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contradiction
incompatibility between two groups you compare together
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juxtaposition
comparing two things together
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foil
a character that contrasts another character
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vigilant heterosexuality
evolved to counter homophobic perceptions of woman athletes
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hegemony
the political, ideological or cultural power excerpted by a dominant group over other groups
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hegomonic masculinity
refers to the belief in the existence of a culturally normative ideal of male behavior. Strongly encourages men to embody this kind of masculinity.
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restrictive code
the speech patterns thought to be more common among working class, less educated people, using a smaller vocabulary, simpler grammatical structure and a greater assumption of shared understanding.
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media framing
people build a series of mental filters through biological and cultural influences.
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deception narrative
story about a persons life is false or deceived to be read in a certain way.
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false conciousness
misleading. Betray the true relations of forces between people.
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heteronormativity
any of a set of lifestyle norms that hold that people fall into distinct and complementary genders. Natural roles in life. Heterosexuality=sexual orientation.
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the mechanistic mind
set has gone beyond generalizations to give us very specific masculine mystique ideas for the masculine, both in body and in mind.
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machine man
- military men, robocop, terminator. Instructed to obey, not to think. Impervious to emotion and pain.
- The machine man is not only incapable of showing care for others, he rarely shows it towards his own physical or mental health.
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commercial masculinity
the "crises" in masculinity engendered by the phenomenon of commercial masculinity. Metrosexuality served a crucial rhetorical function for the reconciliation of commercial masculinity with normative masculinity by organizing homosociality in strategic ways.
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masculinity in crises
- moving from farms to factories.
- industrialization- no longer see fruits of their labor, people used as machines-dehumanized.
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reconstruction of masculinity
how men should be
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homosociality
describes same sex relationships that are not of a romantic or sexual nature, such as friendship, mentorship, or others. The opposite of homosocial is heterosocial, preferring non-sexual relations with the opposite sex. In group relations involving more than two individuals, the relation can be either homosocial(involving same-sex social relations)
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docile bodies
requires that an uninterrupted coercion be directed to the very processes of bodily activity.
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objectification theory
says that women are disconnected from their bodies-view themselves as others see them, men are slowly becoming disconnected.
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tough guise
an extreme showing, performance of masculinity- not all men do it but all taught.
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hidden gender
gun violence-most done by men
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metrosexuals
are not interested in sexuality like other men are.-not gay. Focus on how they look.
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crisis
destabilizing power of women growing-women more like men.
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commercial masculinity
objectification and comodification of men and masculinity that has patterns and practices of consumption, pose unique and significant challenges to conventional, normative masculinity.
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beyond double bind
not taken seriously
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seductress
Palin seen as attractive/younger
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mother
used to see Palin and condidates as feminine
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pet
mccain proud of Pailin, someone who needs to be taken care of.
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iron maiden
Clinton, not emotional, brute, makes strong decisions.
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two culture theory
women and men come from separate cultures/worlds.
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masculinity performance
masculinity is non-performative.
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Forms of Masculine performance
- butch realness(ethnic displays)
- femme pretender(exposing more exagerrated like queens.
- male mimicry- how to act like a man
- fag drag- gay male masculinity
- denaturalized masculinity- show its not natural.
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polysemous
idea that there are multiple meanings/readings
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polyvalence
different values/multiple values
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the male gaze
ideas, camera angles are designed to look at an image from a point of view.
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oppositional gaze
ho do you read it--subtext, different point of view other than what they want you to look at.
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passive objectification
removed from career
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double standard
- black mans power over white race?
- general public is used to accusing black men.
- in our society we treat all women like they are devalued
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abject
in order to be in power you have to have someone below you never want to be at the bottom of the hierarchy.
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