Tuesday, February 9, 2010

What makes a man masculine?

http://us.wwe.com

I have decided to go with the stereotypical view of masculinity... muscles. Although WWE is a seen as being fake, these wrestlers most probably still believe that they are the definition of masculinity. The issues this website deals with is the problem of men/boys believing that by having muscles they will become a real man. In reality these wrestlers use muscle enhancers, steroids etc, to achieve
their muscular bodies. WWE also gives out the impression to younger audiences that to fight is being masculine, some children do not realise that these fights have been choreographed and our for entertainment only it is not reality.




This image shows 5 wrestlers who are seen to be superstars in the wrestling world, to me these men look fake as well as the fact that they fight fake, and these men are acting as role models to teenagers by being put under the name of superstars.

I think that many sports give males the feeling of masculinity and that is a healthy form of masculinity, but programmes like WWE are giving off the wrong impression of what masculinity really is.

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