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It’s not easy to be a man
It’s not easy to be a man

Author(s): Grzegorz Kopiec
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Spoločenskovedný ústav SAV, Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Masculinity; Man; Masculinity crisis; Gender; Two paradigms of masculinity

Summary/Abstract: The article seeks answers to questions: what does it mean to be a man? and what does masculinity mean? These categories are so broad and open that each individual defines them independently for his own self and identity. In this paper those issues are presented using Bourdieu’s, Connel’s and Arcimowicz tools. Moreover, Polish scholar Melosik writes about a masculinity crisis which might prove a phenomenon which enables discovering new ways of understanding what it means to be a man. Men must become aware of a regularity that an obstinate adherence to outdated rules will be frustrating and destructive for them.

  • Issue Year: 16/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 29-34
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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