Keywords
Hegemonic Masculinity
Media
Media Study
Mass Communication
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Abstract
Modern civilization enables men to prepare themselves actively and construct their masculinities within explicit social and historical settings. Diverse cultures determine what it means to be a man about "the others," such as racial minorities, sexual minorities, or women. On the other hand, each culture has a predominant paradigm, "hegemonic," while distinct characters are subordinated. Therefore "gender is invariably relational, and designs of masculinity are socially determined in contradistinction from some designs (whether actual or hypothetical) of femininity''. Masculine domination can be seen through performance, status, outlook, representation, sexuality, profession, or behavior and should be examined in three proportions: local, regional, and global.
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