While separated into our expert groups, there were two more groups to present; Modern Masculinity and Post-feminism.
Modern Masculinity;
How society expects men to act today and how gender has changed.
In the first clip, it was set in an institute/prison and showed a man also showing his feminine side- by showing emotion and cuddling another man.This is not something an alpha male would take part in.
We watched two extracts from youtube, it showed a man sitting on the toilet reading a furniture magazine, this shows how his feminine side comes to light, completely opposite to the typical alpha male stereotype who is quite independent and doesn't play house. The last thing he would be looking at in a magazine would be furniture.
Post-Feminism;
How feminism has changed.
We watched an extract from the TV drama series, Doctor Who set on a pirate ship. It was not the typical gender layout, typical alpha male pirates but Doctor who himself is a pacifist and doesn't believe in violence so when his life is put on the line he tries to negotiate however the woman in this scenerio is playing the part of the alpha female, having control over the other pirates, using violence to solve the issue. She is basically trying to save the men which you don't expect from her.
Also the demon that is presented in the programme, is a small female figure who uses lust to control the other men and takes the masculinity away from them, this makes the women powerful over the men.
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