Hi, all,
Thanks to everyone who visited the final facilitation and offered up great conversation for all three presentations.
Some key takeaways from my presentation were--
1. Identity of masculinity being dependent inherently on what is feminine
2. Masculinity is changing as rapidly as the ongoing discourse of gender itself.
3. Our normative ideals of masculinity are often antiquated, aggressive, and without inhibitors due to the institutionalized hegemony of masculinity.
We also noted it was important that we de-gender acts-- a performance may be considered masculine if it is militaristic, or feminine if it is overly sympathetic. Just as objects are gendered inaccurately we should avoid gendering actions of particular impressionability as being inherently masculine or feminine.
One scholar in the field of gender communication that could be and was used to further the discussion is Bell Hooks.
Another could be Simon De Beauvoir,
Finally, I would like to further part of the discussion on gendered acts,
We saw in class discussion that workplace environments can often present opportunities for masculinity to recede or be used as a tool for assertion. With that in mind, what are some other roles or identities that we assume that we consider typically masculine?
Hi Andrew,
ReplyDeleteI think that other roles that we assume in a masculine way are tasks associated with being stoic. I can't pin down exactly what setting considering most link back to the work setting. I find myself to assume masculine traits in an academic setting especially when surrounded by males in some classes. Really liked your presentation.
Hi Andrew,
ReplyDeleteI think that other roles that we assume in a masculine way are tasks associated with being stoic. I can't pin down exactly what setting considering most link back to the work setting. I find myself to assume masculine traits in an academic setting especially when surrounded by males in some classes. Really liked your presentation.