SOCI 2P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hegemonic Masculinity, Hypermasculinity, Masculinity
25 Nov 2015
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Resource for next seminar: maclean"s why men should have it all . Social class, power and definition of the situationand a lead in to masculinity and The sculpting of personal identities by societal forces in a way that is troublesome and troubline. Troublesome/troubling identities: masculinity-identities constructed around violence, self-violence, nature of violence against others, emotional, social, economic violence (just ship em, physical, sexual violence, targeting (i) women (ii) other males (iii)self, femininity- identities constructed around inadequacies and insufficiencies de. But not random and endlessly plural- hegemonic masculinities. Hypermasculinity- one form of hegemonic masculinity (guys who play hockey, is very much like what could be incorporated as hegemonic masculinity: intersectionalities with other identities- notably race, social class, age, disability, historical/ cultural differences in masculine identities. Ties into generations" (baby boomers, than generation x and generation y etc) In the following images decode some of the messages embedded in these representations of masculinity.
