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On AlterNet: masculinity

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "masculinity"

'Hit the Bitch': Domestic Violence PSA Goes Very, Very Wrong

'Hit the Bitch': Domestic Violence PSA Goes Very, Very Wrong

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. November 17, 2009.
Horrifying.

What Should a Feminist Man Look Like?

What Should a Feminist Man Look Like?

Courtney E. Martin, The American Prospect. November 14, 2009.
Many young men reject the trappings of traditional, sexist masculinity. But what's the alternative?

How Abstinence-Only Programs Perpetuate Dangerous Stereotypes

How Abstinence-Only Programs Perpetuate Dangerous Stereotypes

Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check. November 12, 2009.
It's bad enough the media teaches my daughter harmful gender stereotypes. Does she have to get it at school, too?

Sex With Bruce Springsteen: The Gender Politics of Born in the USA

Sex With Bruce Springsteen: The Gender Politics of Born in the USA

Charles A. Hohman, PopMatters. July 24, 2009.
"Born in the U.S.A.", which turns 25 this year, stresses male sexuality as imperative to the American Dream. Where does that leave women?

Rich Couples Can No Longer Afford '50s Gender Roles

Rich Couples Can No Longer Afford '50s Gender Roles

Deborah Siegel, The Women's Media Center. January 21, 2009.
Most families need two wage earners to survive. But many rich couples purchased regressive gender roles through inflated Bush-era incomes.

Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino: An Exercise in Self-Pity?

Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino: An Exercise in Self-Pity?

Dorothy Woodend, The Tyee. January 9, 2009.
Gran Torino shows that, after doing considerable damage to the world, men's time of retribution has finally come. And now they want us to pity them.

How This Election Could Change the Meaning of Masculinity in America

How This Election Could Change the Meaning of Masculinity in America

Rob Okun, Women's eNews. November 3, 2008.
Polls show people are no longer buying into the bullying tactics of old-school masculinity.

Caveman Sex: How Evolutionary Psych Pushes Sexist Stereotypes

Caveman Sex: How Evolutionary Psych Pushes Sexist Stereotypes

Martha McCaughey, American Sexuality Magazine. October 24, 2008.
The watered-down evolutionary psychology prevalent in pop culture enables some men to rationalize sexist double standards about relationships.

Why I Agreed to Be a Bend-Over Boyfriend

Why I Agreed to Be a Bend-Over Boyfriend

Anonymous, AlterNet. April 24, 2008.
Throwing caution and societal expectations to the wind, I let my girlfriend screw me for a change.

Relatively Masculine

Relatively Masculine

Bradford Noble, Gay.com. April 23, 2008.
Everyone has a different idea of what masculinity is. How does this play out in the gay dating scene?

The Perfect Lean, Mean, Macho Machine

The Perfect Lean, Mean, Macho Machine

Marco Lanzagorta, PopMatters. April 6, 2008.
"Die Hard" is a militaristic fantasy that serves as an allegory for an outnumbered and out-gunned America.

Feminism Keeps My Marriage Together

Feminism Keeps My Marriage Together

Christie Church, Girlistic Magazine. March 26, 2008.
Feminism helps us face the challenge of being complex people in a society that reduces us to pink and blue.

Makeup for Men: Rethinking Masculinity

Makeup for Men: Rethinking Masculinity

Andrea Bartz, Sirens Magazine. March 21, 2008.
An increasing number of men are reaching for the "guyliner." But is it socially acceptable?

Iraq: Experiencing the War at Home

Iraq: Experiencing the War at Home

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. February 21, 2008.
Author Benjamin Percy discusses masculinity, fiction writing about Iraq, and how he got into writing to impress a girl.

Is Feminism Compatible with the Kitchen?

Is Feminism Compatible with the Kitchen?

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. February 19, 2008.
The idea that liberated women don't prepare food -- because they are too busy having sex and building their careers -- is just plain wrong.

Amid Heath Ledger Fallout, Has Media Ignored Young Male Stars in Crisis?

Amid Heath Ledger Fallout, Has Media Ignored Young Male Stars in Crisis?

Eric Deggans, Huffington Post. January 26, 2008.
The hysteria over Ledger's death and the imbalance of coverage for women highlights a need for better journalism about troubled celebrities.

2007's Top 10 Sex and Relationships Stories

2007's Top 10 Sex and Relationships Stories

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 12, 2007.
Articles on monogamy, porn and GOP sex scandals -- all in one place.

Does Porn Make the Man?

Does Porn Make the Man?

Robert Jensen, South End Press. November 17, 2007.
Most men have, at some point, feared not being masculine enough, especially in the bedroom. Pornography speaks to that fear.

Pornography and the End of Masculinity

Pornography and the End of Masculinity

Don Hazen, AlterNet. September 22, 2007.
Mainstream porn has come up with more ways than ever to humiliate and degrade women. Why then, is porn more popular? Includes an excerpt from Robert Jensen's new book, Getting Off.

"Women Center Stage" Festival To Provide Some Much Needed Balance to Macho Media

Don Hazen, AlterNet. June 20, 2007.
This summer, at a time when the media is dominated by bombastic male voices, New York City's Culture Project's multidisciplined festival of women voices provides a welcome antidote.

The Hidden Costs of America's Hypermasculine Culture

The Hidden Costs of America's Hypermasculine Culture

Mark Dery, AlterNet. May 9, 2007.
How America's fear of femininity is driving some of our worst foreign policy mistakes.

Hypermasculinity & Women in Hip Hop

Hypermasculinity & Women in Hip Hop

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. February 21, 2007.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay: Video Vixens and Oversexed Divas, eclipsed by emerging women DJs...

American Fascism Is on the Rise

American Fascism Is on the Rise

Stan Goff, Truthdig. October 14, 2006.
The precursors of fascism -- militarization of culture, vigilantism, masculine fear of female power, xenophobia and economic destabilization -- are ascendant in America today.