The themes include fluidity of identities‚ the decline of tradition‚ the knowing construction of identity‚ the idea of ’role models’‚ masculinity in (possible) crisis‚ ’girl power’‚ popular feminism‚ diversity of sexualities‚ gender trouble‚ media power‚ contradictions and change. Each of these themes is briefly discussed below. Fluidity of identities and the decline of tradition We have seen various ways in which popular ideas about the self in society have changed‚ so that identity is today
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Which techniques have been used by the writers of the texts to influence your attitude to and understanding of the ideas of power? In Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk About Kevin‚ and Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner the idea of power in masculinity and the powerless of femineity is contrasted. Women in both texts are shown to have very little power as they are punished when they challenge the traditional roles they are expected to abide shown through dialogue and epistolary. Men are seen to be
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and Laura raise the idea of masculinity‚ and it’s place and role in society and character. The relationships in both films‚ particularly those between the male protagonists and women‚ highlight the differing ideas of masculinity. The character of Scottie in Vertigo highlights how relationship with women can greatly effect the idea of masculinity‚ whereas this is reversed in Laura‚ when the title character Laura shows how she greatly changes the concept of masculinity through three differing male
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Toxic masculinity is the idea that social expectations of masculinity and stereotypical attitudes towards men are detrimental to their emotional development. This recognition that gender stereotypes hurt men as well as women is a critical argument for the urgent and continuing need for re-examining gender roles in contemporary society. As a feminist‚ I appreciate that this article describes in detail how thoroughly ingrained cultural presumptions about gender are in our society and see it as a major
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consequently‚ the interactions we have with them. For men‚ abiding by these norms is complicated by masculinity. Known informally as “guy code”‚ these unwritten rules are “carefully monitored by the self-appointed gender police‚ ensuring that everyone constantly complies with ... [it] - even if they don’t want to” (Kimmel 98). Because of this‚ boys are socialized through masculinity; that is‚ masculinity outlines the ideal characteristics and specific behaviors that boys must learn‚ adapt to‚ and embody
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The Chinese Connection: Reconstructing Masculinity in the Face of Adversity Through portrayed resistance of foreign domination‚ The Chinese Connection builds a heroic masculine Chinese identity that revisions China’s past. As the film opens‚ the narrator informs viewers of what the story will be about: the death of a martial arts master in rural China. However‚ by calling attention to the many rumors regarding master Ho’s death‚ the narrator is essentially emphasizing the unreliability of the
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The essay “Masculinity as homophobia” by Michael S. Kimmel talks about how masculinity and homophobia go hand in hand with each other. Trying to prove ourselves masculine‚ makes us change how we really are‚ showing a different face than what we want to show. Homophobia is the fear of not measuring up as a real man. We are afraid of being humiliated by other men. All this leads to silence‚ to a silence that shows that we agree with the things that are done to women‚ to gays and lesbians. And this
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but most women want a man to fight for them. If a man just walks away from a fight‚ we say he was scared when in reality he is just being the bigger person. In Bell Hooks feminism is for everybody‚ she explains why men are holding on to their masculinity saying that we are a society of “domination”. She says “Cultures of domination attack self-esteem‚ replacing it with a notion that we derive our sense of being from domination over one another” (pg.
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hostile dictator of the Dominican Republic for 31 years‚ Trujillo’s embodiment of a masculinity characterized by terror‚ abuse‚ and the objectification of women‚ develops into the image of a typical Dominican male. Manifesting the society’s conventional perception of the interchangeability of aggressive masculinity and authoritative power‚ Diaz asserts that although not entirely independent from his false masculinity‚ Trujillo’s
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feel complacent in their youth‚ they will inevitability decline into an undesirable life of loneliness and dissatisfaction. However‚ Hemingway attempts to instill his view of masculinity while coping with these dreadful feelings in a specific way. Like in other works by Hemingway‚ such as The Sun Also Rises‚ he portrays masculinity with an emphasis that encourages others to not question their identity. Hemingway uses literally elements of setting and characters of this story to reveal these themes.
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