Masculinities

Question 1

What is masculinities

Answer 1

Socially constructed sets of expectations about how men should behave

Question 2

Connell

Answer 2

Range of masculinities in contemporary UK

Question 3

What is the hegemonic masculinity that Connell suggests 4

Answer 3

• Male supremacy
• Heterosexuality
• Aggression
• ‘Laddish’ culture

Question 4

What is hegemonic masculinity?

Answer 4

The dominant type of masculinity

Question 5

What class is traditional masculinity commonly associated with?

Answer 5

Working Class

Question 6

What does Nayak describe males having in the 1950s/60s? 4

Answer 6

‘body capital’
Main breadwinner
Physical jobs
Opt out of domestic duties

Question 7

What did Willis suggest? 5

Answer 7

1970s
12 lads
'Learning to labour'
Disrupted lessons to 'have a laff'
knew they were going into labour market following dads footsteps of traditional manual work

Question 8

Jackson

Answer 8

Boys feared academic failure so developed a defensive laddish behaviour

Question 9

Burdsey

Answer 9

Asian footballers wanted to fit in so adopted white mask and hid their asian identity and adopted laddish behaviour

Question 10

What other 3 masculinities does Connell identify other than the hegemonic masculinity?

Answer 10

• Complicit masculinity
• Marginalised masculinity
• Subordinate masculinity

Question 11

What is complicit masculinity?

Answer 11

New men take on shared role in family

Question 12

What is marginalised masculinity?

Answer 12

crisis
reduce in labour market
not certain they will have job

Question 13

What is subordinate masculinity?

Answer 13

Gay men who behave differently to the dominant masculinity