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Gender and Society Lesson-14

This document summarizes key topics in the study of masculinities, including: 1) Definitions of terms like masculinities, hegemonic masculinity, and protest masculinity. 2) Themes of masculinity studies like the social and cultural construction of masculinity, existence of multiple masculinities, and how masculinity varies over time and between societies. 3) Relationships between masculinities and factors like health, family roles, alcohol/drug use, and the concept of caring masculinity. 4) The field of masculinity studies has grown since the 1970s to examine different aspects of manhood and masculinity.

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Gender and Society Lesson-14

This document summarizes key topics in the study of masculinities, including: 1) Definitions of terms like masculinities, hegemonic masculinity, and protest masculinity. 2) Themes of masculinity studies like the social and cultural construction of masculinity, existence of multiple masculinities, and how masculinity varies over time and between societies. 3) Relationships between masculinities and factors like health, family roles, alcohol/drug use, and the concept of caring masculinity. 4) The field of masculinity studies has grown since the 1970s to examine different aspects of manhood and masculinity.

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GROUP 14

NAME: RAFNY JAE CABARDO


JEAN RESZA ARNILLA
SECTION: BSED ENGLISH 2
TOPIC: MAN & MASCULINITIES
Definition of terms:
Masculinities a social, cultural, and historical construction of men dependent on and related to
other factors such as class, ethnicity, sexuality, age, and disability.
Hegemonic masculinity form of masculinity which is culturally dominant in a given setting.
Protest masculinity form of masculinity which is culturally dominant in marginalized setting.
Caring masculinity proposes that men are able to adopt what is viewed as traditionally feminine
characteristics.
 1970 studies of different aspect of manhood were made and the number of studies arose
dramatically.
 20TH century arousal of women’s feministic movement. Reason on why men under
challenge.
 Men’s Right Lobby is a masculine movement that promote social issues discriminates
men.
 The Myth of Male Power: Why are Men the Disposable Sex? by Warren Farrell, 1994
“Men are now the gender victims as a result of feminism having gone too far, with men having
increased responsibilities but few rights around issues of marriages, divorce, child custody and
access to children”.
Masculinity themes
Social, cultural and historical construct dependent on factors like class, ethnicity, sexuality, age
and disability.
Multiple masculinity
No one pattern of masculinity that is found everywhere.
Periods of history shows vary of masculine construction
Hierarchy and hegemony masculinity is multiple masculinities that vary across time, society,
culture, and the individual.
Collective masculinities
-masculine and feminine are the societies gender structures pattern of conduct.
MACULINITIES AND WELL-BEING
-strong associations between rigid norms about what it means to be a man and men’s negative
health practices and vulnerabilities (Barker et al. 2011).
FAMILY FORMATON, FATHERING, CAREGIGING, AND DOMESTIC ROLES
-men contribute to the “domestic enterprise” in important ways; providing financial support,
accompanying children in school or home.
- better-educated men spend more time into domestic roles and caregiving, it expanded their
norms and weakened stereotypes due to exposure to broader ideas and more diverse people.
MASCULINITIES AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE
-more men drink than women, and men drink more than women.
- key peer ritual and recreational activity
-when men’s is drunk, women encourage to tolerate their drunkenness as a natural part of being
CARING MASCULINITY
- 2002, reshape in male identities and practices for gender equality improvement
- arise as a strong ally against hegemonic masculinity.
- the concept “proposes that men are able to adopt what is viewed as traditionally feminine
characteristics without departing from or rejecting masculinity”.
SUMMARY
masculinity and men’s studies have been continuously developing from its inception and up to
present. The studies covered common themes of masculinities, different kinds of masculinity
such as hegemonic, protest, and caring masculinities and the relationship of these masculinities
to various aspect of life and the environment.

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