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Jul 13, 2022 · TV’s Best New Show Is a Study of Masculinity in Crisis. The new FX/Hulu series The Bear brilliantly analyzes the ways in which male-dominated environments are set up to fail. By Sophie Gilbert....
Masculinity in Crisis: With Alexander Cubis, Giselle van der Wiel. A dark satire exploring fading masculine archetypes and millennial narcissism.
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- 2017-11-27
- Drama
- Alexander Cubis, Giselle van der Wiel
S1.E3 ∙ Part 3: Truth. Mon, Dec 11, 2017. Exploration of the sublimation of masculinity that comes with career choices and denying, and/or accepting, one's interest in truth. Rate.
- Ancient Anxieties About Being 'Man Enough'
- Communal Manhood
- Enter The Self-Made Man
- Making Men Out of Boys
The origins shaping masculinity go back 2,000 years, to ancient Greece, according to Simon Goldhill, the author of Love, Sex and Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives. "It's part of the pervasive imagery of masculinity because there was a huge cultural anxiety about not being a 'real' man. It's there — all through the Greek comedies and t...
Men in ancient Greece competed in sports, theatre and intellectual pursuits. Sexual activities were varied, and might have included sex with their wives, slaves and younger men. By the Middle Ages, however, men often entered into a different competition: that of battling sexual desire. This could take the form of abstinence, fasting, penance or pra...
Nothing short of a metaphorical earthquake occurred with the advent of capitalism. Men no longer viewed themselves as strands in a larger social web. Men competed to climb the ladder as greed and self-interest were by then the new values to admire. Enter the "self-made man". This notion became the "natural" way for men to be in the world. And to th...
In the early 20th century, once again, great concern about the welfare of boys became a cultural flashpoint. The Boy Scouts announced: "boys suffer from shaky nerves and doubtful vitality." J.H. Kellogg agreed. The health reformer believed his Corn Flakes could make men out of boys. Kimmel says Kellogg went even further by launching an anti-masturb...
Masculinity in Crisis. 2017. Drama. Browse Episodes. Season 1. 3. Part 3: Truth. 2. Part 2: Anti-Social. 1. Part 1: Vulnerability. Cast. Alexander Cubis (Generic White Guy) Giselle van der...
Jun 1, 2023 · Part two of Man Up! — a three-part series exploring masculinity in crisis. *Originally published on June 1, 2023. The story of the four white feathers provides an early 20th-century cultural...