tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post8787165404394467438..comments2023-10-01T01:56:19.699-07:00Comments on You Made Me Theorize: The Week That Makes Me Question My Masculinity...Joseph P. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-42439498476482714222010-11-17T18:37:54.827-08:002010-11-17T18:37:54.827-08:00I agree with Kelsey and Liz....especially Kelsey&#...I agree with Kelsey and Liz....especially Kelsey's comment about males perpetuating the standards that are impossible to reachMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772474168388069197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-74829700835397931932010-11-17T18:19:42.509-08:002010-11-17T18:19:42.509-08:00I can't help but think of what my AP US Histor...I can't help but think of what my AP US History teacher used to always say: No one ever gives up power without a struggle. I feel like the rules of masculinity are more strict and males cling to them in order to attain a sense of security. Masculinity has been made synonymous with power and to sustain this, established social conventions must be followed. Maybe Butler's theory on Queer levels the playing field too much, equalling the power imbalance. In the "lesser" position, women are free to break gender roles, while men try to enforce the rules.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255567733722528720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-77521794422815456562010-11-17T14:27:08.072-08:002010-11-17T14:27:08.072-08:00I don't know if this is going to be spot on or...I don't know if this is going to be spot on or not, but I think one of the problems with deferring to anthropology as far as Lidchi is concerned is that the representations of men in the book "Manthropology" are what society/history/people in positions of power have decided to portray them as. Actually, it's pretty much what men would like to portray themselves as, both past and present. So in a way, men are creating this image of needing to be "super-masculine" themselves.Kelseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702407667939715244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-73203532033194239772010-11-17T08:20:01.718-08:002010-11-17T08:20:01.718-08:00Okay people, channel the power of Foucault. Why m...Okay people, channel the power of Foucault. Why might deferring to anthropology be problematic here? Think of Lidchi's chapter in <i>Representation</i>.Joseph P. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-64998241888844271952010-11-16T20:48:44.591-08:002010-11-16T20:48:44.591-08:00Your comment about the bedroom reminds me of all t...Your comment about the bedroom reminds me of all those male-enhancement commercials that pervade TV. <br /><br />I agree, it seems that men are constantly trying to prove their masculinity. But women don't always require men to be super-masculine (hence attraction to the "sensitive guy.") I think it is societal norms that make guys feel that they have to live up to a certain standard.MMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772474168388069197noreply@blogger.com