Romance, companionship and masculinities in establishing relationships by Mexican Mormon men

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Siles
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Emotional Connection ◽  
Physical Attraction

The contradictory pressures that Mormon belief and practice create for men’s gender identity and sexuality give reason to reconsider the concept of ‘hegemonic masculinity’. Starting from Connell’s conceptualisation, this article analyses narratives by 25 Mexican Mormon men of establishing ‘romantic’ relationships. Participants were recruited through three different Mormon organisations in Mexico City. I explore emotional/affective notions constitutive of masculinity at play in their narratives and how they influenced the experiences and trajectories of their romantic relationships. I argue that relationships framed by hegemonic Mormon masculinity incorporate ‘traditional’ elements associated with long-lasting Judaeo-Christian normativity, such as (self-) control over physical attraction and marriage as the only context for it, simultaneously emphasising modern/post-modern forms of masculinity through ideas of love, companionship and emotional connection. The incorporation of these affective notions in the analysis can expand the concept of ‘hegemonic masculinity’, illuminating ways in which men adopt, negotiate or contest hegemonic patterns of masculinity.

The Rituals of Pain

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-333
Author(s):  
Mario Frausto
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Personal History

In this autoethnographic text I talk about my relationship with my father and my older brother as a way of analyzing the construction of my masculinity. In addition, I use the layered-account technique to alternate my personal history with fragments of texts that talk about masculinity as a social construction. In this way, I propose to turn my story into a way of showing how hegemonic masculinity is constructed through pain and violence as the bases of this gender identity.

The antifascist boxing body: Political somatics in boxe popolare

Ethnography ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 146613812110361
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Pedrini ◽  
David Brown ◽  
Gianmarco Navarini
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Political Community ◽  
Self Control ◽  
The Political ◽  
Grassroots Organizations ◽  
Men And Women

Palestre popolari (‘people’s gyms’) are flourishing in contemporary Italy. These gyms are run by leftist grassroots organizations (ANTIFA), which promote an alternative boxing style: boxe popolare (‘people’s boxing’). Drawing on a three-year ethnography, this article focuses on body usages in boxe popolare. Connecting Mauss with Bourdieu, the study elucidates that the ways in which bodies are deployed in boxe popolare shape a scheme of dispositions – mutualism, combat, engagement and conviviality – forming an antifascist pugilistic habitus. A leftist physicality is hence incorporated as an interpolation of political dispositions with virtues of prowess, self-control and toughness, instilled in boxe popolare bodies regardless of their gender identity. This emergent leftist physicality becomes bodily hexis as soon as it is displayed publicly by the fighters, both men and women, as the legitimate representation of the political community to which they belong. The study ends highlighting implications for research about political somatics.

scholarly journals The Making of a Good Woman: Why Do Pre-School Girls in the KSA Have to Navigate Two Different Worlds to Survive Socially?

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Mona Al zahrani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Gender Construction ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Young Females ◽  
Good Woman ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Other World

The article discusses how young females navigate and develop a solid sense of two worlds in order to be perceived a ‘good girl’ that can be positioned within the society and maintain the female gender identity that is expected of them in the future. One world is where they are expected to show all the attributes of femininity and beauty and the other world is where they are required to develop a strong sense of ‘self-control’, to be ‘a good girl’ who complies with societal confinements and restrictions on their female body and mobility. This article has emerged from a doctorate research entitled: The Making of a Good Woman: Analysing children’s narratives on female gender identity and role in pre-school Saudi Arabia. It was a study into how female gender identity is constructed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) by analysing children’s (young girls 4-6 years) perspectives within pre-school, exploring their perceptions of female identity and role in the KSA. Exploring the ways in which gender identities were interpreted and manifested; studying the influences, apparent ideologies and discourses that affect female gender construction. Through the analysis of the data, interesting results emerged that exposed the consideration of gender roles, permissible and non-permissible behaviour and attitudes, and the realisation that female gender is often constructed, in the KSA, through fear and restrictions.

scholarly journals Suited for Success? Suits, Status, and Hybrid Masculinity

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Barry ◽  
Nathaniel Weiner
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Subject Positions ◽  
Common Representation ◽  
Gender Hierarchy ◽  
And Gender

This article analyzes the sartorial biographies of four Canadian men to explore how the suit is understood and embodied in everyday life. Each of these men varied in their subject positions—body shape, ethnicity, age, and gender identity—which allowed us to look at the influence of men’s intersectional identities on their relationship with their suits. The men in our research all understood the suit according to its most common representation in popular culture: a symbol of hegemonic masculinity. While they wore the suit to embody hegemonic masculine configurations of practice—power, status, and rationality—most of these men were simultaneously marginalized by the gender hierarchy. We explain this disjuncture by using the concept of hybrid masculinity and illustrate that changes in the style of hegemonic masculinity leave its substance intact. Our findings expand thinking about hybrid masculinity by revealing the ways subordinated masculinities appropriate and reinforce hegemonic masculinity.

Queer(ing) tailoring: Walter Van Beirendonck and the glorious bastardization of the suit

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Brajato
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Fashion Studies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Opening Up

Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck is internationally known for his original and critical approach to menswear, using fashion as an arena to discuss social and political issues. This ‘Antwerp Six’ member, however, still seems to be under-represented in fashion studies scholarship. Therefore, this article aims to offer an investigation of Van Beirendonck’s sartorial practices through an analysis of his queer approach to tailoring. Consequently, the article focuses on the historical and material meanings of the suit in the making of normative and hegemonic masculinity, and how the designer has been capable of opening up a material critical discussion of these meanings through the queering of the suit’s design, surface and styling. Beyond being the first academic investigation on Walter Van Beirendonck’s tailoring, the article aims to contribute to broadening the knowledge on Belgian fashion, particularly the Antwerp fashion scene and its ways of dealing with the concepts of fashion, body and gender identity.

scholarly journals Change in Physical Attraction in Early Romantic Relationships

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-267
Author(s):  
Victor Karandashev ◽  
Brittany Fata
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Romantic Partner ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cognitive Dimension ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Physical Attraction ◽  
Emotional Dimensions ◽  
The Relationship

The goal of our research was to study the changes in physical attraction during the early stages of romantic relationships. The longitudinal study explored the personality characteristics of a partner and relationship events affecting physical attraction of early (within the first year) romantic relationships. Participants completed an eight-week longitudinal rating of their attraction toward their romantic partner. Factor analysis revealed behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and physiological dimensions. The behavioral and emotional dimensions play the largest role in attraction among both genders, with cognitive dimension also affecting attraction in women. Personality characteristics of one’s partner are significant predictors of physical attraction for both men and women. However, events occurring in the relationship seem to be only reliable predictors for a women’s attraction.

Investigating Self-Control Resource Depletion as a Situational Risk Factor for Aversive Interpartner Communication by Young Adults With ADHD

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian T. Wymbs
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Differential Susceptibility ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Control Resource ◽  
Problem Solving Task

Objective: Adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have more conflictual relations with their romantic partners than adults without ADHD. This study investigated whether adults with ADHD are differentially susceptible to conflict when self-control resources are depleted. Method: Heterosexual adult couples (20 including at least one adult with ADHD; 12 including no adults with ADHD) were randomly assigned to have resources temporarily depleted or not. Positive and negative communication was assessed during a subsequent problem-solving task with their partners. Results: Adults with ADHD whose self-control resources were depleted communicated less positively and more negatively with their romantic partners than adults without ADHD whose resources were depleted. Conclusion: Adults with ADHD appear to have a differential susceptibility to interpartner discord when their self-control resources have been depleted. Clinicians seeking to remediate discordant romantic relationships of adults with ADHD should consider evaluating how often their resources needed to manage their impulses are depleted.

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