WOMS202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Sports Radio, Human Penis Size, Masculinity
25 Mar 2018
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The 6th grade boys make jokes about their hormones and penis size/ undermining masculinity jokes. Male genitalia is associated with males manhood and dominance. They compare their body sizes and ability to carry things because muscular male bodies (gladiators) mean they are tough/strong. From the street they adopted tough personals and willingness to fight because in their neighborhoods fights were common and those who didn"t fight were ridiculed. Black and latina rappers identified with them because they view the streets as hard knocks and they embodied tough heterosexual masculinity. Males believe they have dominance because strength equals dominance. Boys wanted physical musculature so they wouldn"t be seen as little boys. In their culture, masculine practices provides status in some level of protection in their social world. "performing gender identity: young men"s talk and the construction of heterosexual. Masculinity" deborah cameron conversational styles in the us: what are the dominant assumptions about the differences between male and female.
