The Role of Masculinity and Femininity in Body Objectification: Comparison of Heterosexual and Gay Communities

Gender Issues ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine J. Massey ◽  
Emily Keener ◽  
Jennifer Sanftner McGraw
Keyword(s):  
Body Objectification ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity ◽  
Gay Communities

The role of masculinity and femininity in depression and social satisfaction in elderly females

Sex Roles ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 713-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lester Krames ◽  
Rebecca England ◽  
Gordon L. Flett
Keyword(s):  
Social Satisfaction ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity

scholarly journals Family Dyadic: Anima Animas

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naveed Shibli ◽  
Momna Rizwan
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment ◽  
Contributory Factor ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment Scale ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity ◽  
Family Types ◽  
Feminine Self

<p>In a randomized groups design 50 couples including 50 husbands and 50 wives belonging to joint and nuclear families were tested to study the presence of anima and animas contributory role in both spouses towards family dyadic and it relationship with joint and nuclear families. Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) for family dyadic and The Masculine and Feminine Self-Disclosure Scale (MFSDS) were used to measure participants’ masculinity (anima) and femininity (animus) role in both spouses as contributory factor toward family dyadic in both family types. It was assumed that some useful information would emerge? SPSS was used for responses analysis. Significant .correlation between MFSDS .532<sup>**</sup>and DAS.657<sup>**</sup> found. MFSDS predicted DAS significantly <i>F</i> (<i>df</i> = 97) = 54.37,<i> p </i><.001. Traditional binary role were not much clear, a non significant relationship was found between family types and participants scores on both tests. The findings pointed toward further dyadic focus for contributory role of masculinity and femininity levels of spouses in both family types. </p>

scholarly journals “A battle between lust and loathing”: The interplay between masculinity and femininity in Zakes Mda’s The Madonna of Excelsior

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Marius Crous
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Female Body ◽  
Female Sexuality ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Masculine Identity ◽  
White Masculinity ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity

In this essay the emphasis is on the interplay between masculinity and femininity and in particular that of white masculinity versus black femininity, as well as the role played by black female sexuality in the formation of masculine identity in a rural setting in apartheid South Africa. The essay also looks at the representation of the female body and the role of the female body as site of contestation of socio-political assumptions about masculinity and femininity. The text under discussion is Zakes Mda’s The Madonna of Excelsior (2002), which is based on real life events that occurred in the small Free State town of Excelsior in the 1970s.

scholarly journals Feminine men and masculine women: in/exclusion in the academy

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Atkins ◽  
Mark Vicars
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Professional Competency ◽  
Female Masculinity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw on concepts of “female masculinity” to interrogate how hegemonic gendering discourses, forms and performances are inscribed in neoliberal narratives of competency in higher education in the Western Hemisphere. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on individual examples, the authors consider how these narratives are omnipresent in the sector, and systematically act to exclude those who do not conform. In doing so, the authors draw extensively on bodies of literature exploring gender/identity, and neo-liberalism. In particular, the paper draws on the work of Halberstam (1998, 2011), and of Drake (2015). Findings – There are comparatively few women in senior positions in Higher Education and the authors argue that as gendering institutions they reproduce hegemonic gendering discourses. The authors find that hegemonic gendering discourses are instrumental in maintaining and privileging specific forms and perceptions of masculinity and femininity as inscribed within and reproduced by perceptions of professional competency. Originality/value – This paper examines neo-liberal practices from a more nuanced perspective than some traditional polarised critiques which regard gender as a binary. In doing so, it contributes to debates on masculinity, but more importantly, opens discussions about the implications of gendering discourses for the role of the few women in senior positions in higher education institutions globally.

scholarly journals Family Dyadic: Anima Animas

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naveed Shibli ◽  
Momna Rizwan
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment ◽  
Contributory Factor ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment Scale ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity ◽  
Family Types ◽  
Feminine Self

<p>In a randomized groups design 50 couples including 50 husbands and 50 wives belonging to joint and nuclear families were tested to study the presence of anima and animas contributory role in both spouses towards family dyadic and it relationship with joint and nuclear families. Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) for family dyadic and The Masculine and Feminine Self-Disclosure Scale (MFSDS) were used to measure participants’ masculinity (anima) and femininity (animus) role in both spouses as contributory factor toward family dyadic in both family types. It was assumed that some useful information would emerge? SPSS was used for responses analysis. Significant .correlation between MFSDS .532<sup>**</sup>and DAS.657<sup>**</sup> found. MFSDS predicted DAS significantly <i>F</i> (<i>df</i> = 97) = 54.37,<i> p </i><.001. Traditional binary role were not much clear, a non significant relationship was found between family types and participants scores on both tests. The findings pointed toward further dyadic focus for contributory role of masculinity and femininity levels of spouses in both family types. </p>

Body Objectification and Depression in Adolescents: The Role of Gender, Shame, and Rumination

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelly Grabe ◽  
Janet Shibley Hyde ◽  
Sara M. Lindberg
Keyword(s):  
College Women ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Body Shame ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Direct Relation ◽  
Body Objectification ◽  
Self Objectification

Objectification theory posits that the tendency to view oneself as an object to be looked at and evaluated by others negatively affects girls', but not boys', subjective well-being. Although it has been established that women self-objectify more than men, research in this area has been limited to the study of adult college women. The aim in the current longitudinal study was to investigate the role of body shame and rumination in the link between self-objectification and depression among a community sample of girls and boys at ages 11 and 13. Results indicated that adolescent girls reported higher levels of self-objectification, body shame, rumination, and depression than boys. The findings support a model in which body shame and rumination mediate a direct relation between self-objectification and depression among girls; developmentally, the gender difference in self-objectification appears before the gender differences in rumination and depression.

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