Changing Gender Identities Flashcards
(22 cards)
Connell
- rather than masculinity referring to one type of behaviour, there are 4 different types of masculinity which emerge and change over time
- Hegemonic masculinity
- Complicit masculinity
- Subordinate masculinity
- Marginalised masculinity
Hegemonic masculinity
the dominant and traditional style of masculinity with characteristics about toughness and aggression
Complicit masculinity
men who believe that men and women should share roles within families
Subordinate masculinity
masculines which are less powerful and carry lower status
e.g. homosexual masculinity
marginalised masculinity
a masculine identity self by those men who did traditionally masculine jobs and now feel their masculinity under threat as many of those jobs have been lost
mort
- study of consumption
- the changes in style which new man fashions changes in male identity in contemporary culture,
- Focused in particular on the changes in the portrayal of men and masculinity in the media
- Rise of fashion
- The changes in men’s consumption patterns were accompanied by sexualisation of the males body
nixon
- ‘new man’
- launderette
- that it could be cool and acceptable for men to take the same amount of care over their personal appearance and clothes as women do.
Jackson
- masculine and feminine identities are socially constructed meaning that gendered norms are relative which means that they can change over time
- assertive felinity
- ladettes
assertive femininity
- Jackson
- femininity that has gone from submissive, passive to a more loud, vulgar and masculine behaviour and character
ladettes
- Jackson
- girls from younger generation that adopt deviant behaviour
Sharpe
- longitudinal study into girls attitudes towards education, work and marriage
- found that in more contemporary society their attitudes changed
- 1970s priorities were love, marriage, husbands and children
- 1990s girl’s priorities had changed to job, careers and being able to support themselves
- rather than masculinity referring to one type of behaviour, there are 4 different types of masculinity which emerge and change over time
- Hegemonic masculinity
- Complicit masculinity
- Subordinate masculinity
- Marginalised masculinity
Connell
the dominant and traditional style of masculinity with characteristics about toughness and aggression
Hegemonic masculinity
men who believe that men and women should share roles within families
Complicit masculinity
masculines which are less powerful and carry lower status
e.g. homosexual masculinity
Subordinate masculinity
a masculine identity self by those men who did traditionally masculine jobs and now feel their masculinity under threat as many of those jobs have been lost
marginalised masculinity
- study of consumption
- the changes in style which new man fashions changes in male identity in contemporary culture,
- Focused in particular on the changes in the portrayal of men and masculinity in the media
- Rise of fashion
- The changes in men’s consumption patterns were accompanied by sexualisation of the males body
mort
- ‘new man’
- launderette
- that it could be cool and acceptable for men to take the same amount of care over their personal appearance and clothes as women do.
nixon
- masculine and feminine identities are socially constructed meaning that gendered norms are relative which means that they can change over time
- assertive felinity
- ladettes
Jackson
- Jackson
- femininity that has gone from submissive, passive to a more loud, vulgar and masculine behaviour and character
assertive femininity
- Jackson
- girls from younger generation that adopt deviant behaviour
ladettes
- longitudinal study into girls attitudes towards education, work and marriage
- found that in more contemporary society their attitudes changed
- 1970s priorities were love, marriage, husbands and children
- 1990s girl’s priorities had changed to job, careers and being able to support themselves
Sharpe
