#gendernorms

That was the reaction I got from a colleague when I said to them what my plans were for a Tuesday evening last year. She was more than a little surprised, but was a lot more accepting of it than I expected. One older male colleague was a lot less outwardly surprised. He sagely commented on how much upper body strength someone would have to have to do what I was doing. There were people at work…

Talladega Nights critiques toxic masculinity by synthesizing individual behavior, cultural pressure, and satirical humor to show that male entitlement is socially constructed and unstable. At first glance, it looks like another Will Ferrell comedy filled with silly jokes and slapstick humor. But the film makes a serious point about masculinity. Ricky Bobby’s bragging, stubbornness, and homophobia are mocked. His performance of masculinity collapses under its own weight.

Comedy allows audiences to laugh while reflecting on social issues. Talley and Casper remind us that even as audiences laugh, the humor mirrors real anxieties about gender and sexuality (434). Cornett notes that Ricky’s Southern traits, stubbornness, religiosity, and rejection of education reflect cultural influences on masculinity. Crow highlights that Ricky becomes the fool of his own story, proving that entitlement and bravado are unsustainable.

Talladega Nights synthesizes individual behavior, cultural pressure, and satirical humor to demonstrate the instability of toxic masculinity. Remaining questions include whether the humor might unintentionally reinforce stereotypes, how audiences from diverse backgrounds interpret the satire, and how masculinity is shaped differently for men of color. This reflection fully addresses our research question.

Ricky Bobby’s bravado and homophobia reveal the instability of performed masculinity, Southern cultural stereotypes reinforce harmful behaviors, and the film’s satire exposes male entitlement as socially constructed and unsustainable. Together, the series demonstrates that toxic masculinity is performative, culturally enforced, and inherently fragile.

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9. Disney Side Kicks

The majority of Disney Princess Sidekicks are all males. I had this revelation when we discussed the topic in class, and I thought I would include it in my gender portfolio. It's always been an unspoken thing that Disney princesses are put through a lens where gender roles are both reflected and reinforced. This can be seen in early films like Cinderella, Snow White, and The Little Mermaid. These characters have the traditional feminine traits- beauty, nurturing qualities, and a reliance on male characters. Now, we have more recent movies such as Moana and even Frozen, where the animal sidekicks are still held by gender expectations. This could be interpreted that the male sidekicks fill the role of protector, guide, or comic relief, and also provide the princess a male companion that reinforces the woman's "need" for a male figure to guide and assist them. It really makes you question why Disney doesn't make the sidekicks female. It also gives me the mindset that a girl cannot be strong without having a guy or two backing her up, which is not how it should be. Very interesting and makes you question some things.

This book is a hockey romance poly-relationship. To me, this can be related to gender communication because of the power dynamics, the actual relationship, and how it portrays gender roles, expectations, and dynamics between the characters. In reverse harmen books, the female is often described as strong, assertive and independent, which challenges traditional gender norms where women are expected to be submissive and demure. The way that the characters communicate reflects this shift in power dynamics. The men in this book are also very vulnerable, and there is even a part of the plot where two of the men have to face their real feelings and open up about them being bisexual, and the two of them then have a relationship, within the relationship. This also ties into the emotional expression aspect and how women are encouraged to be vulnerable, whereas it is not as encouraged for men. Throughout the book, the characters go through multiple struggles and the men within the book cry at multiple points in the story, which shows the diversity of the book plot. Overall, this book is a great way to analyze how these characters don't perform the typical gender norms, power dynamics or gender roles. Great book and I highly recommend if you are into hockey romance.

#puckingaround

This post on Facebook shows an image of a door that has the "Male" doorway as having like a penis, whereas the "Female" doorway has staining into the wood that is in the shape of a vagina. This doorway is showing the biological sex that is specified with society's definition of gender aka males having a penis and women having a vagina. It does not include a bathroom for the other sexes/genders or identities that people go by. It also shows that communication creates gender and that as a society we make assumptions and teach things a certain way, which influences gender. So, as a society, we are taught what behaviors get associated with genders, which leads to assigning genders with symbols such as bathroom signs. 

#impactontransandnonbinaryindividuals

#inclusivityandgenderdiversity

#genderasasocialconstruct