The document discusses masculinity and how it has changed over time. [1] It describes how traditional male roles declined as heavy industry jobs disappeared and were replaced by more female-oriented service jobs. [2] It also discusses how feminism and legal reforms empowered women and challenged traditional gender roles. [3] The document analyzes how these changes have led to a "crisis of masculinity" as men are no longer certain of their role in society.
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Student presentation for WRTG 3020, Spring 2011. The presentation contains a synopsis of key findings from Michael S. Kimmel's article, "Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity."
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One crisis of masculinity is the perceived to threat of masculinity that seems to have taken place mostly beginning in the middle of last century. As noted by Dave Hill in a recent survey explains that the changes in the cultural understanding of what it is to be a man, and of what masculinity is, âNever again will masculinity be as containable or as easy to describe in false terms as it has been during the last 150 yearsâ (Buchbinder 3). In other words, never again will masculinity be defined in false context as it has been for the past century as the materiality of the future will see young men having more flexibility in the masculinity they assign to themselves. One example is the many changes and revolutions today that put women at income levels that are equal with and in many cases outstrip those of males in the same age group. Thus, the result is that males feel generally sidelined by that the traditional definitions of what masculinity means especially dominance in financial aspects, family matters and other areas of life. Also, with the rise of the second feminism wave and the civil rights movement society no longer allows for any unequal treatment of members in the society. The current generation of men feels as if women are receiving much better treatment than men. In my opinion, one of the major crises of masculinity that faces the modern contemporary modern society of today is the growing negative sentiment among tough men of today.
Nowadays, social phenomenon is known as the soft male has emerged.Robert Bly in proposing his soft male phenomenon theory explains âSometimes even today when I look out at an audience, perhaps half the young males are what I'd call soft. They 're lovely, valuable people...they're not interested in harming the earth or starting warsâ(Buchbinder 9). The soft male phenomenon refers to Robert Bly implies a scenario where the western world has lost the essence of the deep masculine attributes. By this he states that men have lost their traditional way of continuity thus the previously set rites of passage which ushered men into adulthood no longer exist. The result is a generation of men who cannot fulfill their traditional duties and responsibilities in the family. A case in point is the effect of the industrial revolution on the family setup. As the factories came about men had to leave their families and go look for work for prolonged periods. This created a break in traditions in which men were absent thus were unable to play their roles in upbringing their male children in the customs of the traditional male roles. The idea though having some basis in fact should take into account that women are no longer are restricted to home making duties as was in the past instead women today earn a living with men thus creating a crisis in defining the masculinity on the idea of a provider.
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1.) How was work organized in American families between 1630 and 1800 â what kind of work were women, men, and children expected to do.
2.) What were the cultural assumptions made about the innate character of white middle class women, men, and children in Puritan New England in the 1600âs and beginning of the 1700s.
3.) When were the first factories opened in the United States and what product did they specialize in?
4.) When did middle class womenâs work become separated from that of middle class menâs work and how was the work differentiated?
5.) Describe the concept of culture.
6.) What are the building blocks of culture?
7.) How do games and stories reinforce cultural beliefs?
8.) What kind of work was typically open to middle class women starting in the late 1800s â continuing on to this day? What technological innovation led to an increase in this type of work?
9.) What is the female cultural prototype known as Rosie the Riveter and which group of women does she represent?
10.) What kind of work did Native American Women in upper New York and the U.S. Plains perform?
11.) At the time the European Settlers arrived in North America, who had more freedom and independence -- American Indian women or Euro-American women?
12.) What is the difference between âsexâ & âgender?â
13.) What evidence is there to show that most gender differences are cultural rather than biological?
14.) What does the word, âmisogynyâ mean?
15.) What does the term âMatrix of Dominationâ mean?
16.) What does the terms âracismâ mean?
17.) What does the term âsexism,â mean?
18.) What does the term âdiscriminationâ refer to?
19.) What does the âsocial construction of genderâ refer to?
20.) What were the key points made in the documentary, âTough Guise?â
21.) Who was Martha Ballard and what Occupation did she hold?
22.) What does the concept of âcovertureâ aka âfeme covertâ refer to?
23.) What does the concept of ârepublican motherhoodâ refer to?
24.) What were the key points made in Jackson Katzâs documentary Tough Guise?
25.) What does the term âHegemonic Maleâ refer to, and who is the American Hegemonic male today?
26.) Which different handsome Male prototypes existed throughout American history?
27.) What were the different âbeautifulâ female prototypes that existed throughout American history?
28.) Which social forces give rise to changes in gender roles?
Key Points for Jackson Katzâs âTough Guiseâ
For the most part, Violence is a menâs issue.
But violence against women is made into a womenâs issue rather than a menâs issue.
When people talk about violence against women, men are never mentioned. Itâs like the violence that men
inflict upon women âjust happens to them.â When women are raped assaulted and abused and the words
âby menâ gets left out.
Social commentators focus on how to help the victims rather than how to stop the âmaleâ perpetrators.
In this way, the power of dominant groups is concealed. The Dom ...
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What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasnât one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
3. Task
On the handout provided
write down 5
characteristics / traits that
belong to the âtypicalâ male
4. This all changed
â˘The Second Wave of feminism
â˘Women became increasingly
empowered as legal reforms such
as:
The Equal Pay Act (1970) and The
Sexual Discrimination Act (1975)
can into force
5. The death of the industrial male
In the 1970s and 1980s a lot of Britainâs heavy industries were dismantled as the country
moved towards a more computer driven, service based economy where traditional male
roles were taken away and replaced by jobs that could be undertaken by women. Men
left the home to work in factories and offices
6. Aids: the queering of the mainstream
AIDSraised the gay profile; suddenly
you couldnât ignore the existence of the
homosexual male.
The financial muscle of the pink pound.
The queering of the mainstream
brought eroticised images of the male
body into fashion and advertising
8. Confused Masculinity
The emasculation of traditional male identity has led to a âcrisis of masculinityâ.
Men were no longer certain of what their role in society was.
9. An American poet,
author, activist and
Robert Bly leader of the
mythopoetic men's
movement, most famous
for his Iron John: A Book
About Men (1990)
10. Today's men as half
adults, trapped
somewhere
between childhood
and maturity The decline of the father's
role in the modern family
Men raised by women
A deeply troubled situation in which
most men find themselves in
western societies today
Men are an "experimental Older men would
species" and have to be taught teach young boys on
what it is to be a man these gender-specific
issues.
Rites of passage
11. Confused masculinity in FC
Both the author, Palahniuk and the director have said that the story of Fight Club reflects and
explores real menâs lives today.
Palahniuk said he wrote his book âin publicâ by talking to real men in diners, bars, coffee shops and
their work places.
Fincher said that the unnamed narrator is âan everyman. Every young manâ
12. FC and collective identity
FC and collective identity
3 principle examples of the
modern manâs confusion over
masculine roles and what being a
âmanâ actually means:
13. First example: the life of the narrator pre- Fight
Club
Based on an illusion of materialist accumulation and career hierarchy,
The pursuits of these false goals = no male friends, no sexual partner in the ânestâ
apartment, no physically demanding work or action-based solution to problems. No libido:
âwe used to read pornography; now we read the IKEA catalogueâ.
Sees himself through his meaningless possessions
âa refrigerator full of designer condiments and no foodâ.
He is emasculated by pursuit of consumerism
14. Second example: The âRemaining Men Together: testicular
cancer group
This group is compromised of men who have
attempted to conform to traditional roles, but who
have failed. They have been emasculated by
castration
First speaker- talks of ambition to be a father, a
goal he will never achieve; the ultimate insult is
that wife has abandoned him and procreated with
another man.
Bob- pathetic and grotesquely breasted. His
attempt to attain a traditional male image, the
Muscle Man has resulted in the exact opposite
and becoming feminised
15. Third example: the group of men in Fight Club
Supposed to be the âsolutionâ to the problems of confused masculinity. But it eventually
turns into another form of the same confusion: the neo-fascist-anarchist âProject
Mayhemâ. This form of âmale fundamentalismâ is, ultimately as empty as the other male
roles it reacts against. By moving the desire of money and sex men can establish
themselves.
16. Recap on Last Lesson
Recap on last lesson
What are the characteristics of a ânew manâ?
What are the characteristics of a âReal Manâ according to Bly?
What was Robert Blyâs theory called?
What were the 3 examples we looked at in class to demonstrate confused
masculinity in Fight Club?
17. Iâm still a guy
Brad Paisley is a Country and
Western song writer and singer
who personifies what it is to be
a man in his songs.
His song âIâm still a guyâ works
well with Robert Blyâs theory
What aspects of this song relate
to:
A. The new man
B. Blyâs man
The song lyrics are on the
sheet in front of you
18. Fight Club and the Mytho-
poetic Essentialism
Rejection of
consumerist pleasure
Separation from the
tender feminine
world
Self Flagellation to prove Initiation through enduring
manhood to enemy pain
19. Father son relationship
Fight club could be used to examine two archetypal (model)
male relationships:
Acolyte (student) and mentor
Son and Father
The Narrator creates Tyler from his own subconscious needs (Bly would say essential needs)
20. Acolyte/Mentor:
Tyler is the cool kid in school, cares nothing for
status or urban wit or etiquette.
He is the ultimate adolescent fantasy â the âwild
manâ showing the straight guy how to cut loose
Son/Father: The oedipal role
âWe are a generation of men raised by womenâ
âYou are not Gods delicate snowflakeâ
Tyler takes the narrator away from his
âcomfortableâ feminised world, he destroys his
ânestâ, takes him away from the love and support
of the groups and exposes him to the harsh
realities of the ârealâ world.
21. TASK 1:
After watching the first scene where the Narrator encounters Tyler â What examples
of traditional adolescent rebellion can you see?
22. Sigmund Freudâs Oedipus complex:
the unresolved desire of a child for
sexual gratification through the parent
of the opposite sex, especially the
desire of a son for his mother. This
involves, first, identification with and,
later, hatred for the parent of the same
sex, who is considered by the child as
a rival.
23. Task two:
Now think about the relationship between the characters as the film progresses
To what extent is this traditional Oedipal narrative
24. Other examples:
23â Vibrating bag on plan â The Dildo NOT your Dildo
25â Possessions being burned â first signs of destroying the female
31â Cinema pornography â destroying it
43â Gucci MAN
58â Using women's fat and âboy scoutsâ
25. Essay Question
What different attributes and characteristics are associated
with masculinity and femininity in Fight Club?
Editor's Notes
Fight club 4:37â Slave to Ikea / Nesting 28â âI had it allâ 38â a society raised by women
6:06â Testicular cancer â âRemaining menâ together â stripping men of right to be a father Bob (ex body builder â steroids to make him a man destroyed his manhood Power Animal Penguin (Flightless birds â inadequate Emperor penguin becomes the nurturer while the female goes out and hunts)
40â Fight club 59â Initiation into man hood
5â
8â
Rejection of consumerist pleasure â pub chatInitiation through pain â fat on handSeparation from feminine world â burning of houseSelf flagellation to prove manhood â both of the above