It helps to remember that dominance, just like any identity is a practice. ... It's the notion of identity as dominance that most male roles express, whether in concepts of physical strength, power, or even competence. ... The mass media's treatment of sport has contributed to idealizing and institutionalizing competition, domination, toughness and aggression as unquestionable and sacred masculine values. ... For example football is the peak masculine sport in the U.S. ... It is this process which makes football a vehicle for masculine identification. ...

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There is evidence that men place a higher importance on their masculinity as a part of their identity more than any other factor like, sex, race, and social class. ... Background - Male Social Norms The most common reason why men associate masculinity with assertiveness, control, and power is due in part to the stress that is placed on the idea of a masculine gender role. ... The concept masculine gender-role stress is another form of this theory that is defined as "the tendency for men to experience distress in the context of situations they appraise as a challenge or a threat to their...

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It is the behavior of each person that makes up their identity. ... In other words, both nature and nurture have effects on a person's identity. ... It is until after they are born that one has identity. ... A male is seen as more masculine and is expected to act strong and not be as sensitive as a woman. ... Since men believe they are supposed to be masculine and not to show feelings then that is the way they are. ...

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ADVERTISING AND ITS USE IN THE SHAPING OF CONSUMER GENDER IDENTITIES WHAT IS ADVERTISING? ... In 1992 Kellner stated that " consumption is thus not purely concerned with the act of consuming itself, but more importantaly with the creation of identities through the complex process of consumption activity" Sturrock and Pioch continue further that the current postmodern age has led to the fragmentation of people's identities. ... There now exists several gender identities instead of two. ... Current studies on consumption and marketing are reporting that traditional values on gender iden...

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Edna discovers her identity as an independent woman and breaks through the roles assigned by the patriarchal society. ... After she falls in love with another man, she discovers new things about her and tries to explore her newfound identity. ... But Edna wants to be womanly in her own way--to keep her own identity, her goals, her artistry, and to live a sexual life, liberated from the confines of societal expectations. ... Rather than forge a new hybrid identity that is neither traditionally masculine nor feminine, Edna hesitates between exchanging roles of power with men and subordinating ...

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These dichotomized feelings reflect his inner struggle with masculinity and are mirrored in his feelings towards the people of Vietnam because he searches for his identity in both the land and the women of Vietnam. ... Once Andrew is able to come to terms with his past, he accepts his hybrid identity and gender. ... Andrew's opposing reactions to this sex industry mirror his confusion about his own identity. ... He engages with prostitutes and views women for masculine consumption to overcompensate for him feeling emasculated. ... Andrew disengages with the Vietnamese people when he fin...

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Judging from the description of her appearance, Diane rejects the female gender role by not upholding the traditional identity of the dolled up young woman in the mid-fifties. ... Her behavior and overall identity acts a complete opposite for the traditional housewife and goes entirely against the patriarchal female gender role. ... Katniss' masculine traits are shown through her ability to hunt, her willingness and bravery to speak out against the Capitol, as well as essentially taking the role of a father figure to her younger sister. With her father being dead, Katniss' mother bec...

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By associating homophobia with manhood, it contradicts what many would argue are two different identities. ... By using the word "label", a boundary is established on what is considered manly and acceptable to be masculine. ... While these characteristics reiterate how Kimmel is defining homophobia, readers would not associate these terms with how we define ourselves as masculine or what we view to be manhood. ... They are constantly boasting about past accomplishments, whether its sports or how they are with the ladies, in order to portray this front and that they are ultimately ma...

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One would need to look back to the time of Shakespeare to try and see the different view of gender identity. ... Cahn takes a slightly different look at gender identity in his book. ... However, he does say that (Cahn, p.651): " the combination of masculine boldness and feminine sensitivity that makes her [Rosalind] so alluring to Orlando." So even in a "romantic" look at the play the double gender identity of Rosalind still pushes through. ... In concluding this essay I would suggest that Shakespeare's vision of gender identity is a challenge to ones own. ...

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More specifically, he examines the belief that organized sports has the potential, furthermore, it is often used, as a tool for cultivating gender identity. ... Menner agrees that through sports young men can acquire characteristics that have been deemed as "masculine" by society such as competitive spirit, winning above all attitude, toughness, and other characteristics. ... Instead, sports helps children acquire masculine values that are already ingrained by social members at a very early age. ... Additionally, this need to present you as a masculine figure places women police o...

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Hermes 1999 The question of feminine identity and the representation of the women in film images has been examined and analyzed by critics for decades, beginning most predominately in the Seventies. ... When you look science-fiction films it has to be said that the genre is traditionally masculine, not at least because of the domination of males in the leading roles whether that be as a scientists, explorers, space commanders or other narrative heroes. ... Her transcendence into the masculine role is symbolized by her short cropped hair and military style clothing. ... Masculine attire is a...

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Men are expected to be strong and masculine, so to fulfill this requirement, they often build friendships based upon common factors such as sports, drinking, or even their love of women. ... Chodorow had a connection with feminine and masculine roles in gender identities, which I think relates to platonic heterosexual cross-sex relationships and their difficulty to work well. ... In one study, women reported that the primary benefit was the opportunity to engage in a more masculine interaction style. ...

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This can bee shown by looking at Maggie and her impetuous and violent behaviour has been likened to that of her fathers- stressing the theme of heredity and her anomalies as a woman with masculine character traits. ... In "Mill on The Floss" Maggie's family environment is central to her problematic sense of identity as a woman, for instance, although her father praises Maggie's intelligence and quickness, he also maintains the socially conventional view that "an over cute woman's no better nor a long tailed sheep." ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related us...

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This can bee shown by looking at Maggie and her impetuous and violent behaviour has been likened to that of her fathers- stressing the theme of heredity and her anomalies as a woman with masculine character traits. ... In "Mill on The Floss" Maggie's family environment is central to her problematic sense of identity as a woman, for instance, although her father praises Maggie's intelligence and quickness, he also maintains the socially conventional view that "an over cute woman's no better nor a long tailed sheep." ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related us...

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Nevertheless, though the female character usually plays an important role in the patriarchal society of Victorian novels, it is difficult to know who the real hero is in this one, given that Brontë emphasizes on both male and female protagonist growth to find their own identities in the progress from childhood to adulthood. ... Little by little, Heathcliff enters a similar confinement as Catherine does that signifies his entrance into adolescence and the adoption of a masculine role. ... In fact, in several occasions the imposition of control over her ends up causing a loss of control and...

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Nevertheless, though the female character usually plays an important role in the patriarchal society of Victorian novels, it is difficult to know who the real hero is in this one, given that Brontë emphasizes on both male and female protagonist growth to find their own identities in the progress from childhood to adulthood. ... Little by little, Heathcliff enters a similar confinement as Catherine does that signifies his entrance into adolescence and the adoption of a masculine role. ... In fact, in several occasions the imposition of control over her ends up causing a loss of control and...

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The mother will relate to their identities how they become more difference in behaviors in the future. However, there are also the limits how all boys and girls or even families develop the childhood's identities. ... Gender is more about the process and the society will help labeling the stereotype characteristics with terms "masculine" and "feminine". ... For those people, they still keep their own gender identity as male or female but their expression will be different through the gender display. ... It happens through sex in first and then it maintains through how social norms and str...

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It is here that we see how Cleophila, and hence Elizabeth upheld the delicate equilibrium of feminine appearance and masculine leadership. ... In what way is power redistributed when our crossing dressing protagonists reveal their identity and to whom? ... Whether you look into the mirrors of The Old Arcadia and see Elizabeth's kingdom in decay, yearning for strong leadership, or a stalwart monarch conforming to traditional ideas of femininity, yet asserting masculine power, it is undeniable that Sidney's "idle work" begs to be examined beyond the initial reflection. ...

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However, sociologists argue that our gender identity is formed through socialisation. ... Thus the boys are reinforcing their identity as a working class white male through extreme forms of masculinity. ...

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Basically, gender identity is about role-playing. ... "Lorenzo stayed indoors with his widowed mother, studying, reading books...he contributed nothing to his family's impoverished larder...Lorenzo made no visible efforts to enter the masculine world..."...

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(Walklate, 2008) Feminist victimology has also offered an explanation of the relationship between masculine power and female victimisation by drawing upon research which shows that traditional gender norms reinforce and reward male dominance over women. ... (Davies, et al., 2003, pp. 3) However, this appears to be the only value it has added to the discipline of victimology, as it has not necessarily added any further knowledge concerning the identity or tendencies of victims or offenders, and it is worth noting that many of the studies were criticised and discredited for flawed methodology an...

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Nancy Pelosi once said "Women are leaders everywhere you look-from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women, and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes." As seen today, women have...

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