The Myth of Masculinity.

David, Deborah S.; Pleck, Joseph H.

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“…This semiotic approach is important to incorporate in this project's analysis, because it allows for masculinity to be viewed beyond norm construction as also representing a cultural channel and practice through which identity is constructed and social life is operated (Carrigan, Connell, & Lee, 1985;Shrock & Schwable 2009) Predominant Perspectives on Masculinity. Pleck (1987Pleck ( , 1981 and , Connell & Messerschmidt, 2005 both contend that the male gender role identity has been formed within historically-specific social climates. Previously, common elements of the male identity included: a stigma and rejection of the feminine; strength, confidence, and independence; aggression and propensity for violence; and finally, the need for status and accomplishment (Brannon, 2011;Brannon & David, 1976;David & Brannon, 1976).…”

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Strategies and scripts: an investigation of masculine identity and casual sex

Cosma¹

2021

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This study analyzed men’s lifestyle websites within the Pick-Up Artist (PUA) community. Employing a feminist post-structural framework, this analysis investigates how heterosexual masculinity is constructed online and aims to examine how sexual activity with multiple women is positioned as valuable to men. Four interpretive repertoires emerged: uncovering the natural —mental and physical work were required to access an authentic, natural maleness; militarization — men were rallied to defend male privilege; feminine commodities for building masculinity — women’s bodies were situated as commodities used to demonstrate achievement of masculinity; and pressured pursuit — men were urged to be the directors of sex and to overcome the obstacle of female consent. PUA authors disavowed the importance of women, though sex from women operated as a central requisite for convincingly achieving masculinity. Key tenets of neoliberalism were regularly present, where male readers were urged to decide to improve and cultivate their outward appearance, behaviours, and subjectivity.

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Strategies and scripts: an investigation of masculine identity and casual sex

Cosma¹

2021

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Men and Their Dogs

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Kogan²

2016

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Toward a new sociology of masculinity

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The upheaval in sexual politics of the last twenty years has mainly been discussed as a change in the social position of women. Yet change in one term of a relationship signals change in the other. From very early in the history of Women's Liberation it was clear that its politics had radical implications for men. A small "Men's Liberation" movement developed in the 1970s among heterosexual men. Gay men became politicized as the new feminism was developing, and Gay Liberation politics have continued to call in question the conventional understanding of what it is to be a man. Academic sex-role research, though mainly about women in the family, was easily extended to the "male role." From several different directions in the 1970s, critiques and analyses of masculinity appeared. Quite strong claims about the emergence of a new area of study, and a new departure in sexual politics, were made. The purpose of this article is to bring together these attempts, evaluate them, and propose an alternative.We think it important to start with the "prehistory" of this debate early attempts at a sociology of gender, the emergence of the "sex role" framework, and research on masculinity before the advent of Women's Liberation. In this dusty literature are the main sources of the framework that has governed most recent writing on masculinity. It includes an agenda about modernization, a characteristic blindness about power, and a theoretical incoherence built into the "sex role" paradigm. There are also, in some nearly forgotten writing, pointers to a much more powerful and interesting analysis.Approaching the recent literature, we were concerned with three things: its empirical discoveries, its political assumptions and implications, and its theoretical framework. Its empirical content turns out to be slight. Though most social science is indeed about men, good-quality research that brings masculinity into focus is rare. Ironically, most recent studies are not up to the standard set by several researchers in the 1950s. There is however a notable Macquarte LIntverstty, Austraha.

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The Myth of Masculinity.

Cited by 212 publications

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Strategies and scripts: an investigation of masculine identity and casual sex

Strategies and scripts: an investigation of masculine identity and casual sex

Men and Their Dogs

Toward a new sociology of masculinity

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