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    Jackson Katz Tough Guise

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    MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION T R A N S C R I PT VIOLENCE‚ MEDIA & THE CRISIS IN MASCULINITY Challenging media TOUGH GUISE: ABRIDGED VERSION TOUGH GUISE Violence‚ Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (ABRIDGED version) Executive Producer & Director: Sut Jhally Producers: Susan Ericsson & Sanjay Talreja Written by: Jackson Katz & Jeremy Earp Editors: Sut Jhally‚ Susan Ericsson‚ Sanjay Talreja & Jeremy Smith Featuring an interview with Jackson Katz Anti-Violence Educator Media Education

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    7. How does (or doesn’t) Messerschmidt’s concept of masculinity as structured action‚ and Schrock/Schwalbe’s examples of homophobia-signifying-heterosexuality as an example of manhood acts‚ make sense of the inclusive scenes which open Eric Anderson’s piece? 8. One underlying aspect of Schrock/Schwalbe’s concepts of manhood acts is its capacity for adaptation (also seen in Mike’s behavior from Chu’s “When Boys Become Boys”.) How do these readings – especially Schrock/Schwalbe’s – respond to Hannah

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    ‘Poetry is the art of using words charged with their utmost meaning.’ (Gioia 2002‚ p. 17). It is about searching for new ways in which an object can be seen and described than its original meaning. The defamiliarization or ‘the distinctive effect achieved by literary works in disrupting our habitual perception of the world‚ enabling us to ‘see’ things afresh’ (Baldick 2006‚ p. 62)‚ allows the reader to confront their stereotypical perceptions and challenges them to deconstruct everyday ideas‚ words

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    The Pre-Feminist Movement

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    hard to get past the male dominated economic and political arenas from the men’s neo-liberalism view of women as homemakers‚ domestic labour‚ motherhood and taking care of the family (Crossley et al. 500). This movement also gave rise to imperial manhood as the roles of men and women were divided in the workforce and in public. This kept women very submissive and easy targets of violence and aggression from men until the next wave of feminism. The “second wave” of feminism‚ started in the 1960s‚

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    “Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old age regret.” This quote is from Great Britain’s former prime minister‚ Benjamin Disraeli (Gillum). Disraeli served as prime minister for two terms (Gillum). His first from 1868 to 1874 and his second from 1874 to 1880 (Gillum). Disraeli was a successful politician and writer. Disraeli’s quote‚ “Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old age regret”‚ is an aphorism (“Aphorism”). By definition‚ an aphorism is a statement of truth or opinion expressed in

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    the impact that this clash has upon the traditional roles and responsibilities of Ibo manhood and womanhood respectively. As the story progresses in Lagos the traditional Ibo roles for both male and female are challenged again and again. It is obvious that this is the struggle Emecheta wanted to dealing alluding to the roles of male and female. In the novel many of the things that were typical measures of manhood and womanhood "manly" work‚ fertility‚ etc. were in direct conflict with the circumstances

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    We may feel powerless alone but the joint efforts of individuals can defeat the evils of our time. Together they can create a stable‚ free‚ and considerate society. Queen Elizabeth II‚ from a Christmas Message What is repetition? 1. Repetition reiterates or amplifies a statement of different words to show that it holds true under different circumstances. In this way‚ the statement or idea is given emphasis and clarity. Life is work. Man perfects himself by working. He reinforces himself

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    The Wasp Factory Essay

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    masculinity is measured in a man’s ability to reproduce‚ as ’Seven-O’ refers to the unborn child of Sixo and the ‘Thirty- Mile Woman’. This repeated exclamation‚ therefore‚ emphasises his triumph and defiance at having found a way to ‘document his manhood’. However‚ Morrison also is able to depict the oppression of slave culture as‚ by conforming to patriarchal gender constructions‚ Sixo is overthrowing the racial hierarchy as it is often implied that patriarchal gender constructions are for white

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    possession of her” (164). She wanted someone to understand her and to be loved by a man. To Kate‚ George “looked no longer a boy‚ but a man‚ ready to play the part of a man” (165). Again‚ we see a false representation of George’s entrance into manhood. He could not understand why she began to beat him and then ran away; “I have missed something. I have missed something Kate Swift was trying to tell me” (166). Because he is unable to grasp her message‚ he has not yet transitioned into being the

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    Yukio Mishima uses Characterization to help define and illustrates the theme of manhood throughout the short story helping with the symbolism as well. The manhood in it‚ is a reoccurring theme through out. The way it will be shown is through the actions of the characters‚ and symbolism of the surroundings. The first element explored is the theme of manhood the most important element during the whole story. Manhood is brought up because Akio is trying for his own passage into this important phase

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