EN 2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 101-104: Ego Ideal
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The male body: what a man"s gotta do. The male body as an object of sporting interest (51) It is the moment of maximum effort privileged by almost every image of sport in popular culture, a privilege that is not coming to be granted to women, so long as they conform to the masculine ideal (51) A hard body will ensure that there are no leakages across the edges between inner and outer worlds (52) In our western culture, a child would draw a person with an oval head and lines for the body- showing how the head dominates the rest of the body as mind over matter (52) The most important meanings that can attach to the idea of the masculine body are unity and permanence (53) The masculine image as giving a stronger sense of identity (53) The masculine body as representing the ego and the ego ideal (53)