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Masculine Identity In Mediating: A Case Study

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This essay will examine the role of masculinity and masculine identity in mediating and expressing the sense of self, and attempt to show in which ways and why this social class plays an important role for people’s sense of self. This essay will show that REF - conclution
In sociological terms, social class can be defined as a group of people with similar status and describe one from of social stratification (Hewitt, J. P. - 2007). A ‘ sense of self ’ is how we relate to ourselves, to others, to systems and the social class. ‘ The self ’ is not a passive partaker in a general social setting, but has an immense impact on the process of trying to make an identity and find a place in society. Itulua-Abumere (2013) suggests that an identity is …show more content…

Class affinity tends to a not negligible extent to be inherited from parents to their children due to culture and social pressures which children are exposed. This also tends to influence their future ambitions. The same factors, personal or for immediate family also play an important part in which class category an individual adult person can be perceived to belong to. In the middle class, the level of education tends to play a more important part than income and power compared to the upper class. - Fowler, B. …show more content…

It presents in the way we talk or handle a situation, and exists in certain cultures and groups, in which we frequently relate with males and therefore culturally is outlined as not feminine. An un-masculine (feminine) person would act different, more sympathetic rather that violent, appeasing rather than controlling, uninterested in sexual conquest, and so on. Masculinity exits as both positive and negative. A positive side, identity signification for males, and as negative, they are not the “other” (feminine).

Flourish Itulua-Abumere (2013: 42) states that, “The sociology of masculinity concerns the critical study of men, their behaviours, practices, values and perspectives. Sociology of masculinity seek to highlight the ways in which men’s powers come to be differentiated, naturalized and embedded across all cultures, political borders and organizational networks”. Femininity can be viewed as an advantage for the masculinity in the modern society; an indication to show the on-going predicament that men go through in the world or in their roles in

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