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Julien |
20/04/2003 11:54
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Goule Groupe : Modérateurs Messages : 870 Inscrit le : 16/05/2002 23:00 Lieu : Lyon, France Membre no. 16 |
Etre masculin, c'est... :
"Natural"--authentic, inherent, biological Essential, fixed--there are no degrees of masculinity; one is either male or female Dominance, authority, power; being on top Hard, not soft Phallic; penetrating, not penetrated Thrusting, aggressiveness Explosive, uncontrollable ("boys will be boys") "Size matters"; the bigger, the more masculine Irresistible to women Being active Enjoyment of physical activity (sports, etc.) Enjoyment of the chase, etc. Go-getting Enjoyment of violence Sadistic, not masochistic Lust-driven; "brains in crotch" Lustful but not seeking emotional attachment; sex but not love Desiring (i.e., as opposed to desired); lustful, but not inviting lust Seducer, not seductive Polygamous Warrior masculinity Competitiveness Need to test courage, power ("Are you a man or a mouse?") Need to win; be better than others Need to be seen to win: glory, acclaim, reputation, etc.: masculinity as a prize awarded by the opinions of others, especially other men Maleness as continually in question, always in need of being proved, tested, etc. Strong and silent Hard, cool, unemotional Egocentric: self-sustaining Unwilling to speak of emotions No crying Bragging; voicing of maleness as key feature of masculinity Courage, bravery, fortitude Self-control Control and discipline of body: not subject to desire Control and discipline of body: ongoing achievement and maintenance of societally privileged appearance of masculinity Invincibility; no pain Meat; no quiche Self-sufficient masculinity Independence Egocentricity Outsider anti-conformist rebelliousness Impatience with or defiance of limitations of convention, values of law and order, female rules of etiquette, good manners, taste, etc.; maleness as that which is restrained or repressed by civilization and social concerns Not interested in neatness, cleanliness, order; no housecleaning Fear of entrapment, containment Non-romantic, non-needy ("Big boys don't cry.") Non-nurturing Group masculinity Male bonding Male homosociality: most important relationships are with other men Misogyny Homophobia; fear or repugnance at physical contact with other men outside of the context of battle or play-battle (sports); fear of the male gaze (homosociality as not homosexuality) Need to conform to values of male group Need of ritual reinforcement of involvement with male group--names, ceremonies, secret handshakes, etc. Desire of the male gaze--attracting admiration of other men (e.g., body builders, models) for masculine appearance Policing of unmanliness, etc.; category maintenance Rigid, conservative, anti-anarchy or -transgression or confusion of fixed boundaries and categories Closeting of divergence from group values, vulnerability, softness, etc. Anti-intellectual (anti-geek, nerd, etc.) Masculinity as a form of dress: certain colours, styles, forms of appearance, etc.; no frills, no pink, baseball caps, hairy and/or muscular, not pudgy or skinny, etc. Body-building. Lack of interest in fashion or appearance; no makeup Peacockery Structural/ cultural masculinity Patriarchal Hierarchical Binary oppositional: "us vs. them" Colonizing Keeper of secrets about rules being broken, etc.; seeing but not saying Psychoanalytical masculinity Oedipal concerns Repressed polymorphous perversity, anality, homosexuality, etc. Fear of and/or integration of anima "He who bears the phallus"; phallus as signifier; "name of the father" Fear of father, murder of father, etc.; masculinity as tied up in relationships with fathers Gazer--not subject to the gaze |
Julien |
20/04/2003 11:56
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Goule Groupe : Modérateurs Messages : 870 Inscrit le : 16/05/2002 23:00 Lieu : Lyon, France Membre no. 16 |
(Pour ma part, je me sens plutôt féminin là ...)
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