Monday, January 9, 2012
"Feminine" Heterosexual Men:...
From the results of the research presented to us we can see that the attractiveness of a man depends on the age and values of the person at that time. But what I believe matters the most would have to be the culture and time set in time in which the person was from. As time goes on in the research we see that there is a development in the mindset of the people that part take in the research conducted. As I read through I found myself agreeing to "feminine heterosexual men" to be "working toward subverting traditionally gendered scripts, crafting new ways of finding erotic poterntial inside heteropatriarchy" (Hill 154) then the earlier thoughts of "feminine heterosexual men,..empowering for both partners" in the reading. I believe that women would be willing to enter a relationship with a "non steriotype", both short term (a fling) and a long term relationship, if there was a mutual understanding between both. That is persuming that both would communicate and clarify terms of the relationship they were to have. Which would with the theory that men and women could "establish relations outside of a dominant/ submissive hierarchy, making this a potential subversion of the submission/dominance binary so basic to heteronormativity." (Hill 154) I hope some you related to this.
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My question is as follows: Do you think that as time goes on there will be a change in our perspectives of men that will become the new steriotypes of men?
ReplyDeleteA "new stereotype of men" as in a new, somewhat socially acceptable subgroup created to describe the few whom posses the courage to be different. Yes. Evolution is proof of just that. There will always be boundaries to be broken and people to break them. But we are a society of fear. We seek sameness to so round us because it comforts us, and the moment that someone begins to behave differently (or outside the traditional scripts) no matter what the difference, our instinct is fear. Never the less fear does not stop evolution, and though the definition of normal hasn't changed much, what we as a society consider to be normal has most undoubtably changed and with it so will the stereotype of men.
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Patricia, your initial post provides an overview of some of Hill's points as well as introduces the issues of culture and time period into the discussion of change in sexual scripts. Both important to note. As for your question, by "our" do you mean women or society? Also, can men contribute to changing the perspective of masculinity?
ReplyDeleteJessica, the idea of fear is one worth exploring. What is it that society is afraid of when it comes to re-scripting the heterosexual scripts? Also do you think it is more acceptable to do so for one gender-female- rather than the other-male? What factors are necessary to facilitate the evolution of hetero script?
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