Preliminary Thesis and Annotated Bibliography # 2

Radhames Guzman
ENG 101.0800
Miss B.
November 19, 2010

Preliminary Thesis and Annotated Bibliography

Preliminary Thesis – Do men need to have this double bind of masculinity to function properly in society? Or is it okay for men to choose one side of personality? How will society view them?

Bordo, Susan. “Gentleman or Beast? The Double Bind of Masculinity.” The Male Body: A New Look At Men in Public and In Private. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. 242-264. Print.

• In this chapter of the book, it talks about the mixed messages about manliness that gets directed to women specifically as well as men. Along with catching this at a very young age, the double bind or double standards are seemed to be embedded within men and women.

• This source is appropriate and useful for my research paper because it explains men who have the gentlemen aspect of masculinity and men who have the beast aspect and how each personality affects them as a person along with how society views them.

• Men who don’t have this double bind that are either gentleman or beast are viewed differently. Men who are too gentlemen like are seemed to be viewed as feminine. Men who are too beastly are seemed to be way too aggressive and scary for women and makes it harder for men to get “hitched”.

Lindeggar, Graham, and Justin Maxwell. “Teenage masculinity: the double bind of conformity to hegemonic standards.” From Boys to Men: Social constructions of masculinity in contemporary society. Eds. T Shefer, K Ratele, A Strebel, N Shabalala, and R Buikema. South Africa, 2007 UCT Press Juta & Company Ltd 94-111. Print

• In this chapter of a book, it talks about the double bind of individual men and how the constructions of masculinity itself must be revealed.

• This source is appropriate and useful for my research paper because it shows certain men’s attitudes and behaviors within the double-bind of masculinity.

• It is to believe that men with this double bind of masculinity was stuck in a process during their adolescence and early adulthood to take up particular subject positions in relation to dominant hegemonic standards.

Bogle, Kathleen A. “Men, Women, and the Sexual Double Standard.” Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus. New York: New York University Press, 2008. 96-128. Print.

• In this chapter of the book, it talking about the sexual revolution throughout a period of 30 years, there’s a double standard for male versus female sexual behavior in regards to living on the college campus.

• This source is appropriate and use for my research paper because I can use the points where men are stuck in this double standard within real like situation especially in the college life. Do men need this sexual double standard to protect their reputations?

• Men are free to choose whether to have a very active sex life or to settle down. How does this affect women? Do men living with double standards in campus life better their relationships/reputations? How women react toward this?