove to show their idea of “manhood” in society. This article points out the important part of masculinity where men have to compare themselves to others and live up to what a masculine man really is. The approval of other men. Michael describes
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Concepts of Masculinity in The Odyssey The Odyssey is an epoch poem composed by Homer that is based around the protagonist‚ Odysseus. He is on a journey to return home to his wife and son after the battle of Troy. Throughout his voyage‚ Odysseus encounters many obstacles on his way home. Odysseus’ son is named Telemachus. When Odysseus left for the Trojan War‚ Telemachus was only a child. Odysseus is gone for a total of 20 years. While his father is gone‚ Telemachus undergoes maturation and takes
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The Nice Jewish boy is a stereotype of Jewish masculinity which circulates within the American Jewish community‚ as well as in mainstream American culture which has been influenced by the Jewish minority. In the Jewish Journal there is an article describing a young boys Barmitzfa in ‘Today I Am a Man’‚ by Rabbi Ed Feinstein. He goes on to speak about how ‘Today I am a man. But what do you know about being a man? A Jewish man?’. Strong men as the judge Samson‚ blessed with his superhuman strength
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Walt Disney Company: Time Series Forecasting Introduction: The Walt Disney Company is known to be the worlds most admired entertainment company. It has recently decided to open up a new Pixar themed park in California. In order to do so‚ the company will need to assure their bank that it is capable of paying back loans in the future as well as reassuring owners and investors that they will not lose any money in the future. In order for Walt Disney to
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Aitken recognize how “the crisis of masculinity…suggests that men seek reassurance that other men think misanthropic thoughts” (290). This means that the fight club has caused the men to believe that they need reassurance as to whether they fit the characteristics of masculinity. Fight club is very different from the social life as “guys [who] are in fight club [are] not who they are in the real world” (Palahniuk
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