Masculine Femininities/Feminine Masculinities: Power, Identities and Gender

Autor/in	Paechter, Carrie
Titel	Masculine Femininities/Feminine Masculinities: Power, Identities and Gender
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 18 (2006) 3, S.253-263 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Sexual Identity; Masculinity; Males; Females; Gender Differences; Gender Issues; Identification (Psychology); Definitions; Power Structure; Sex Stereotypes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Männlichkeit; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechterfrage; Begriffsbestimmung
Abstract	This paper is basically about terminology. In it I discuss the terms "masculinity" and "femininity" and how they relate to being male and being female. My theme arises from an increasing difficulty that I am finding in understanding how individual identities relate to dominant constructions of masculinity and femininity. Christine Skelton and Becky Francis argue that we should not be afraid to name certain behaviours as masculine even when they are performed by girls. After a discussion of the problems of defining both "masculinity" and "femininity", and a consideration of the power relations between these terms, I go on to consider the concept of "female masculinity" (Halberstam). I argue that this formulation is problematic, due to its dependence on a main term whose definition is unclear. Finally, I argue that we need to distinguish "masculinity" and "femininity" from "masculinities" and "femininities". (Author).
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