SOSC 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: 2012 Nfl Season, Hypermasculinity, Masculinity
Document Summary
Violence as a gendered phenomenon a male problem. Take on the tough guise at an expense to their emotional and relational lives and their psyche; survival mechanism to their peer environments. Masculine identity is learned through cultural texts, social scripts or media discourses rather than as a biological program. Masculinity is a pose ; a performance ; respect & growing up is linked to physical strength & threat of violence. Hyper-masculinity as a mask/disguise/insincere pose; to shield their insecurity: linked to acts of violence perpetrated by males & the overall culture of violencep. How male violence is socially and culturally produced as a normal part of gender-identity socialization. Media de-genders violence -> kids killing kids, but is actually boys killing. The sexualization of violence how self portrayals of violence are seen as aspects of sexual desirability. The deformation of male identity when the tough guy image on the exterior doesn"t conform to the authentic inner self self falsification.