This novel study explores the catalytic experiences that demarcate the achievement of manhood and the means by which the participants knew this transition had occurred. Its significance is in its unique findings and contribution to a largely unexplored topic in the research literature. Qualitative methodologies, including narrative interviewing and thematic analysis, were used. Ten individuals were interviewed and asked to tell the story of when they became men and how they knew. Thematic findings include experiences that led to gaining attributes associated with self-reliance and changes related to fathers or fatherhood. The participants uniformly reported that the significance was known by virtue of experiencing a distinct ‘felt sense.’ Social validation was also noted as a key feature. Further research is recommended including the exploration of this same issue with specific populations and groups, with the larger goal of enhancing the current understanding of these issues by encouraging further dialog in effort to explore the meanings associated with manhood in the contemporary context. / Graduate / 2015-05-05 / 0519 / 0621 / coryklath@gmail.com

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During the last few decades the academic re-gendering has reached the field of rhetorical discourse and differences of speech and rhetoric has been determined. Another gender shift has occurred during the last few decades in the appointments of foreign policy representatives, from being one of the last patriarchal strongholds the change towards equality has been remarkably swift. However, the norms of masculinity and formality within the sphere of foreign policy are still persistent. The first aim of this thesis was to determine if the rhetorical style of men and women differed even in a context heavily laden with norms, such as the UNGA. The secondary aim is based upon the concept of masculinity and femininity in culture, to determine if the gender of culture influenced the speaker’s rhetorical style, even in the UNGA. This thesis generates its own theoretical framework from the works of rhetoric and linguistics to separate masculine and feminine rhetorical style. The method used is a qualitative textual analyze applied to transcribed speeches held by Swedish and U.S. representatives in UNGA. The analysis proved that there is a difference in rhetorical style between genders and culture, even in a context such as the UNGA, but only a small one.

The research is specifically concerned with the notion of the military masque as a projected extension of the history of masqueing behaviour evident in gay men's attire.The creative outcome of the project is a collection of five interchangeable masques, an animated poetic work and a series of photographic images.This exegesis therefore, seeks to contextualise the created artifacts. In doing this it posits a historical and critical framework that considers the hyper-masculine1 and its relationship to gay men's masqueing.21 In this exegesis hyper masculinity is taken to mean an exaggeration of stereotypical male beliefs and behaviors through an emphasis on virility, strength and aggression and dress codification.2 Frye (1957), in his Anatomy of criticism offers a useful definition of masque as I frame it in this thesis. The term may be understood as "a species of drama in which spectacle plays an important role and in which the characters tend to be, or become aspects of human personality, rather than independent characters" (pp. 365-7). In this respect the masque is something donned that presents a decodable identity extra to, or other than the actual personality of the wearer.

Texte remanié de: Habilitationsschrift--Fachbereich Literatur- und Sprachwissenschaft--Essen--Universität-Gesamthochschule, 1981.

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Thesis (M.A. in sociology)--Washington State University, May 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-49).

The aim of this study is to explain why the Swedish police organisation has difficulties recruiting women into leadership.  Using the Swedish version of the Bem Sex -Role Scale, policemen and policewomen in a smaller Swedish police region identified themselves as having feminine or masculine gender identity. The study specifically looked for differences and similarities between leaders or non leaders. Is there a selection of masculinity over femininity in the Swedish police organisation? The findings in the study were interesting. The results found that there were no significant differences between policewomen and policemen regarding masculine gender identity. And more interesting was that the female police leaders had a tendency of having more masculine gender identity than the female non- leaders. The study takes its course from the Kanter and Acker theory regarding power and gendered institutions, through Connell and hegemonic masculinity and to the doing of gender and contemporary research to explain why the police organization still, after many years of women being present, is overall masculine and reproduce masculine leaders and therefore constantly lack numbers of female police leaders.

This thesis attempts to better understand gender roles portrayed in the media. By using Stuart Hall's theory of audience reception (Hall, 1980) the researcher looks into dance and gender in the media to indicate whether or not LDS participants believe stereotypical gender roles are portrayed on Dancing with the Stars." Through four focus groups containing a total of 30 participants, the researcher analyzed costuming, choreography, and judges' comments through the viewer's eyes. From participant responses, the conclusion was made that audience members do perceive stereotypical gender roles on "Dancing with the Stars." Participants felt that costuming was the biggest indicator of gender roles on the show, and that choreography and judges' comments also contributed to the perception of gender roles.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / A presente dissertação apresenta as transformações que proporcionaram a emergência do campo de estudos das masculinidades, resultado das transformações ocorridas na sociedade e na academia a partir do movimento feminista. Com o acesso das mulheres às diferentes esferas da sociedade, a superioridade masculina foi abalada, gerando a crise do modelo de masculinidade tradicional. As fissuras na masculinidade tradicional evidenciaram a existência de masculinidades alternativas. Olhares sobre as masculinidades desde uma perspectiva interdisciplinar permitem identificar três modelos de interpretação das masculinidades. São modelos construídos a partir da perspectiva da análise e não do conteúdo específico das pesquisas. Identificamos também três dimensões recorrentes nas leituras. Embora sejam complementares, foram separadas a fim de proporcionar uma visão mais detalhada sobre cada dimensão. Os estudos sobre as masculinidades centram sua atenção nos signos sexuais da identidade masculina, relacionando as outras dimensões ao falocentrismo e à libido dominandi. Por fim, sistematiza o modo como a teologia tem trabalhado com as masculinidades, fim de identificar qual o papel que a experiência ocupa no fazer teológico. / This dissertation presents the transformations which provided the rise of the study field of manliness, result of transformations which happened in society and academy and were started by the feminist movement. With the access of women to different spheres of society, the masculine superiority was affected, generating the crisis of model of traditional manliness. The fissures in traditional manliness had evidenced the existence of alternative manliness. Glances on manliness since an interdisciplinary perspective allow us to identify three models of interpretation of manliness. They are models built since the analysis perspective and not since the specific content of researches. We also identified three appealing dimensions in the readings. Although they are complementally, they were separated in order to provide a more detailed vision on each dimension. The studies about manliness center its attention in sexual signs of masculine identity, relating the other dimensions to the phallus centrism and the libido dominandi. Finally, it systematizes the way as theology has been working with manliness, in order to identify which is the role that the experience occupies in theological studies.