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    As husbands‚ they are virile partners (Angeles 2001; Pingol 2000‚ 2001). Categorizations do not denote distinct spheres; they may overlap and contradict each other (Hoang and Yeoh 2011). Nonetheless‚ Pingol’s (2000‚ 2001) Ilocano men show that masculinity may be perceived negatively. Contrary to being

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    We Luv Deez Hoez: The Issue of Women and Black Masculinity in Outkast’s Music Hip-Hop is the top selling genre in the U.S. today although over the years‚ critics have suggested Hip-Hop has no real future [Kubrin 2005]. Hip-Hop’s emergence into mainstream culture and its success across America has continually caused tension with not only the media but politicians and other members of society. This has been due Rap artist’s explicit view on society from the Black perspective. The extensive use of

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    Our Understanding of the term masculinity changed through the Ages. People confuse masculinity usually with sex or the biological anatomy of a a man. Even though “genitalia does not necessarily make a man”. (Emma Foye Quinn 4) Almost every man was already confronted with Phrases like “grow a pair” or “man up”‚ used when men do not fullfil the expectations of our present day society.(1) Men are supposed to have a though mentality. We think of certain characteristics a man should offer to be considered

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    1900s. Black masculinity is being manipulated by the media to fit a certain

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    I believe the author’s message is that masculinity is a key factor in a young man’s life and masculinity shapes their life. The author heavily inflicts the importunacy of incorporating masculinity into his reading. The author‚ Copper Thompson‚ suggests that violence maintains the two most critical socializing forces in a boy’s life. He also suggests that society advocates violence. I agree society definitely enforces physical violence‚ to an extent. Sports‚ movies etc. promotes violence as competiveness

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    “Behind the Fair Façade” Representations of Femininity in Three Walt Disney Animated Features Bachelor Thesis Bethany Schouten‚ 3278972 Media en Cultuurwetenschappen Genderstudies Supervisor: Domitilla Olivieri May 31st‚ 2011 “Behind the Fair Façade” Representations of Femininity in Three Walt Disney Animated Features Bachelor thesis by Bethany Schouten‚ 3278972 Index Introduction 3 Methodological and theoretical Framework 4 Corpus 9 The Research:

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    Essay Question: Discuss the ways in which masculinity is constructed in Gallipoli and / or First Blood? What codes and norms of gender are used to construct masculinity in the film(s)? The perception of masculinity within Australian films is a reflection of our society’s views and opinions of what it is to be considered masculine. It is continually reinforced in our society by the constructions of the male character in movies‚ just like Archie and Frank‚ in Gallipoli and particular male figures

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    merely to reproduce‚ to execute her domestic duties well and to submit incontestably to the authority of the men. In essence the Greeks valued their women almost as little as a common slave was valued. These values and traits associated with femininity in ancient Grecian societies are demonstrated throughout Sophocles mythical account of a woman of Thebes named Anigone. He however recognized that these beliefs about women were not representative of how women of ancient Greece were and thus highlighted

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    “There may be numerous ways in which international relations are implicated in the construction of masculinities and masculine identities; through the direct disciplining of male bodies‚ through numerous political and institutional practices‚ and through broader cultural and ideological links.” Unquestioningly‚ more and more people believe that “the personal becomes political” nowadays‚ we can see that even for subjects that suppose to be those of intimate details of private lives have become

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    “Araby” is the story of a boy’s awakening. The narrator of the story is caught between childhood and being a teenager. He has innocent crushes that involve the objectification of women. These crushes show his growing awareness of the gender order‚ in which men are at the top and women are there to serve men. For example‚ in his neighborhood‚ “…if Mangan’s sister came out on the doorstep to call her brother in to his tea‚ we watched her from our shadow peer up and down the street” (Joyce‚ “Araby”)

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