How do men feel about the “metrosexual” label? How do their views relate to changing norms of masculine self-presentation and increasing acceptance of “out” gay men? We interviewed 30 US white-collar men, who generally expressed ambivalence about the social category of metrosexual and claimed that the practices associated with it were now the norm, while differentiating between the labels of gay and metrosexual. We argue that metrosexuality raises new possibilities for gay-straight alliances and more varied performances of heterosexual masculinity, at work and beyond. However, these developments seem to reinscribe rather than reconfigure power relations privileging heterosexual men.
Current research on construction of the female body focuses on non-Hispanic women in the United States. The idealized Latina body, however, is rapidly becoming commodified and objectified in global popular culture. Using standardized and open-ended surveys and group and individual interviews, the author examines the negotiation of sociocultural ideals and body image by adolescents at the intersection of gender, race, and beauty. These young women hold racist beauty ideals but are flexible when judging the appearance of real-life women. They perceive two competing or complementary prototypes of beauty, one white and one Latina. This study fills a gap in the literature on beauty and the body by examining a non-U.S. sample that does not fit into the usual Black-white dichotomy of race.
Media guides are constructed by sports organizations as a means for providing information about their organization to mass media professionals. Research on sports-themed mass media has already shown that women are covered less than men, and that the focus on women athletes is disproportionately on their personal lives and physical appearance, but is this true of materials provided to and used by mass media professionals, or more specifically, media guides? This research examines the textual content of 637 athlete profiles in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Media Guide using quantitative content analyses. Findings show significant differences in the size and content of the athlete profiles of women and men, with women athletes’ profiles being longer and containing more personal information than those of men.Les guides des médias sont élaborés par les organisations sportives afin de fournir de l’information à propos de leur organisation aux professionnels des médias. Les recherches sur les médias ayant pour thème le sport ont déjà montré que les femmes sont moins présentes que les hommes et que le focus sur les athlètes femmes est de façon disproportionnée sur leur vie personnelle et leur apparence physique, mais est-ce vrai du matériel fourni et utilisé par les professionnels des médias, ou plus spécifiquement, des guides des médias ? Cette étude examine le contenu textuel des profils de 637 athlètes dans le guide des médias de l’équipe américaine olympique de 2008 et utilise des analyses de contenu quantitatives. Les résultats révèlent des différences significatives dans la taille et le contenu des profils d’athlètes des femmes et des hommes, les profils des athlètes femmes étant plus longs et contenant plus d’information personnelle que ceux des hommes.
Across the United States, immigrants' rights protests, marches, and demonstrations captured the attention of the public and of lawmakers in the spring of 2006. Much of the rhetoric that emerged from these mobilizations included an assertion of Latino ⁄ a immigrant identity. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews conducted in New York City in 2006 and 2007, this article argues that, confronted with a strong and clear organizational discourse of pan-ethnic Latino ⁄ a unity, Latin American immigrants articulated a variety of identities. I found no clear link between selfidentification as Latino ⁄ a and participation in political mobilizations for immigration reform; this is in contrast to previous studies of Latino ⁄ a political activity. Examining the interactions, perspectives, and practices of Latin American immigrants involved with one community-based organization, this study attempts to address the lack of micro-level studies of immigrants' everyday lives. the members of my writing group: Littisha Bates, Omotayo Banjo, and Leila Rodrı´guez. Thanks also to the anonymous reviewers and editors of Sociological Forum.
It is February 26, 2012, evening in central Florida. Trayvon Martin is walking home from a local store, wearing a hooded sweatshirt (hoodie). Martin chats on his cell phone with his friend while carrying his purchases, a bag of Skittles, and an Arizona iced tea. Another actor appears: George Zimmerman, an unofficial neighborhood watchman who notices Martin walking through his neighborhood. Zimmerman calls the police, suspecting Martin might be involved in the recent robberies that have occurred in the neighborhood, and makes it his mission to follow Martin. Zimmerman continues his pursuit despite the emergency operator's request to stand down and let the authorities handle it. The rest of the details of the encounter are unclear because only one person survives to tell the story. But there is one truth we all know: seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin dies from a gunshot wound at the hands of George Zimmerman. Although Martin's life ends that night, the way he dies spawns public debates that rage on. Some loudly proclaim that Martin's hoodie was to blame for his death. The hoodie, they cry, is a part of a larger negative trend in young people's fashion: dressing like criminals and thugs. In their opinion, the hoodie justified Zimmerman's suspicion. The most noteworthy indictment of Martin's hoodie comes from TV personality Geraldo Rivera, who tells the world that the hoodie was as much to blame for Martin's death as Zimmerman. Rivera warns black and Latino parents of the dangers that come from their kids wearing hoodies. Rivera argues that people associate hoodies with gangs, crime, and urban life (but only when they are on
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