Monday, September 14, 2015

Doing Masculinity, Not Doing Health

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It is common knowledge that women's life expectancy exceeds men's life expectancy in most developed countries. Could differences in ...

Transgender 7-year-old Allowed to Be Girl Scout

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In 2011, a 7 year old named Bobby Montoya, who identifies as a girl, was accepted as a Girl Scout in Colorado. Bobby's ...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Masculinity in the Film Industry

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http://shitpeoplesaytowomendirectors.tumblr.com/ I am currently an aspiring director attending film school and interning with a br...
Friday, September 4, 2015

"Are You Man Enough?"

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Merriam-Webster defines the term 'masculine' as “ of, relating to, or suited to men or boys; grammar in some languages: of or ...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

The Way This Dad Reacted When His Son Chose A Doll For A Gift Is Priceless

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It shouldn't be a "to do" or big deal but it is what it is in our current social context so bravo daddy-o! "My job as da...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Chick Flicks

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The very name chick flicks (slang name) refers to movies targeted towards the female audience or associated directly with femininity because...
Monday, April 21, 2014

The Masculine Mystique

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The Masculine Mystique--NY Times " 'The whole thing is really strange, and sometimes I can’t — ” he said, his voice evapora...

"Tough" Enough? Oh YES!

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In Wyoming, he's tough enough to be a sissy--LA Times "Cross-dressing is widely considered aberrant behavior even in the most...

Talking 'Bout Masculinity

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We need to talk about masculinity--The Guardian This article acknowledges the implications of a patriarchal and masculine culture from ...

Popping Tags and Breaking Free from the Norm

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I can't help but LOVE Macklemore. Not only are his songs entirely too catchy (tell me you haven't used the "cold ass honkey...

A 'Cosmo' Shift?

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Cosmo Getting Real(?) Recently, the magazine Cosmopolitan has had its share of fairly progressive articles dealing with reproductive jus...

Strong Women vs. Powerful Men

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I am fortunate enough to work at a publication whose edit and design team are comprised of women -- and it's not a women's magazine....
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Army and women's health

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Women's health in the Army with all of the crap the armed forces has been getting (and rightfully so) about their lack of support they...

Eating Disorders: Silent Epidemic?

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I've always thought of eating disorders as a hyper-feminine issue. But they've always intrigued me, and I thought further investigat...
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changing masculinity present day

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new masculinity      I'm glad a program like this exist I'm interested in learning more about simply because of this quote from the ...

An argument against equal pay

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The one logical argument against equal pay Because of I'll be it rightful outrage against most Republicans in congress voting against ...

Let's Talk About Men!

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Image found on Idealshape.com Getting Back to What Makes Men Tick  "Masculinity is something that is never fully possessed but mus...

Colby Kincaid (man? woman? badass!)

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Ms. Kincaid would love to know that I am presenting her in my final post this semester.  I can not begin to tell you how much she taught...

SVU Raises Questions

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The other day, I was watching Law & Order: SVU. It's admittedly an addiction of mine. But this particular episode made me think a lo...
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You Go, Planned Parenthood!

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I have never thought of Planned Parenthood as a progressive organization.  I simply saw them as the birth control and abortion go to place ...

Female Masculinity

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My aunt is a successful business woman. On top of working a 60-hour job she loves, she lives on a four-acre working farm in TN, raising rabb...

Ron Swanson Masculinity

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America's favorite stereotypical man's man, Ron Swanson from the show Parks and Rec, has a list of how to be a man: Photo Cre...

McDonald's: a Not-So-Happy Meal

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Any parent, babysitter, fun aunt or uncle, grandparent, or caregiver of children has probably at some point in time gone through a Mickey D...

Innocent Gesture or Gang Sign?

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As we have talked about racialized masculinities in this course I thought that this was an interesting take on racial stereotypes. All men a...

Gendered Chapstick

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As we all know, the media is covered with gendered images. Turn on the television, watch youtube video, or drive your car around town and yo...

Flipping the Script

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Dudes in Distress The damsel in distress trope is one that has been ridden hard and often for hundreds of years. The common thought is a...

Boys more likely to drop out of school

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The above picture states that boys are 30% more likely than girls to flunk or drop out of school. Why is that? There are a few reasons I ...

"Patriarchy is for dicks"

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Patriarchy is constantly reinforced in today's society. Men undoubtedly have a control over women in almost all aspects of life. The ...

Patrick Stweard - Pro-Feminist Work

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Many times the issues that are most dear to us, are the ones that have affected us personally. When we think of male alley's we kno...

The Happiest Man in America

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    I found this article that I thought relates to theories of masculinity. The Huffington Post Article was titled "Is Alvin Wong, 2010...

Men Were the First to Wear High-Heeled Shoes And The Sport of Cheerleading Started Out As A Boy's Club- Interesting Facts Related To Masculinity

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     I found this Huffington Post article titled "9 Facts that Traditional Definitions of Gender Roles are Bullsh*t" by Sara Bob...

Masculinity and Objectivism

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This is a must read book by Amber Pawlik that presents a well structured argument with an objectivists point of view when relating not onl...

Male Writers and the Female Characters They Create

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Anytime I hear about a new Joss Whedon project, I instantly become curious. I know a few things right off the bat: a. it's going to b...