SOC309Y1 Chapter Notes -Safe Sex, Arthur Ashe, Hegemonic Masculinity
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Note: article is very repetitive: there"s no such thing as a gay hero : sexual identity and media framing of hiv-positive. Athletes faye linda wachs and shari l. dworkin. Members of the straight community who engage in high-risk sexual behaviour are somewhat absolved of the stigma of aids because they are, in the case of promiscuous men, conforming to dominant ideologies about male virility. Heterosexual male athletes and aids, women are constructed as responsible for both putting themselves at risk and bringing risk to the athletes. Continuous struggle over what is labelled as good sex and what is marked and stigmatized as. Surveillance is carried out in a variety of ways, one being the confessional. Team sports were considered male appropriate, whereas sports that emphasize grace were associated with femininity. Johnson- participation in basketball, is part of the cultural discourse that defines and (re)produces not only masculinity but also hegemonic masculinity.
