Work (BAFW4)‚ Individual Assignment‚ 27th June 2012 Kam Yong Kuat (UB: 10038891) A critical review of an academic article concerned with certain aspects of new issues of work Cross‚ S. and Bagilhole‚ B. (2002) Girls’ Jobs for the boys? Men‚ Masculinity and NonTraditional Occupations. Gender‚ Work and Organization‚ Vol 9‚ No.2 pp204-226 Introduction of Gender segregation of the labour market By nature‚ there has always been occupational segregation through gender in all countries. This is the
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Kaitlin Lee December 5 2012 Miss Bone Honors English – Period 1 Masculinity and Gender in Hemingway ’s The Old Man and The Sea One of the most predominantly accepted themes of Ernest Hemingway ’s assorted works is the importance of masculinity. His experiences in the war and personal values are reflected in his work‚ and are particularly clear in his prize winning novella‚ The Old Man and The Sea. The Old Man ’s connections and relationship with the natural world around him and his responses
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loses innocence. In the novel‚ innocence is portrayed as simplicity and childishness‚ which Jack aims to lose as he develops. Wolff develops this theme through Jack’s quest for masculinity‚ which he views as power. Guns and abusive male figures serve as recurring motifs for his diminishing innocence. Jack’s search for masculinity dilutes his idealistic core as he changes his character to match what he believes is powerful; thus causing the withering of his innocence and complete loss of innocence at
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help‚ that he would no longer be seen as masculine‚ so he traded his emotional state for a social construct. This stigma isn’t only affecting Stuart for he is one of the millions of men who hide their emotions in order to fit societal norms of masculinity which also lead to mental health issues. Due to these issues‚ men need to emotionally express themselves without facing retribution because of the concerning problems with
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Mihriban Keskin David Brenner‚ Ph.D. English 1301 03 March 2014 Unmasking Masculinity The author‚ Christina Hoff Sommers‚ 2003 article entitle “Men-It’s in Their Nature” vividly discusses cultural rearing and social assumptions regarding semi-outdated preconceived notions of stereotypical male masculinity and its impact on an ever evolving modern society. She uses several types of rhetorical elements which are hyperbole‚ comparison/contrast‚ and paradox in this article. At the beginning of
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Jillian Terlonge Intercultural Comm. Japanese Humor Masculinity & Femininity There are many factors in which effect one’s sense of humor in each particular region. Certain things and instances may reflect humor in a different way for each individual. Humor also varies in the sex of the individual also‚ because something a male would find funny a woman would find repulsive or vice versa. In Japan there are several instances in which humor is used either positively or negatively
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"Endangered Masculinities in Irish Poetry" examines the dynamic response of early modern Ireland’s hereditary bardic professional poets to impinging colonial change. Having for generations validated the power of their patrons‚ policed communal norms and acted as self-conscious cultural custodians‚ these elite master-poets were both professionally obligated and personally motivated to defend both their community and their own way of life from renewed English aggression in the sixteenth century. Endangered
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Then it turns to perform in the mode of belief that everyone should act accordingly to those norms. Women keep on practicing what femininity is that culturally prescribed‚ men are masculine because they fulfill what the society think that is masculinity. They are the sediment of the reiterated practices of implementing gender and sexuality rather than the product of ideal. For Butler‚ there is nothing actually masculine or feminine. These ideas just reflect the Multiple acts of gender that will
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“Manliness” In Robert Jensen’s‚ “The High Cost of Manliness” he writes about masculinity and the characteristics associated with masculinity. It is a good solid summary of the argument pro- feminist men have been making for years now: men have a real investment in working with feminist women to transform the culture. The cost for men of trying to live up to the unattainable ideal of true masculinity are real‚ profound ‚ and devastating. Jensen comments saying “ men deny themselves
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Michael Kaufman theorizes that there are three different types of male violence: violence toward women‚ violence toward other men‚ and violence toward oneself. Masculinity plays a determining role in this “triad”. The patriarchal social structure‚ which casts men in an active role and women in a passive role‚ perpetuates a toxic form of masculinity were passive‚ non-violent men are seen as “unmanly” – thus‚ powerless and weak. Furthermore‚ men are discouraged from expressing emotions‚ particularly toward
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