Masculinities

Question 1

Connell (Hegemonic Masculinity)

Answer 1

Associated with:
Male (power and authority)
Heterosexuality
Aggression 
'Laddish Culture'

Question 2

Archer (2003) - Feminists thoughtas on homogeneous hegemonic masculinitities

Answer 2

it hides the range of EXPERIENCES and BEHAVIOURS of what it means to be a MAN in the contemporary UK

Question 3

Who are traditional masculinities associated with?

Answer 3

WORKING-CLASS Males

Question 4

Nayak (2006) - ‘BODY CAPITAL’

Answer 4

Argues that in the 1950/60’s, men had ‘BODY CAPITAL’ so they were seen as the main BREADWINNER

• so they did hard PHYSICAL JOBS
• they opted out of DOMESTIC DUTIES

Question 5

Willis (1977) - LEARNING TO LABOUR

Answer 5

12 lads saw school as a place to
* have a LAFF
*  do LITTLE WORK
* DISRUPT lessons
they knew that they were going into TRADITIONAL MANUAL work INHABITED by their FATHERS

Question 6

Jackson (2006) - motives for the adoption of LADDISH CULTURE

Answer 6

• FEAR of ACADEMIC FAILURE
• DEFENSIVE laddish behaviour - as they claim it UNCOOL or FEMININE to work
• desire to FIT IN

Question 7

Burdsey (2004) - young ASIAN FOOTBALLERS

Answer 7

• found ‘FITTING IN’ an important factor
• they were prepared to HIDE their ASIAN IDENTITY
• adopt LADDISH BEHAVIOUR of the rest of the lads

Question 8

Archer (2003)

Answer 8

• UNCOOL to work
• need for some ASIAN boys to FIT IN
• this was found among WORKING CLASS Asian boys i9n the N.W of ENGLAND

Question 9

Complicit Masculinity

Answer 9

*Masculinity which NEW MEN might be said to adopt where they take on a SHARED ROLE in the FAMILY

Question 10

Marginalised Masculinity

Answer 10

• sense of LOSS experienced by young men
• they felt DISCONNECTED from society
• no longer assume there will be JOBS fro them after SCHOOL
• CRISIS OF MASCULINITY

Question 11

Subordinate Masculinity

Answer 11

• concerned with GAY MEN

* viewed as BEHAVING DIFFERENTLY to EXPECTATIONS of DOMINANT hegemonic MASCULINITY