Hegemonic Masculinity and Donald Trump
Hegemonic masculinity is defined as the current configuration of practice
that legitimizes men's dominant position in society and justifies the
subordination of women, and other marginalized ways of being a man. This
concept had been previously discussed back in discussion two and I did not
think much about it until thinking about a blog post. Now when reading again
and with everything that has been going on in the world, it made me think about
Donald Trump and how is he a perfect example of someone who expresses hegemonic
masculinity. I came across this article on storify that spoke about him and his
display of certain behaviors as a way to prove his masculinity. Donald Trump is
loud and aggressive and often speaks in such sexist ways. He bullies others, he
speaks so loud to hush out anyone else talking (especially women), and uses
childlike hand gestures to show his dominance. Trump constantly flaunts his
money and power and surrounds himself with young beautiful women
“Two of our leading critical theorists Raymond Williams and Stuart Hall, remind
us that hegemony in any political context is indeed fragile. It requires
renewal and modification through the assertion and reassertion of power. Hall
suggests that “it is crucial to the concept that hegemony is not a ‘given’ and
permanent state of affairs, but it has actively won and secured’ it can also be
lost” (Lull, 64). So based off of this hegemony must be constantly emphasized
in order to remain constant which is why Trump is using his money, wealth,
power and loudness to over exert his hegemonic attributes. While he may have
other good attributes, all I see is bad ones. Granted this man is now the
president elect so I will refrain from speaking my full opinion on him but he
makes a great example of the patriarchal society that is so embedded in this
country. I hope real change can still happen with our younger generations.
https://storify.com/JwPace/donald-trump-and
Date Posted:11/17/2016
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