Friday, December 10, 2010
reflections on assignments
research paper #2 was fun to do because i was able to come up with interesting ideas to peace together the qualities associated with leadership. for instance, I learned a lot about Obama's former campaign manager who never gave up hope of electing the first African American president. In bordo's "rediscovering the male body" I learned how the fashion industry pave the way for male models to be accepted as artistic male figures with out having to feel a shamed about their bodies.The one assignment that didn't really feel comfortable with was acting out the collective performance of adolescent men about "the girl hunt", inside the classroom because I felt nervous being in front of the class. Blogger was useful in that it helped me a lot with my typing. I wish we would have watched more movies in class. I thought it was fun, and I enjoyed it a lot.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
final draft of research paper #2
GUADIA AZIZE
INSTRUCTOR: MAGDALENA BOGACKA
ENG. 101. O800
NOVEMBER 16TH, 2010
The collective rituals of heterosexual men through which they interpret “the ideal standard of masculinity”, can greatly influence how men interact with each other and women as well. for instance, Here in the United States----if it is not yet known----male--dominated public institutions have been harboring this type of collective behavior practiced amongst adolescent males as a strategy to provide emotional support for those that are easily deterred by their lack of confidence; sexual advice for those with high expectations to become lotharios as described by Grazian in “The Girl Hunt”, and supported by two other credible sources in Friday night Lights: A Town A Team and a Dream and Gender Trouble: Feminism And the Subversion of Identity, all of which, collaborate on the performative aspect of masculinity. For instance, in the book Gender Trouble:, Monique Wittig, a theorist of material feminism argues:
Gender is the linguistic index of the political
opposition between the sexes. Gender is used
here in the singular because indeed there are
not two genders: there is only one: the
feminine, the masculine” not being a gender.
For the masculine is not the masculine, but the
general. (qutd. in Butler 27)
In This statement, gender is characterized through the hegemonic interpretation of women as sex symbols. In other words masculinity is not considered a gender, to the contrary, it represents stability, cohesion, durability and the normal standard of heterosexuality. Gender is also used by men as a deceptive method to differentiate between them and women, marking their pray---femininity---like a cowboy would in brandishing his domesticated cattle. It is necessary to take a close look at the various roles that are taken up by heterosexuals, including men’s perception of an ideal standard of masculinity, the political patriarchy and the one-upmanship characteristics that are displayed as methods to gain in-group-status while functioning to build confidence along with a sense of belongingness necessary to maintain the gender ideologies associated with the collective performance of masculinity.
The ideology of masculinity is presented in “The Girl Hunt” as a performative behavior learned through institutionalized set of rules as oppose to being an inherent trait passed on by its primal ancestors. For instance, according to the writer in “The Girl Hunt” Goffman, West and Zimmerman argue:
Like femininity; masculinity is not innate but an
accomplishment of human behavior that appears
natural because gendered individuals adhere to
an institutionalized set of myths they learn
through everyday interactions and encounters,
and thus accept as social reality. (Grazian 320)
The interpretation of gender as a learned behavior is intelligently illustrated in Gender Trouble, as the author writes:
……..The distinction between sex and gender
serves the argument that whatever biological
intractability sex appears to have, gender is
culturally constructed. Hence, gender is neither
the casual result of sex nor as seemingly fixed as
sex. (Butler 8)
According to these two statements, gender is incorporated by heterosexual men to re-assert the perceived cultural reality that women are dependent on their looks, leaving them little choice but to play certain roles which make them vulnerable to men’s exaggerated ambitions of political control and their lust for sexual gratification. Though feminists are opposed to this type of heterosexual behavior, this is what solidifies the masculinity in each and everyone of these men, becoming stronger when they get together to form homosocial bonds that promote the collective performances of manhood; or in other terms, to enact the interpretations of masculinity by taking part in a real-life drama of contemporary social interactions amongst their peers and between the sexes. The one-upmanship characteristics of masculinity is also practiced by young males to validate their manhood, gain in-group-status, as well as hooking up with a girl under sexist terms.
In the “The Girl Hunt” the validation of manhood associated with in-group-status is described by the writer:
As these young men dance arm-in-arm with one
another, they generate the collective
effervescence and a sense of social
connectedness necessary to plunge into the
nightlife (Grazian 327).
There is a significant correlation between this statement and what the author claims in Friday Night Lights:
They would still be gladiators, the ones who were
envied by everyone else, the ones who knew
about the best parties and got the best girls and
and laughed the loudest and strutted so proudly
through the halls of school as if it was their own
wonderful private kingdom. (Bissinger 127)
Grazian’s and Bissinger’s statements compliment each other as they illustrate the hearty enjoyment that encompasses these adolescent men in the comfort of their peers. For Grazian refers to young men that work collectively and effectively to boost their confidence and be able to perform at the highest possible level before taking that initial step of pulling themselves off the couches, as they head out and into a mysterious night life filled with promising erotic encounters with the opposite sex, overwhelming these adolescent men with immature compulsive egos and unfulfilled quotas pertaining to sexual experiences. In comparison, Bissinger points out the dominant masculine expectations of young, strong and athletic players whose only goals are to establish their presence as these ultimate symbols of heroism, heterosexuality, and manhood. As a Result, these young football players develop a strong bond with their teammates and become the subjects of girls’ obsessions. Moreover, gender hierarchy describes the subordination of women through men’s collective performances implemented by the political patriarchy and heterosexual objectifications of women.
The subordination of women is carried out by the organizations set up by the principals of men’s superiority; political patriarchy re-enforces the rules by which men are exalted and women devalued. The author in “The Girl Hunt” supports this idea by claiming:
……Joey’s confidence is boosted by the
camaraderie he experiences in a bonding ritual
in which women---supposedly the agreed—upon
raison d’etre for the evening---are ignored or,
when they make their presence known, scolded.
(Grazian 327)
This comment reiterates what the author in Friday Night Lights: refers to as he writes:
………..So desperate was she to intergrate herself
with the football players that she bought one of
them a brand-new backpack and then offered
him fifty dollars to sleep with her
(Bissinger 141).
Both authors, Grazian and Bissinger argue, that women are perceived as sexual objects or some sort of trophies that men can raise up high as a sign of prowess--- just like an Olympic athlete does when raising his medal after a hard fought victory--- to show their buddies who is in charge, and as if to say “the persisting bolstering of our egos has paid off”. Another method by which women are subordinated, is the way public perception of gender is manipulated in society as a whole ,especially here in the United States. For example, the author in Gender Trouble: writes:
The political assumption that there must be a
universal basis for feminism, one which must be
found in an identity assumed to exist cross—
culturally often accompanies the notion that the
oppression of women has some singular form
discernible in the universal or hegemonic
structure of patriarchy or masculine domination.
(Butler 5)
Butler illustrates the political and linguistic methods that are used to undermine women’s liberation and representation. Femininity has suffered a great deal under the political patriarchy which has misrepresented women, labeling them as nothing more than a confused gender with a specific purpose of attending to the needs of their husbands or other privileged male figures. The gender hierarchy has conceptualized femininity as being digressive and divisive in nature. This type of sexist behavior that is illustrated by Butler, is what Grazian talks about when he refers to the college students who volunteer in a survey and share their personal accounts on homosocial bondings that create environments where they can be themselves and release tensions and anxieties associated with the anticipation of being rejected by their peers or a potential romantic flame. Just as Butler describes men as being cohesive when coming together to establish laws intended to label women for the purpose of limiting their roles and regarding them as sexed objects. Grazian, on the other hand, illustrates how men come together to bolster their egos to gain camaraderie and make themselves feel ready for the unforeseen urban life drama of exotic encounters.
The author, David Grazian in “The Girl Hunt” Suggests, the performative aspect of masculinity is not only a learned behavior but a means by which it conveys gestures and body expressions; social responses carried out under the influence of gender rules made up and governed by male—dominated institutions (337). For men, collective rituals are ways of solidifying their self-esteem, masculinity, and in-group-status. young men come together to share their most testosterone-boosting stories about how much money they got, what cars they drive, and the number of girls that desire to be with them. Although, this type of behavior is what labels women as sexual objects, it releases animalistic tensions from within the male structure that would otherwise inhibit their ability to function as heterosexuals. In other words masculinity is not pre-conditioned, but rather constitutes collective performances compatible to the current patterns of socialization initiated by young adolescents seeking emotional support and a favorable environment in which they can express “the ideal characteristics of manhood”.
Works Cited
Bissinger, H.G. Friday Night Lights: A Town A Team And A Dream
Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 1900. Print.
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminisim And The Subversion Of
Identity New York: Routledge Classics, 1900. Print.
Grazian, David “The Girl Hunt: Urban Night light And the performance
Of Masculinity As Collective Activity” Men’s Lives. 8th ed. Eds.
Michael S. Kimmel And Michael S. messner: New York:
Allyn And Bacon, 2010. 320-337. Print.
INSTRUCTOR: MAGDALENA BOGACKA
ENG. 101. O800
NOVEMBER 16TH, 2010
The collective rituals of heterosexual men through which they interpret “the ideal standard of masculinity”, can greatly influence how men interact with each other and women as well. for instance, Here in the United States----if it is not yet known----male--dominated public institutions have been harboring this type of collective behavior practiced amongst adolescent males as a strategy to provide emotional support for those that are easily deterred by their lack of confidence; sexual advice for those with high expectations to become lotharios as described by Grazian in “The Girl Hunt”, and supported by two other credible sources in Friday night Lights: A Town A Team and a Dream and Gender Trouble: Feminism And the Subversion of Identity, all of which, collaborate on the performative aspect of masculinity. For instance, in the book Gender Trouble:, Monique Wittig, a theorist of material feminism argues:
Gender is the linguistic index of the political
opposition between the sexes. Gender is used
here in the singular because indeed there are
not two genders: there is only one: the
feminine, the masculine” not being a gender.
For the masculine is not the masculine, but the
general. (qutd. in Butler 27)
In This statement, gender is characterized through the hegemonic interpretation of women as sex symbols. In other words masculinity is not considered a gender, to the contrary, it represents stability, cohesion, durability and the normal standard of heterosexuality. Gender is also used by men as a deceptive method to differentiate between them and women, marking their pray---femininity---like a cowboy would in brandishing his domesticated cattle. It is necessary to take a close look at the various roles that are taken up by heterosexuals, including men’s perception of an ideal standard of masculinity, the political patriarchy and the one-upmanship characteristics that are displayed as methods to gain in-group-status while functioning to build confidence along with a sense of belongingness necessary to maintain the gender ideologies associated with the collective performance of masculinity.
The ideology of masculinity is presented in “The Girl Hunt” as a performative behavior learned through institutionalized set of rules as oppose to being an inherent trait passed on by its primal ancestors. For instance, according to the writer in “The Girl Hunt” Goffman, West and Zimmerman argue:
Like femininity; masculinity is not innate but an
accomplishment of human behavior that appears
natural because gendered individuals adhere to
an institutionalized set of myths they learn
through everyday interactions and encounters,
and thus accept as social reality. (Grazian 320)
The interpretation of gender as a learned behavior is intelligently illustrated in Gender Trouble, as the author writes:
……..The distinction between sex and gender
serves the argument that whatever biological
intractability sex appears to have, gender is
culturally constructed. Hence, gender is neither
the casual result of sex nor as seemingly fixed as
sex. (Butler 8)
According to these two statements, gender is incorporated by heterosexual men to re-assert the perceived cultural reality that women are dependent on their looks, leaving them little choice but to play certain roles which make them vulnerable to men’s exaggerated ambitions of political control and their lust for sexual gratification. Though feminists are opposed to this type of heterosexual behavior, this is what solidifies the masculinity in each and everyone of these men, becoming stronger when they get together to form homosocial bonds that promote the collective performances of manhood; or in other terms, to enact the interpretations of masculinity by taking part in a real-life drama of contemporary social interactions amongst their peers and between the sexes. The one-upmanship characteristics of masculinity is also practiced by young males to validate their manhood, gain in-group-status, as well as hooking up with a girl under sexist terms.
In the “The Girl Hunt” the validation of manhood associated with in-group-status is described by the writer:
As these young men dance arm-in-arm with one
another, they generate the collective
effervescence and a sense of social
connectedness necessary to plunge into the
nightlife (Grazian 327).
There is a significant correlation between this statement and what the author claims in Friday Night Lights:
They would still be gladiators, the ones who were
envied by everyone else, the ones who knew
about the best parties and got the best girls and
and laughed the loudest and strutted so proudly
through the halls of school as if it was their own
wonderful private kingdom. (Bissinger 127)
Grazian’s and Bissinger’s statements compliment each other as they illustrate the hearty enjoyment that encompasses these adolescent men in the comfort of their peers. For Grazian refers to young men that work collectively and effectively to boost their confidence and be able to perform at the highest possible level before taking that initial step of pulling themselves off the couches, as they head out and into a mysterious night life filled with promising erotic encounters with the opposite sex, overwhelming these adolescent men with immature compulsive egos and unfulfilled quotas pertaining to sexual experiences. In comparison, Bissinger points out the dominant masculine expectations of young, strong and athletic players whose only goals are to establish their presence as these ultimate symbols of heroism, heterosexuality, and manhood. As a Result, these young football players develop a strong bond with their teammates and become the subjects of girls’ obsessions. Moreover, gender hierarchy describes the subordination of women through men’s collective performances implemented by the political patriarchy and heterosexual objectifications of women.
The subordination of women is carried out by the organizations set up by the principals of men’s superiority; political patriarchy re-enforces the rules by which men are exalted and women devalued. The author in “The Girl Hunt” supports this idea by claiming:
……Joey’s confidence is boosted by the
camaraderie he experiences in a bonding ritual
in which women---supposedly the agreed—upon
raison d’etre for the evening---are ignored or,
when they make their presence known, scolded.
(Grazian 327)
This comment reiterates what the author in Friday Night Lights: refers to as he writes:
………..So desperate was she to intergrate herself
with the football players that she bought one of
them a brand-new backpack and then offered
him fifty dollars to sleep with her
(Bissinger 141).
Both authors, Grazian and Bissinger argue, that women are perceived as sexual objects or some sort of trophies that men can raise up high as a sign of prowess--- just like an Olympic athlete does when raising his medal after a hard fought victory--- to show their buddies who is in charge, and as if to say “the persisting bolstering of our egos has paid off”. Another method by which women are subordinated, is the way public perception of gender is manipulated in society as a whole ,especially here in the United States. For example, the author in Gender Trouble: writes:
The political assumption that there must be a
universal basis for feminism, one which must be
found in an identity assumed to exist cross—
culturally often accompanies the notion that the
oppression of women has some singular form
discernible in the universal or hegemonic
structure of patriarchy or masculine domination.
(Butler 5)
Butler illustrates the political and linguistic methods that are used to undermine women’s liberation and representation. Femininity has suffered a great deal under the political patriarchy which has misrepresented women, labeling them as nothing more than a confused gender with a specific purpose of attending to the needs of their husbands or other privileged male figures. The gender hierarchy has conceptualized femininity as being digressive and divisive in nature. This type of sexist behavior that is illustrated by Butler, is what Grazian talks about when he refers to the college students who volunteer in a survey and share their personal accounts on homosocial bondings that create environments where they can be themselves and release tensions and anxieties associated with the anticipation of being rejected by their peers or a potential romantic flame. Just as Butler describes men as being cohesive when coming together to establish laws intended to label women for the purpose of limiting their roles and regarding them as sexed objects. Grazian, on the other hand, illustrates how men come together to bolster their egos to gain camaraderie and make themselves feel ready for the unforeseen urban life drama of exotic encounters.
The author, David Grazian in “The Girl Hunt” Suggests, the performative aspect of masculinity is not only a learned behavior but a means by which it conveys gestures and body expressions; social responses carried out under the influence of gender rules made up and governed by male—dominated institutions (337). For men, collective rituals are ways of solidifying their self-esteem, masculinity, and in-group-status. young men come together to share their most testosterone-boosting stories about how much money they got, what cars they drive, and the number of girls that desire to be with them. Although, this type of behavior is what labels women as sexual objects, it releases animalistic tensions from within the male structure that would otherwise inhibit their ability to function as heterosexuals. In other words masculinity is not pre-conditioned, but rather constitutes collective performances compatible to the current patterns of socialization initiated by young adolescents seeking emotional support and a favorable environment in which they can express “the ideal characteristics of manhood”.
Works Cited
Bissinger, H.G. Friday Night Lights: A Town A Team And A Dream
Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 1900. Print.
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminisim And The Subversion Of
Identity New York: Routledge Classics, 1900. Print.
Grazian, David “The Girl Hunt: Urban Night light And the performance
Of Masculinity As Collective Activity” Men’s Lives. 8th ed. Eds.
Michael S. Kimmel And Michael S. messner: New York:
Allyn And Bacon, 2010. 320-337. Print.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
first draft of research paper #2
GUADIA AZIZE
INSTRUCTOR: MAGDALENA BOGACKA
ENG. 101. O800`1
NOVEMBER 16TH, 2010
The concept of men solidifying their masculinity through collective rituals of heterosexual activities is well established within American culture. Contemporary public institutions have come to embrace this type of collective behavior practiced amongst adult males as described by Grazian in “The Girl Hunt”, and supported by two other credible sources in Friday night Lights: A Town A Team and a Dream and Gender Trouble: Feminism And the Subversion of Identity, Which helped me shape my argument in discussing the performative aspect of masculinity. The sources illustrate my agreeing to the different aspects of group-oriented roles that men engage in, to hype their masculinity. These roles include: from men’s perception of an ideal standard of masculinity to the political patriarchy which subordinates women and to the one-upmanship characteristics that are displayed as methods to gain in-group-status while functioning to build confidence along with a sense of belongingness necessary to maintain the gender ideologies associated with the collective performance of masculinity.
The ideology of masculinity is presented in “The Girl Hunt” as a performative behavior learned through institutionalized set of rules as oppose to being an inherent trait passed on by its primal ancestors. For instance, according to the writer in “The Girl Hunt” Goffman, West and Zimmerman argues:
Like femininity; masculinity is not innate but an
accomplishment of human behavior that appears
natural because gendered individuals adhere to
an institutionalized set of myths they learn
through everyday interactions and encounters,
and thus accept as social reality (Grazian 320).
The interpretation of gender as a learned behavior is intelligently illustrated in Gender Trouble, as the author writes:
……..The distinction between sex and gender
serves the argument that whatever biological
intractability sex appears to have, gender is
culturally constructed. Hence, gender is neither
the casual result of sex nor as seemingly fixed as
sex (Butler 8).
This statement verifies the the understanding of gender as performative and culturally influenced, which is why masculinity is thought of as an idealized normative standard flaunted through aesthetic displays of gestures and body language passed on by the collective rituals of especially young adolescent males. As a result, this kind of behavior becomes the accepted standard as it is reshaped and influenced by the contemporary courtship rituals desperetaly sought after by heterosexual men looking to introduce the up-to-date idealized characteristics of masculinity. The collective performance of masculinity is also practiced by young males to validate their manhood, gain in-group-status, as well as hooking up with a girl under sexist terms. In the reading of “The Girl Hunt” Grazian describes the validation of manhood associated with in-group status as he writes:
As these young men dance arm-in-arm with one
another, they generate the collective
effervescence and a sense of social
connectedness necessary to plunge into the
nightlife (Grazian 327).
There is a significant correlation between this statement and what the author in Friday Night Lights, claims by saying:
They would still be gladiators, the ones who were
envied by everyone else, the ones who knew
about the best parties and got the best girls and
and laughed the loudest and strutted so proudly
through The halls of school as if it was their own
wonderful private kingdom (Bissinger 327).
the comparisons seem to compliment each other, for Grazian refers to young men that work collectively and effectively to boost their confidence and be able to perform at the highest possible level before taking that initial step of pulling themselves off the couches, as they head out and into a mysterious night life filled with promising erotic encounters with the opposite sex, overwhelming these adolescent men with immature compulsive egos and unfulfilled quotas pertaining to sexual experiences. In comparison, Bissinger points out the dominant masculine expectations of young, strong and athletic players whose only goal is to establish their presence as these ultimately symbols of heroism, herosexuality, and manhood; Resulting as the subjects of women’s sexual desires and in prerogatives of male-bonding. Moreover, gender hierarchy describes the subordination of women through men’s collective performances implemented by the political patriarchy and heterosexual objectifications of women.
The subordination of women is driven by the political patriarchy and the perceived principles of gender roles. The author in “The Girl Hunt” supports this idea by claiming:
……Joey’s confidence is boosted by the
camaraderie he experiences in a bonding ritual
in which women---supposedly the agreed—upon
raison d’etre for the evening---are ignored or,
when they make their presence known, scolded.
This comment reiterates what the author in Friday Night Lights refers to as he writes:
………..So desperate was she to intergrate herself
with the football players that she bought one of
them a brand-new backpack and then offered
him fifty dollars to sleep with her
(Bissinger 141).
Both authors Grazian and bissinger argue, that women are perceived as a sexual object or some sort of trophy that you can raise up high to show your buddies and say “the persisting bolstering of our egos has paid off”. Another method by which women are subordinated is the way public perception of gender is manipulated in society as a whole,
Especially here in the United States. For instance, the author in Gender Trouble writes:
The political assumption that there must be a
universal basis for feminism, one which must be
found in an identity assumed to exist cross—
culturally often accompanies the notion that the
oppression of women has some singular form
discernible in the universal or hegemonic
structure of patriarchy or masculine domination
(Butler 5).
Bissinger illustrates the political and linguistic methods that are used to undermine women’s liberation and representation. femininity has suffered a great deal under the political patriarchy which has given women identities that symbolizes them as inferior beings or troublesome to men. The gender hierarchy has conceptualized femininity as being digressive and divisive in nature. This type of sexist behavior practiced in male-dominated political arenas is what Grazian talks about when he refers to the collective performance that men engage in to boost their masculinity by objectifying and subordinating women for the soul purpose of fulfilling the collective rituals that furnish them with power and control.
The author, David Grazian in “The Girl Hunt” Suggests, the performative aspect of masculinity is not only a learned behavior but a means by which it conveys gestures and body expressions; a social response under the influence of divisive gender rules made up and governed by male—dominated institutions (337). For men, collective rituals are ways of solidifying their self-esteem, masculinity, and in-group-status. young men come together to share their most testaterone-boosting stories about how much money they got, what cars they drive, and the number of girls that desire to be with them. Although, this type of behavior is what labels women as sexual objects, it releases anamalistic tensions from within the male structure that would otherwise inhibit their ability to function as heterosexuals. In other words masculinity is not pre-conditioned, but rather constitutes collective performances compatable to the current sexualized patterns of courtships.
Works Cited
Bissinger, H.G. Friday Night Lights: A Town A Team And A Dream
Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 1900. Print.
Bordo, Susan “Gentleman Or Beast? The Double Bind Of Masculinity”
The Male Body: A New Look At men in Public. New York:
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000. 242-264 Print.
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminisim And The Subversion Of
Identity New York: Routledge Classics, 1900. Print.
INSTRUCTOR: MAGDALENA BOGACKA
ENG. 101. O800`1
NOVEMBER 16TH, 2010
The concept of men solidifying their masculinity through collective rituals of heterosexual activities is well established within American culture. Contemporary public institutions have come to embrace this type of collective behavior practiced amongst adult males as described by Grazian in “The Girl Hunt”, and supported by two other credible sources in Friday night Lights: A Town A Team and a Dream and Gender Trouble: Feminism And the Subversion of Identity, Which helped me shape my argument in discussing the performative aspect of masculinity. The sources illustrate my agreeing to the different aspects of group-oriented roles that men engage in, to hype their masculinity. These roles include: from men’s perception of an ideal standard of masculinity to the political patriarchy which subordinates women and to the one-upmanship characteristics that are displayed as methods to gain in-group-status while functioning to build confidence along with a sense of belongingness necessary to maintain the gender ideologies associated with the collective performance of masculinity.
The ideology of masculinity is presented in “The Girl Hunt” as a performative behavior learned through institutionalized set of rules as oppose to being an inherent trait passed on by its primal ancestors. For instance, according to the writer in “The Girl Hunt” Goffman, West and Zimmerman argues:
Like femininity; masculinity is not innate but an
accomplishment of human behavior that appears
natural because gendered individuals adhere to
an institutionalized set of myths they learn
through everyday interactions and encounters,
and thus accept as social reality (Grazian 320).
The interpretation of gender as a learned behavior is intelligently illustrated in Gender Trouble, as the author writes:
……..The distinction between sex and gender
serves the argument that whatever biological
intractability sex appears to have, gender is
culturally constructed. Hence, gender is neither
the casual result of sex nor as seemingly fixed as
sex (Butler 8).
This statement verifies the the understanding of gender as performative and culturally influenced, which is why masculinity is thought of as an idealized normative standard flaunted through aesthetic displays of gestures and body language passed on by the collective rituals of especially young adolescent males. As a result, this kind of behavior becomes the accepted standard as it is reshaped and influenced by the contemporary courtship rituals desperetaly sought after by heterosexual men looking to introduce the up-to-date idealized characteristics of masculinity. The collective performance of masculinity is also practiced by young males to validate their manhood, gain in-group-status, as well as hooking up with a girl under sexist terms. In the reading of “The Girl Hunt” Grazian describes the validation of manhood associated with in-group status as he writes:
As these young men dance arm-in-arm with one
another, they generate the collective
effervescence and a sense of social
connectedness necessary to plunge into the
nightlife (Grazian 327).
There is a significant correlation between this statement and what the author in Friday Night Lights, claims by saying:
They would still be gladiators, the ones who were
envied by everyone else, the ones who knew
about the best parties and got the best girls and
and laughed the loudest and strutted so proudly
through The halls of school as if it was their own
wonderful private kingdom (Bissinger 327).
the comparisons seem to compliment each other, for Grazian refers to young men that work collectively and effectively to boost their confidence and be able to perform at the highest possible level before taking that initial step of pulling themselves off the couches, as they head out and into a mysterious night life filled with promising erotic encounters with the opposite sex, overwhelming these adolescent men with immature compulsive egos and unfulfilled quotas pertaining to sexual experiences. In comparison, Bissinger points out the dominant masculine expectations of young, strong and athletic players whose only goal is to establish their presence as these ultimately symbols of heroism, herosexuality, and manhood; Resulting as the subjects of women’s sexual desires and in prerogatives of male-bonding. Moreover, gender hierarchy describes the subordination of women through men’s collective performances implemented by the political patriarchy and heterosexual objectifications of women.
The subordination of women is driven by the political patriarchy and the perceived principles of gender roles. The author in “The Girl Hunt” supports this idea by claiming:
……Joey’s confidence is boosted by the
camaraderie he experiences in a bonding ritual
in which women---supposedly the agreed—upon
raison d’etre for the evening---are ignored or,
when they make their presence known, scolded.
This comment reiterates what the author in Friday Night Lights refers to as he writes:
………..So desperate was she to intergrate herself
with the football players that she bought one of
them a brand-new backpack and then offered
him fifty dollars to sleep with her
(Bissinger 141).
Both authors Grazian and bissinger argue, that women are perceived as a sexual object or some sort of trophy that you can raise up high to show your buddies and say “the persisting bolstering of our egos has paid off”. Another method by which women are subordinated is the way public perception of gender is manipulated in society as a whole,
Especially here in the United States. For instance, the author in Gender Trouble writes:
The political assumption that there must be a
universal basis for feminism, one which must be
found in an identity assumed to exist cross—
culturally often accompanies the notion that the
oppression of women has some singular form
discernible in the universal or hegemonic
structure of patriarchy or masculine domination
(Butler 5).
Bissinger illustrates the political and linguistic methods that are used to undermine women’s liberation and representation. femininity has suffered a great deal under the political patriarchy which has given women identities that symbolizes them as inferior beings or troublesome to men. The gender hierarchy has conceptualized femininity as being digressive and divisive in nature. This type of sexist behavior practiced in male-dominated political arenas is what Grazian talks about when he refers to the collective performance that men engage in to boost their masculinity by objectifying and subordinating women for the soul purpose of fulfilling the collective rituals that furnish them with power and control.
The author, David Grazian in “The Girl Hunt” Suggests, the performative aspect of masculinity is not only a learned behavior but a means by which it conveys gestures and body expressions; a social response under the influence of divisive gender rules made up and governed by male—dominated institutions (337). For men, collective rituals are ways of solidifying their self-esteem, masculinity, and in-group-status. young men come together to share their most testaterone-boosting stories about how much money they got, what cars they drive, and the number of girls that desire to be with them. Although, this type of behavior is what labels women as sexual objects, it releases anamalistic tensions from within the male structure that would otherwise inhibit their ability to function as heterosexuals. In other words masculinity is not pre-conditioned, but rather constitutes collective performances compatable to the current sexualized patterns of courtships.
Works Cited
Bissinger, H.G. Friday Night Lights: A Town A Team And A Dream
Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 1900. Print.
Bordo, Susan “Gentleman Or Beast? The Double Bind Of Masculinity”
The Male Body: A New Look At men in Public. New York:
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000. 242-264 Print.
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminisim And The Subversion Of
Identity New York: Routledge Classics, 1900. Print.
Friday, November 19, 2010
fathering paradoxe
The photograph relates to Coltrane's ideas of fathering in that it suggests a more intimate relationship betwween the father and his offspring. this concept is supported by the author saying "although married fathers report that they value their families over their job,they spend significantly more time in paid work and less time in married work than married mothers,with most men continuing to serve as helpers to their wives, especially for house work and child maintenance activities
annotated bibliography #2 completed
Guadia Azize
Instructor: Magdalena Bogacka
Eng. 101. 0800
November 19th, 2010
Annotated Bibliography
Bissinger, H.G. Fiday Night Lights: A Town a Team and
A Dream. Cambridge: DA CAPO PRESS, 1990.
The author, Bissinger, follows the real-life drama of a high school football team with more history than the town itself. this book tells the story of how one football team raises the spirits of not only the individual athletes, but also that of the local community who never fails to fill "Permian Stadium" to capacity and watch their favorite foot ball team. Topics range from the devotion to a football team in texas to feminine supporting roles and to the emotional moments that bring a bunch of battle-tested young males, helplessly to their knees. This is a well developed narrative in which young adolescent men are portrayed as heroes, and in losing, they are given the form of a cohesive team that gives a spirited effort, but falls short of its goal.
The author, the winner of a pulitzer prize, has written for N.Y.P.D Blue, and is also a contributing editor. The source is quite valuable as it relates to the performative behavior enacted by young high school athletes as they interact amongst themselves and with the opposite sex. This is a reliable source because the author invests a good deal of his time on surveying "The FootBall Team", as he is also a sports fan. However, his affiliation with sports gives a biased perspective on the matter being that he develops an emotional connection with the players themselves. Nonetheless, I agree with his description of masculinity as displayed by the atheletes in "friday Night Lights".
The souce will be helpful as it corrolates with the collective performative behaviors of masculinity as presented in the "Girl Hunt". Moreover, this source has confirmed my opinion concerning men's performative rituals that are incorporated to achieve in-group status. For instance, Coach Gary Gains ushers in a new season of Permian FootBall welcoming his players suggesting "There is twelve hundred boys in Permian High School. You divide that by three and there is four hundred in every class. You guys are a very special breed ...."(Bissinger, 24). The coach is re-energizing the players' testoterone-driven personalities to solidify their roles as a cohesive unit. A type of one-manship that is talked about in "The Girl Hunt".
Butler, Judith Gender Trouble: Feminism And
The Subversion Of Identity New york:
Routledge Classics, 1990.
This particular book talks about the divisive strategies incorporated by the heterosexual epistemology in which identity is used to subordinate a specific groups such as homosexuals, femininity and bisexuals just to name a few. It covers topics ranging from sex/gender signification to solidifying masculinity through the father and son bond to questioning the pratriarchy that makes up labels for the perceived inferior gender. The author goes into detail about the gender contradictions implemented by the dominant male-order.
Judith Butler is maxine Elliot Professor In The Departments Of Rhetoric and Comparative literature and the Director of the Program of the critical theory of the university of California, Berkeley. She received her P.H.D in philosophy from the university in 1984 on the french reception of hegel. This souce is seemingly useful in suggesting that gender is a repeated social performance, where as gender is not thought of as a biological trait. The information illustrated in this source relates to the performative behaviors described by Bissinger, who personally paints a collaborative team effort manifested through supportive group interactions that takes place both on the field and in the locker-rooms. Judith Butler includes reference points made by Faucult, Freud, Kristeva, Irigaray, and wittig all well known academic scholars who have studied the meaning of gender by comparing and contrasting the contingent perception of gender identity in different cultures, particularly in the western hemisphere. The author's opinions, for the most part are objective considering the neutral perspective on feminist theory, masculinity and the other non-heterosexual identity that someone could be involved with to distance himself/herself from the subordination of gender.
I can use this source to illustrate how masculinity has influenced the perception of gender in the context of American culture. Furthermore, it has re-asserted my previous belief on the necessity for young adult males to engage in collective masculinistic rituals to out-do each other or supress the opposite sex by objectifying women or hindering their movement for gender equality. for example, the author questions, "what best way to trouble the gender categories that support gender hierarchy and compulsory herosexulity?" (Butler, xxx). She talks about the contradictory notions that females have to challenge to develop a sense of worthiness by putting less emphasis on the contingent gender binaries.
topic sentence
My argument focuses on how the collective performances of masculinity shapes and influences gender roles in the context of American cuiture.
Instructor: Magdalena Bogacka
Eng. 101. 0800
November 19th, 2010
Annotated Bibliography
Bissinger, H.G. Fiday Night Lights: A Town a Team and
A Dream. Cambridge: DA CAPO PRESS, 1990.
The author, Bissinger, follows the real-life drama of a high school football team with more history than the town itself. this book tells the story of how one football team raises the spirits of not only the individual athletes, but also that of the local community who never fails to fill "Permian Stadium" to capacity and watch their favorite foot ball team. Topics range from the devotion to a football team in texas to feminine supporting roles and to the emotional moments that bring a bunch of battle-tested young males, helplessly to their knees. This is a well developed narrative in which young adolescent men are portrayed as heroes, and in losing, they are given the form of a cohesive team that gives a spirited effort, but falls short of its goal.
The author, the winner of a pulitzer prize, has written for N.Y.P.D Blue, and is also a contributing editor. The source is quite valuable as it relates to the performative behavior enacted by young high school athletes as they interact amongst themselves and with the opposite sex. This is a reliable source because the author invests a good deal of his time on surveying "The FootBall Team", as he is also a sports fan. However, his affiliation with sports gives a biased perspective on the matter being that he develops an emotional connection with the players themselves. Nonetheless, I agree with his description of masculinity as displayed by the atheletes in "friday Night Lights".
The souce will be helpful as it corrolates with the collective performative behaviors of masculinity as presented in the "Girl Hunt". Moreover, this source has confirmed my opinion concerning men's performative rituals that are incorporated to achieve in-group status. For instance, Coach Gary Gains ushers in a new season of Permian FootBall welcoming his players suggesting "There is twelve hundred boys in Permian High School. You divide that by three and there is four hundred in every class. You guys are a very special breed ...."(Bissinger, 24). The coach is re-energizing the players' testoterone-driven personalities to solidify their roles as a cohesive unit. A type of one-manship that is talked about in "The Girl Hunt".
Butler, Judith Gender Trouble: Feminism And
The Subversion Of Identity New york:
Routledge Classics, 1990.
This particular book talks about the divisive strategies incorporated by the heterosexual epistemology in which identity is used to subordinate a specific groups such as homosexuals, femininity and bisexuals just to name a few. It covers topics ranging from sex/gender signification to solidifying masculinity through the father and son bond to questioning the pratriarchy that makes up labels for the perceived inferior gender. The author goes into detail about the gender contradictions implemented by the dominant male-order.
Judith Butler is maxine Elliot Professor In The Departments Of Rhetoric and Comparative literature and the Director of the Program of the critical theory of the university of California, Berkeley. She received her P.H.D in philosophy from the university in 1984 on the french reception of hegel. This souce is seemingly useful in suggesting that gender is a repeated social performance, where as gender is not thought of as a biological trait. The information illustrated in this source relates to the performative behaviors described by Bissinger, who personally paints a collaborative team effort manifested through supportive group interactions that takes place both on the field and in the locker-rooms. Judith Butler includes reference points made by Faucult, Freud, Kristeva, Irigaray, and wittig all well known academic scholars who have studied the meaning of gender by comparing and contrasting the contingent perception of gender identity in different cultures, particularly in the western hemisphere. The author's opinions, for the most part are objective considering the neutral perspective on feminist theory, masculinity and the other non-heterosexual identity that someone could be involved with to distance himself/herself from the subordination of gender.
I can use this source to illustrate how masculinity has influenced the perception of gender in the context of American culture. Furthermore, it has re-asserted my previous belief on the necessity for young adult males to engage in collective masculinistic rituals to out-do each other or supress the opposite sex by objectifying women or hindering their movement for gender equality. for example, the author questions, "what best way to trouble the gender categories that support gender hierarchy and compulsory herosexulity?" (Butler, xxx). She talks about the contradictory notions that females have to challenge to develop a sense of worthiness by putting less emphasis on the contingent gender binaries.
topic sentence
My argument focuses on how the collective performances of masculinity shapes and influences gender roles in the context of American cuiture.
Friday, November 12, 2010
My Worst Date
I went out with a girl who was cute in the face, but a little bit over weight. and that turned me off. It was a hook up through a mutual friend. the actual date was okay. she had a childish attitude while her personality some what childish. i decided not to see her again.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
proposal
Guadia J Azize
Instructor: Magdalena Bogacka
Eng. 101. 0800
November 9th, 2010
I would prefer to concentrate on the collective performance of masculinity because this is a strategy that men use to give each other confidence and support to enact their go-getter roles and pick up girls at social events. For instance, Grazian refers to the different stages of cohesive displays acted out by heterosexuals during the pre-game, face-to-face interactions with females and after one of their "team-mates " scores a date with the help of the "wing-man". Grazian's description of masculinity "In The Girl Hunt" talks about the social interactions that goes on in today's urban night life. I can relate to his views because that is the norm in college campuses across the states; young men get together to plan and carry out their girl-hunting strategies.
According to Grazian in the "girl Hunt" interactionists believe masculinity symbolizes dramaturgical performances that are learned through social behaviors. in other words masculinity is strongly influenced by its surroundings such as the male peers who constantly re-enforce the rules of girl hunting to instill the characteristics of a womanizer. Further more, in "The Wedding Crashers" Vince Vaugh is forced to stick up for his buddy, Owen Wilson, when he brakes the rules in falling for an attractive young woman.
the ideas I'm looking for will come from three different sources. pimarily, I've chosen "The Girl Hunt" by David Grazian. The other two will come from the works cited page provided by Garzian. hopefully, I can piece together the subject matter by lookig for supporting points that correlates with the collective performances that are displayed by young men to gain peer status. Also, i will need information on how they interact with potential sex partners at night clubs or any other after-hours settings. maybe through the database on the computer or the hard copies in the library, I will find the needed materials for this requested research.
Instructor: Magdalena Bogacka
Eng. 101. 0800
November 9th, 2010
I would prefer to concentrate on the collective performance of masculinity because this is a strategy that men use to give each other confidence and support to enact their go-getter roles and pick up girls at social events. For instance, Grazian refers to the different stages of cohesive displays acted out by heterosexuals during the pre-game, face-to-face interactions with females and after one of their "team-mates " scores a date with the help of the "wing-man". Grazian's description of masculinity "In The Girl Hunt" talks about the social interactions that goes on in today's urban night life. I can relate to his views because that is the norm in college campuses across the states; young men get together to plan and carry out their girl-hunting strategies.
According to Grazian in the "girl Hunt" interactionists believe masculinity symbolizes dramaturgical performances that are learned through social behaviors. in other words masculinity is strongly influenced by its surroundings such as the male peers who constantly re-enforce the rules of girl hunting to instill the characteristics of a womanizer. Further more, in "The Wedding Crashers" Vince Vaugh is forced to stick up for his buddy, Owen Wilson, when he brakes the rules in falling for an attractive young woman.
the ideas I'm looking for will come from three different sources. pimarily, I've chosen "The Girl Hunt" by David Grazian. The other two will come from the works cited page provided by Garzian. hopefully, I can piece together the subject matter by lookig for supporting points that correlates with the collective performances that are displayed by young men to gain peer status. Also, i will need information on how they interact with potential sex partners at night clubs or any other after-hours settings. maybe through the database on the computer or the hard copies in the library, I will find the needed materials for this requested research.
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