culture defines masculinity. In the past‚ health of men was considered to be unproblematic and they benefited from hegemonic masculinity (refers to the most dominant form of masculinity in society. In present times‚ this refers to white‚ healthy‚ wealthy‚ assertive men who portray a ‘macho’ persona). But in contemporary society‚ men seem to suffer in health due to the expectations and challenges of portraying masculinity. For example‚ in the UK‚ young men are pressured to portray masculinity by living
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Lysistrata a classic greek comedy written by Aristophanes‚ who is considered to be the greatest representative of ancient Greek comedy and the one whose works have been preserved in greatest quantity. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC‚ Lysistrata is a comic account of a woman’s extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War by denying all the men of the land any sex‚ which was the only thing they truly and deeply desired. Lysistrata‚ a middle-class Athenian housewife‚ plans a
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philippine studies Ateneo de Manila University • Loyola Heights‚ Quezon City • 1108 Philippines Philippine Commonwealth and Cult of Masculinity Alfred W. Mccoy Philippine Studies vol. 48‚ no. 3 (2000): 315–346 Copyright © Ateneo de Manila University Philippine Studies is published by the Ateneo de Manila University. Contents may not be copied or sent via email or other means to multiple sites and posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s written permission. Users may download and print
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Madison Mock Writ 201 11/15/14 Dominican Masculinity and Its Downfall In reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚ by Junot Diaz‚ there is a large emphasis imposed on both male and female gender roles of the Dominican Republic. Gender roles are social and behavioral norms that‚ within a specific culture‚ are widely considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex. However in this book‚ it is apparent that there is an extreme machismo attitude that is expected of men from
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his work and his family‚ but is unraveling at the seams as his business becomes a hit and his wife becomes uncontrollable. Flor sees it all‚ and even though there is a language barrier she knows the heartache attached to this unstable family. Masculinity and feminity in the two different cultures are seen when John Clasky cries while driving Flor to the bus stop‚ which makes Flor confused on how to respond‚ the narrator then states that "To someone with first-hand knowledge of Latin machismo‚ he
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wounded patients have paid the price of war‚ patients suffering from what is today called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are just as wounded‚ only mentally‚ and not physically. Pat Barker suggests that‚ with the arrival of World War 1‚ the concept of masculinity was challenged by the men showing signs of war traumatism‚ and that conflict is shown throughout Regeneration by the reactions from the military‚ the patients themselves as well as their family. From the start‚ it is understood that not everyone
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Although the number of men entering the nursing profession has increased word wide‚ (Madoka et al‚ 2006) and most western countries have men working in nursing jobs‚ they usually constitute a minority‚ (Streubert‚ 1994). This imbalance actually was due to historical and cultural rational. For example; Florence Nightingale believed that nursing was a natural extension of women and motherhood‚ and she believed that all women were nurses and men were not capable of being nurses and thus were not allowed
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The rise of Hegemonic masculinity as a concept in social and gender studies has been widely criticised by psychologists because many believe there is a singular view to masculinity‚ while Connell believes there are several views to masculinity. This essay will define Connell’s concept of Hegemonic masculinity and explain Connell’s ideas in relation to gender violence in society. Also‚ with the use of two theoretical approaches namely; the Psycho-Discursive or Social Constructionist and the Feminist
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Through the course of the history of human beings‚ males have dominantly played an influential role in both family and societal relationships. Additionally‚ men have been looked up to as the leaders and the most preeminent form of humans‚ possibly relative to when they were essential towards the survival of small villages in Neolithic times. Though men have an authoritative perception in a majority of societies‚ they are not necessarily the individual force that dominates which direction society
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entitlement does not stop there. The hegemonic‚ or toxic‚ masculinity that is engrained into young men from as early as infancy can give them a sense that they are owed the affection of women‚ and allowed to take anything they want as a way to assert themselves as a man. Violence on college campuses has a
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