WGS353H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Shampoo, Mattress, Masculinity
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Masculine: dominant, breadwinner, ceo, unemotional, tough, aggressive. Feminine: submissive, housewife, secretary, emotional, sensitive, soft: masculinity man, femininity woman. Two ideas of what is masculinity: mindy kaling on men and boys". Sometimes i bring a script i"m working on to a restaurant and sit near people and eavesdrop on them. I could rationalize it oh, this is good anthropological research for characters i"m writing but it"s basically just nosiness" (kaling, 2012, p. 176). In general, kaling characterises men as dominant, assertive, decisive, in control, breadwinning . [boys] suck to date when you turn thirty. In general, kaling characterises boys as immature, indecisive, flighty, poor (not a breadwinner) Comprehension from this piece: masculinity is found in the separation of men and boys, as something boys should mature into. A legit man" ( masculine"): decisive, insufferable, committed, arrogant, mature, condescending dick to be aspired toward (?) Insufferable friendly, loving: arrogant humble. 2018-01-03: condescending dick empathetic (not a dick, clifton evers: masculinity as style".
