Fidelma Ashe is a
current instructor of at the University of Ulster where she teachers Polical
Ideologies, Political Theory and Political Identities, and American Politics.
She has written a number of published works on politics and gender roles and
got her BSSc at Belfast University followed by her PHD. In this book she outlines the issues
surrounding men and masculinity with respect to the political effects
of feminism in the new world. This work is meant to explain how the
new politics of masculinity is rooted in the claim that the social, political
and economic conditions of capitalist societies have " exerted pressure on
men's traditional roles and identities, producing a generation of men less
secure than their fathers were about their place and function in
society"(1). Meant for people seeking an explanation to how and why
this apparent decline in men's confidence in society is being
manifested. This is relevant to my topic because it outlines the limitations
created for the oppoiste sex, by the opposite sex. It illuminates a question
where the answer is in the question itself.
Hanlon, Rachel L.
"India's Views on Gender Roles." Asian Culture (2007):
n. pag. Web. 18 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.helium.com/items/1014741-indias-views-on-gender-roles?page=2>.
Rachel Hanlon is a
mother of three, winner of multiple awards in jounralism and an avid reader.
She has written multiple articles and provides a healthy perspective from an
educated consumer. In this article she explains how India's culture and
religion have created a rather oppressive world for women where they have
limited resources to education, healthcare and individualism. She writes "Indian women usually suffer from a low
social status compared to men and are sometimes treated negatively. But on the
other hand women are revered in Hindu practices with many ceremonies dedicated
to them, but Indian society and laws still fail to treat women with equal
rights as men" (1). This will give an inside look on the effects of
masculinity in other cultures. Not only through the obvious inequality that is
seeded within the culture but how this inequality effects the society as a
whole. This work differs from my other citations because of
its specificity to India and women's rights.
Louie, Kam. Theorising
Chinese Masculinity: Society and Gender in China. Cambridge: Cambridge UP,
2002. Print.
Professor Kam
Louie was Chair
Professor of Chinese Studies at Queensland University and has written multiple
books on Chinese culture. In this piece she outlines the definitions
of masculinity through our the Chinese culture past and present. Her most
important note is that about the dichotomy of wen and wu which is the scholar
and the martial artist and how their roles of masculinty differ in some aspects
but are congruent in other and how this affects the culture as a whole. She
notes " Chinese masculinity, it will be shown, can be theorised as
comprising both wen and wu so that cholar is considered to be no less
masculine than a soldier" (11). This gives a general understanding of the
Chinese culture and the categorization of men in society, ranks held and honor
given. Knowing that, this article will allow me to outline how a different
culture gives precedence to certain traits and skills and how that
affects the women of the culture. This differs from my other articles because
it takes a look at masculinity from a completely different lens from
that of India and North America which will allow me to elaborate on the
differences and similarities between cultures.
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