American Masculinity

I have chosen Esquire Magazine, as I think it shows well the way in which masculinity has been forced into a few select niches. This could be explained by the increase, all be it right, of women into what was customly male dominated areas. These include the workplace, but now expands into sports, such as American Football. The magazine includes sections named 'Women We Love Gallery' and 'The Best Bars in America'. These could easily be classed as typical masculine areas and the magazine is heavily based around it. There is a link titled 'Women', which for a moment I believed to be a women's section, but found it to be a page in which the male reader is told various ways to woe and charm current and prospective women.

It is this notion that a man must be told where to go and what to do which is also changing the field. For me, what is seen as a women’s magazine transposed into a man orientated read fails to grab my attention. What masculinity means is changing, and ultimately the crossover of women moving into male roles, as well as biological advancements such as stem cell research, could lead to the male role, and even the form, lost completely.