- dominant form of masculinity in our society
- culturally valued the most
- qualities include: heterosexuality, whiteness, physical strength, suppression of emotionsInterpellation
- exhibit qualities that are the opposite of those values in hegemonic masculinity, e.g physical weakness, express emotion
-gay or effeminate men
observing or looking at someone and gaining sexual pleasure.
- cannot fit into the hegemonic because of certain characteristics , e.g race.
- still subscribe to norms of hegemonic masculinity like physical strength and aggression
- men of colour or disability
a movement that refers to a loose collection of organizations active in men's work since the early 1980s. The mythopoetic men's movement grew as a reaction to the second-wave feminist movement. The mythopoetic men's movement aims to liberate men from the constraints of the modern world which keep them from being in touch with their true masculine nature.
- she looked at the 'gaze'
- she said that everything you watch is from the perspective of a male
- male gaze - term to describe the empowerment experience by the male audience when they look upon a female because the female character is objectified
- describes men as predators, men looking upon women like fresh meat
- a man who doesn't fit into the hegemonic traits, but doesn't challenge it
- often admires the characteristics of hegemonic masculinity
- Narcissistic Identification
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experience of being able to put oneself so deeply into a character (feel oneself to be so like the character) that one can feel the same emotions and experience the same events as the character is supposed to be feeling and experiencing.
- a heterosexual male who pays close attention to his appearance
- deprive a man of his male role or identity
- this is the hatred or dislike of women or girls
- the idea of a superior man that rises above the rest to create and impose his own values
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