The development of a perceived masculinity scale

Chesebro, James W.; Fuse, Koji

doi:10.1080/01463370109385628

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“…Although masculinity has been previously defined as spiritually guided (Payne, 1995), as a predisposed trait (Pleck, 1981), or as bound by biological makeup, it is very much a communication issue. This view is consistent with Chesebro and Fuse (2001), who convincingly maintained that ''masculinity is a product of human interaction; it is a social construction . .…”

Section: The Symbolic Creation Of Male Masculinitysupporting

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Heartland: Symbolic Displays of Aggression and Male Masculinity in Rural America

McMahan

2011

Qualitative Research Reports in Communication

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Working as a bartender=bouncer in a rural tavern, the author examines how male masculinity is symbolically constructed through fighting in rural communities. First, male masculinity is introduced as a social and symbolic construct, and its enactment in relation to economic hardship is specifically examined. Second, the methodology used to conduct this study is described, with particular attention given to concerns associated with conducting research in rural areas and in violent settings. Finally, the construction and maintenance of masculinity through displays of aggression and physical altercations is illustrated by examining pre-fight ritual, victory, and defeat in the tavern.

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Section: The Symbolic Creation Of Male Masculinitysupporting

confidence: 76%

Heartland: Symbolic Displays of Aggression and Male Masculinity in Rural America

McMahan

2011

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“…Given that facial hair, a characteristic consistently associated with manliness [23], is central to the Movember campaign, it is not surprising that gendered stereotypes and terminology such as strength and might are associated with men and moustaches in the tweets analyzed. However, gendered language that associates moustaches with strength privileges notions of hegemonic masculinity and may exclude certain individuals who do not identify with those ideals such as men that cannot grow facial hair easily or women.…”

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Tweeting About Prostate and Testicular Cancers: What Are Individuals Saying in Their Discussions About the 2013 Movember Canada Campaign?

Bravo

Hoffman‐Goetz

2015

J Canc Educ

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Effective and persuasive health campaigns are an important tool for promoting cancer prevention education. The 2013 Movember Canada campaign presented an opportunity to raise awareness and funds about men's health with a particular focus on prostate and testicular cancers. The Movember campaign encouraged participants to talk about men's health (including prostate and testicular cancers) and had a strong presence on social media sites such as Twitter in November 2013. The objective of this study was to analyze tweets about the 2013 Movember Canada for underlying themes in order understand what those discussions were about. A directed content analysis methodology was used to analyze 2400 tweets. Tweets were read and coded for overt and latent themes in an iterative fashion until saturation of themes occurred. The major themes identified in the tweets were fundraising as a priority (34 %), making a change to men's health (18 %), the campaign as a moustache contest rather than a charity (26 %), the use of masculine metaphors/imagery (9 %), and the role of women as moustache supporters (4 %). Findings from Twitter suggest that users rarely associate their campaign efforts with prostate and/or testicular cancer in public online conversations about the 2013 Movember Canada campaign.

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“…How individuals consume popular culture texts and how they think about identity is an area of research that calls for more analysis, especially with African American men. As Chesbro and Fuse (2001) argue, masculinity is a multidimensional rather than a one-dimensional construction. How the participants interpreted Black masculinity clearly contradicts the stereotypes discussed in the literature, which supports how African American males are negatively affected by social constructions of race (Bush, 1999) and identity is negotiated within social structures (Hecht et al, 2003).…”

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“I Am Who I Am”: Black Masculinity and the Interpretation of Individualism in the FilmBarbershop

Brown¹

2008

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This essay will provide further insight into how Black audiences interpret a popular culture text by focusing upon how a group of young black men construct Black masculinity as depicted in the film Barbershop. Interestingly, a rhetorical community of young Black men discussed the representations of the characters in the film from a perspective of Black individualism rather than reaffirming identity through a collective orientation toward the culture. This reading contrasts with much of the ''ghettocentric'' film literature by highlighting how a Black audience's interpretation of a text can focus on individualism rather than on cultural representations and stereotypes.

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The development of a perceived masculinity scale

Cited by 40 publications

References 40 publications

Heartland: Symbolic Displays of Aggression and Male Masculinity in Rural America

Heartland: Symbolic Displays of Aggression and Male Masculinity in Rural America

Tweeting About Prostate and Testicular Cancers: What Are Individuals Saying in Their Discussions About the 2013 Movember Canada Campaign?

“I Am Who I Am”: Black Masculinity and the Interpretation of Individualism in the FilmBarbershop

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