Tag: masculinity
More penises are appearing on TV and in film – but...
Peter Lehman, Arizona State University
If you’ve noticed an uptick of male frontal nudity in TV and in movies in recent years, you’re onto something.
In...
South African singer Nakhane redefines ideas of masculinity
Gibson Ncube, University of Zimbabwe
The clichéd adage “boys will be boys” has, over the ages, normalised unbecoming behaviours. It has also socialised young men...
George Washington would have so worn a mask
Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino
The genre “What would X do?” – where X stands for a noted figure in history, say Jesus or Dolly...
How air guitar became a serious sport
Byrd McDaniel, Brown University
Advertised as the “greatest thing you’ve never seen,” the 2019 U.S. Air Guitar Championships will take place this summer.
Competitors from...
Super Bowl ads played it safe, but we can still challenge...
Dillon Thomas Browne, University of Waterloo
After this month’s online commotion about the #MeToo Gillette ad and a previous spot by Nike inspired by Black...
Razor burned: Why Gillette’s campaign against toxic masculinity missed the mark
Alan Abitbol, University of Dayton
Gillette has launched a new marketing campaign, “The Best Men Can Be,” with an ad that has gone viral.
The ad...
I’ve spent years looking at what was actually in Playboy, and...
Carrie Pitzulo, Colorado State University
Over the nearly 70 years since Hugh Hefner, who died recently at the age of 91, laid out the first...
What it’s like to be gay and in a gang
Vanessa R. Panfil, Old Dominion University
There are many stereotypes of and assumptions about street gangs, just as there are many stereotypes and assumptions about...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
