Who You Calling Boy? Theorizing Masculinities

a blog created by and for UCF (University of Central Florida) Theories of Masculinity students to share experiences, resources/links, articles/reviews, to rouse discussion and incite action, and engage issues related to masculinity. you should participate, too. email moderator for permission at Leandra@ucf.edu.

Friday, November 30, 2012

Atheism, Feminism and The Bible

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 I was browsing random videos on youtube and typed in feminism and the Bible and came across this video.Dr. Ravi Zacharias is a very adamant...

Disturbing Abuse Stories

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Male Masculinity has opened my eyes to so many new ideas and topics out there in this world. For my service project I volunteered at a Women...

More Google Searches

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Today I typed the word 'sexy' into Google Images. It brought up approximately 200 images on the first page, with about 10 photos of ...

Gender Stereotypes Over History

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Today I am posting yet another Cracked.com article (I promise to post about something else next time!) This article deals with gender st...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Sexism Ads

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In doing research for topics for this blog, I entered the word 'sexism' into Google. Up came an article showing an old ad for Chase ...

misogyny & casal

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"MISOGYNY" (click link above to listen) photo: news.wisc.edu Mixed with the Beach Boy's back beat for "Good ...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

When I became a Man

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A video that connected Manhood  it elaborates the Bible’s presentation of masculine v.s Gender today  describing the the interaction between...

Men Growing Up to be Boys

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 The article discuss Madison Avenue  who cultivates a Peter Pan version of masculinity  it talks about  how the era has shifted with  ...

Meat & Masculnity

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Researchers are finding a link with meat and masculinity they are finding that men who eat steak are more macho vs. men who eat veggie ...
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back off -masculinity-patrol

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Decades after women were not allowed to wear pants and play sports;  The  article discuss the dominant discourse on women and gender...

A Husband Accused: Holding His Wife Hostage

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Watch Dr. Phil as he interviews  Valerie  who is a victim of domestic violence who says that for nearly four years, her husband, Chr...

The minimalist guy

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 The article discusses going from a minimalst guy into enhancing the power  masculinity it it served as a man-box standard of the enh...

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Thinking about my own experiences with domestic violence growing up, I can’t help but remember not only witnessing my mother being brutally ...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Meat-eating make Men feel Manly

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Stockbyte / Getty Images Man cutting turkey By Maggie Fox NBC News updated 11/21/2012 3:09:00 PM ET Print Font: As red-blood...

The sick results of the 'man's world' false paradigm

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This is the horror of Southern backwards thinking brought to its logical (err, illogical) conclusion. And THAT'S my problem with the Sou...

Men: Feminists or Pro-Femenists?

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Today, many male activists are considered to be either feminists or or pro-feminists. For many women however, this is disrespectful and unac...

Are Muslims allowed to beat their wives?

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Men should never hit their wives, girlfriends or partners. That is a universal rule every man should follow. A girl attacking a guy physical...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

Can a gender-neutral pronoun eliminate the concept of gender?

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That's what Sweden has proposed. Sweden is the most gender-equal country in the world, according to the World Economic Fund. Boosting th...

'Manliest' Way People Hunt for Food

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I am really embarrassed to say that I had completely forgotten about this blog until today when I was double checking the syllabus for the c...
Sunday, November 25, 2012

A better way to talk about rape

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I thought this editorial was refreshing. I get so tired of America's collective past time: judging other people. http://www.huffington...

Images

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Today I went to Google Images and typed in a few different words to see what would pop up. First, I put in the word 'masculine'. I s...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films

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http://youtube.com/8CWMCt35oFY
Friday, November 23, 2012

Chameleon

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Rudy Fransisco is a spoken word artist who covers a variety of topics. In this particular piece he touches on our societies twisted views of...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Domestic Violence- thoughts and survey

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My Service Learning project for class this semester has revolved around domestic violence. As a wrap up to my project, I created an online s...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Police Families and DV

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Police Family Violence Fact Sheet Two studies have found that at least 40% of police officer families experience domestic violence,in con...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Masculinity is not just about gender, according to study

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I read an article in "The Times of India" about a study conducted at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN). The ...

What's In A Name?

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What's in a Name and do males name make them more or less masculine for that matter? Many believe that choosing the right name ultimatel...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

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Everybody meet David: David is another friend of mine that had the "courage" to put on a dress. I know this might seem a tad red...
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Masculinity

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The following is a video I found a Youtube. I found it to be funny and somewhat offensive at the same time. The man in the video believes al...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

"It"

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This is one of my personal favorite spoken word performances. While it touches on many different issues it also easily shows how the lines b...
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Monday, November 12, 2012

"Mansome"

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I found a trailer for a documentary about male masculinity. I have not yet seen the film, but it seems to be about men and trying to look a...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

The Influence of Masculinity in the Presidential Election

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Now that the Presidential Election has ended, I am interested on hearing people's views on masculinity regarding our President Barack Ob...
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Friday, November 9, 2012

Do we still tend to engender violence and abuse?

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Bus Driver and Passenger   longer version   (click above links to view) ****BOTH ARE GRAPHIC**** A bus driver is harassed by a p...
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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Maryland and Maine voters say Yes to same-sex marriage

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Voters in Maine and Maryland approved a measure that will allow same-sex couples to marry and be recognized as such under state law. I think...
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Movemeber

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  I found this video interesting.  It is a video for Movember , a month where men grow mustaches to raise awareness for male cancer.  The...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Election News

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Once again we find that it is the fast-rising population of voting minorities, young adults and women voters that are deciding the sway of e...
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Friday, November 2, 2012

Central Florida 33 arrested: operation strongarm

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After doing module 4 homework, This video came to mind and I thought the was almost similar to what the assignment consisted of. Right in yo...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Where Does Domestic Violence Come From?

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Violence against women is becoming more prevelant in society today due to the repressed emotions of men, as well as the media's and othe...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

How Rap Can Help End Rape Culture by Michael Jeffries

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Check out this article (and listen to he track) from The Atlantic :  "Angel Haze is proof that hip-hop can be both a warzone and a wea...

Bad Bic!

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                 Thank God I am not the only one who thought this was insane!   I recently saw a clip from the Ellen DeGeneres show where s...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Ellen v. Steve

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Tonight PBS showed Ellen DeGeneres receiving the Mark Twain Prize, an award for humor.   One of the people honoring her was the multi-t...
Monday, October 29, 2012

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Hello everybody! I know there have all ready been pictures posted of men in dresses, but I thought one more couldn't hurt. The back st...
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Male Body Image

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This is a pretty simple video about how media has influences male body image.   It shows the results of using steroids and how huge mus...

Male Behavior

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This is a documentary about Pit Bulls (bull terriers), mastiffs and other big dogs but I found it relevant to this course.   It talks a...
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