Tuesday, February 28, 2017

The Wrestler and the Cornflake Girl

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Ring legend Mick Foley explains how Tori Amos changed his life  (links to article) (by Mick Foley, compliments of Slate Magazine ) Mi...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Toxic masculinity (from the GeekFeminism Wiki)

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Toxic masculinity  is one of the ways in which  Patriarchy  is harmful to men. It refers to the socially-constructed attitudes that describ...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Republicans condemn university's masculinity program as a 'war on men'

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As someone who proposed and teaches a course on "masculinities," I find this alarming, to say the least. I would appreciate any o...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Sexism: What’s the point?

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I found an article on The Washington Post that explains how people who are sexist have more psychological problems compared to people who ...

Female Rappers on the Come Up

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How many female rappers can you name? A decade ago you may have only been able to name a hand full – if that. The most common responses wou...

Overt Sexist Commercials

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How many of you have ever drank Folgers coffee? Ate Skittles? Drank Coke? Some of these most notorious food and drank brands have not only ...

Memeculinity

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I feel like a lot of social norms are changing, and in some cases have even been reversed in regards to gender roles of males and females. ...

Male Ballet Dancers

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A lot of people see male ballot dancers as being effeminate and find the art emasculating, but you must know that dance is a wonderful form...
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Take it Like a Man: Hegemonic Masculinity

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Take It Like a Man: Hegemonic Masculinity             This paper focuses on the “effects of humour studied within one organization wher...

MEN, MASCULINITIES, AND FEMINIST THEORY

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This chapter on masculinity by Judith Kegan Gardiner, examines, from a historical and theoretical perspective, masculinity and feminism and...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

A Crisis of Masculinity: Men Are Struggling to Cope with Life

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A Crisis of Masculinity This article summarizes a study done by the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), which sought to address t...