This article explores the link between masculinity and how it has affected the violent behaviour among Scottish teenage offenders. This article refers to many different criminological theories‚ such as Social Strain Theory by Robert Merton‚ Subcultural Theory by Albert Cohen and aspects of Techniques of Neutralization by Gresham Sykes & David Matza as well as Differential Association by Edwin Sutherland. The authors‚ Chris Holligan and Ross Deuchar‚ carried out this investigation to‚ “document critically
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psychological mindset of Yvette‚ to have an understanding of the emotions she goes through every time she encounters the gipsy. Masculinity is often associated with being different from other men‚ as presented in the novella. Yvette does not like the common boys that are attracted to her; instead she falls in love with a man she knows little about. Men and their masculinity are presented by their charming looks and being different from the rest of the crowd‚ sense of longing for sex‚ and intriguing
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Victorian ideas of masculinity. The concept of Victorian masculinity is a diverse one since it was influenced by numerous aspects and factors such as domesticity‚ economy‚ gender roles‚ imperialism‚ manners‚ religion and much more. Some of these aspects seem to be quite naturally related to one another‚ while others seem none-relational. For the males‚ this included a vast amount of pride in their work‚ protectiveness over their wives‚ and an aptitude for good social behaviour. The Victorians saw
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few decades‚ the definition of masculinity in both societies has remained remarkably similar. Masculinity in both modern America and the Igbo tribe circa 1930 is associated with aggression‚ dominance‚ displays of physical and mental resilience‚ a resistance to emotion‚ and the ability to provide for one’s family - although the extent to which these characteristics are displayed has changed over the decades‚ the basic standards remain intact. The displays of masculinity have evolved into something less
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Explain and briefly evaluate how males are socialised into traditional masculinities Hegemonic masculinity describes the patriarchal working class males‚ those who have labouring or manual jobs. He has to be physically tough and dominant to assert his masculinity. He is definitely heterosexual‚ technically competent‚ is sexist and aggressive. Males are socialised into traditional masculinities by a variety of socialisation agents. The school is instrumental in the socialisation of males into traditional
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How do Tennessee Williams and Ian McEwan present masculinity and Femininity as major themes in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and ‘Enduring Love’? Masculinity and femininity are defined as a set of qualities‚ characteristics or roles generally considered typical of‚ or appropriate to‚ a man or woman respectively [1]. Both the novel ‘Enduring Love’ (1997) and the Play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (1947) presents masculinity and femininity but in different ways and era’s. McEwan presents these two major
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Masculinity is a prevalent theme in Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge. The four leading male characters in the play; Eddie‚ Rodolpho‚ Marco and Alfieri; each play different roles and different types of men. Miller has represented men and masculinity in an unforgiving light in the play. It appears that it is men that confuse and create problems in the characters’ lives. Each character’s actions are effected by the conflicting forces of determinism‚ where every event and situation is the inevitable
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Conceptions of masculinity vary depending on the socio-cultural contexts in which they emerge‚ influenced by social class‚ ethnicity‚ sexuality‚ and poverty (Connell‚ 2005: 833). While womanhood is attributed based on biological reasons‚ manhood is attributed according to social reasons: it is a “self that is imputed to an individual based on information given and given off in interaction” (Schrock & Schwalbe‚ 2009: 280). Accordingly‚ a person’s manhood must be consistently won through the approval
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Masculinity Men use their masculinity in all its complexly nuanced forms to achieve their goals in ways rather different from the ways women achieve theirs. Masculinity is the articulation of dominance and male gender yet gender is nothing but the construction of difference. Society‚ media‚ and the way a person is raised or brought up are factors that affect people’s lives. An example of this is when Susan Brownmiller writes‚ “As I passed through a stormy adolescence to a stormy maturity
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The Summary of masculinity in movies Masculine roles have effective power in recent movies. In the chapter‚ the author who is Kenneth Mackinnon talks about ‘masculinity in movies’ by variety ways. He not only considers about the different kinds of movie genres‚ individual movies and those male movie stars in general‚ but also introduces the hard body and soft body contrastively for audience. Moreover‚ Mackinnon mentions about the disadvantages of masculinity in the films and provides three recent
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