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Consuming contradiction: media, masculinity and (hetero) sexual identity

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Pages 69-84 | Received 01 Feb 2012, Accepted 01 Jan 2013, Published online: 04 Apr 2013
 

Abstract

Using collective memory work, this study explored the development of masculinity and sexual identity through the media memories and experiences of five self-identified straight men. Implicit to collective memory work is the recognition that identity is the negotiation of social norms, such as heteronormativity, within the context of an individual's daily lived experience. Five straight men wrote about, discussed and analyzed positive and negative memories of masculinity and heterosexual identity as portrayed in media. Participants' analyses of their stories yielded a hierarchical schema of masculinities that were dubbed the alpha male, the beta male and the coward, and which manifested through characters' relations to one another. After identifying these general types, participants began to associate particular behaviours with different masculine types. Through this process of association, participants constructed their own conceptual tool to characterize masculine behaviour: the Man Card.

Avec l'aide d'une recherche axée sur la mémoire collective, cette étude explore le développement de la masculinité et l'identité sexuelle à travers les souvenirs et les expériences médiatiques pour cinq hommes hétérosexuels. Vu que la reconnaissance de l'identité est la négociation de normes sociales, telles que l'hétéro normativité dans un cadre quotidien est implicite à un travail de mémoire collective, cinq hommes hétérosexuels ont discuté des souvenirs positifs et négatifs de la masculinité et de l'identité hétérosexuelle. L'analyse de ces histoires nous donne un schéma hiérarchique de la masculinité qui nous avons surnommés le mâle alpha, le mâle bêta, et le lâche. Après avoir identifié ces types généraux, les participants ont commencé à associer des comportements particuliers avec différents types masculins. Grâce à ce processus d'association, les participants ont construit leur propre outil conceptuel pour caractériser le comportement masculin: la carte de l'homme

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