Reinventing Privilege: The New (Gay) Man in Contemporary Popular Media

Shugart, Helene A.

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“…For instance, while the media has been applauded for its recent inclusion of homosexual characters on television and in films, Shugart (2003) describes how homosexual males have been marginalized by the restricted range in the homosexual characters portrayed in the media. Such restrictive depictions (eg.…”

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Stereotyping and Society: a Barrier to Achieving Social Equality

Tritt¹

2009

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Stereotypes function to organize the social world, acting as cognitive shortcuts and preventing us from becoming overwhelmed by the complexity of the social information that we encounter on a daily basis (Weary et al., 2001). As part of this process, people make automatic judgments about individuals of certain sexes or races, simplifying social reality and minimizing effortful thoughtprocessing (Tajfel, 1969). Even in the absence of conscious endorsement, culturally available social stereotypes commonly affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviours (Bargh, Chen & Burrows, 1996). Indeed, some particularly insidious stereotypes appear to serve existential functions and to be formed largely in an attempt to rationalize, justify, or explain existing social hierarchies (eg. Jost & Banjii, 1994; Hoffman & Hurst, 1990). If we hope to be able to lessen the intensity and pervasiveness of such stereotypes, it is crucial that we begin to recognize the deeply-seated functions that such categorizations perform. The following paper, focusing on gender stereotypes in particular, examines 1) how complementary gender stereotypes perpetuate inequality; 2) how System Justification, Lay Epistemic and Terror Management theories account for the perpetuation of such stereotypes, particularly in times of uncertainty and stress; and 3) how an increased understanding of the exceedingly complex psychological processes involved in such labeling might enable us to find ways to diminish stereotyping and its pernicious effects.

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Stereotyping and Society: a Barrier to Achieving Social Equality

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2009

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“…In contrast to lesbians and gay men being portrayed as a threat to the family and to society, same-sex couples are presented as champions of heteronormative (marital) values (Clarke, 2002;Shugart, 2003). Sameness discourses in this context may promote a particular heteronormative couple ideology which closes down discussion of other possible ways of doing relationships and viable alternatives for legally recognising different relationship forms.…”

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“Seismic Cultural Change?”: British media representations of same-sex ‘marriage’

Jowett

Peel

2010

Women's Studies International Forum

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“…queer, transgénero, poliamoroso-pueden entrar en relación con una racionalidad neoliberal de gobierno sobre la conducta y la subjetividad, específicamente en el contexto mediático. Siguiendo la línea de distintos estudios que apuntan hacia la conexión entre diversas identidades sexogenéricas y las políticas neoliberales en el ámbito cultural y mediático (Shugart, 2003;Avila-Saavedra, 2009;Sender, 2006;Peterson, 2011;Oswin, 2014), este trabajo se propone indagar sobre la consonancia entre determinadas formas de representación mediática de estas identidades y un conjunto de saberes psi (Rose, 1998) que, articulados a la idea del individuo como 'empresario sí', movilizan ciertas lógicas de gestión de sexualidad y el género propios.…”

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Las nuevas categorías sexuales y la psicología del sujeto como ‘empresario de sí’: un análisis sobre los dilemas de la disidencia sexogenérica en el contexto neoliberal

Guzmán

2016

Univ Psychol

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r e s u M e n El presente artículo indaga por las formas en que distintas identidades sexogenéricas no normativas -especialmente en el contexto mediático-entran en relación con una racionalidad neoliberal de gobierno de la subjetividad y la conducta. De manera particular, propone mostrar la consonancia entre determinadas formas de construcción mediática de estas identidades y la noción del sujeto como 'empresario de sí', presente en los discursos psicológicos contemporáneos. Para mostrar esta relación, se analiza el caso de un reportaje de prensa titulado "Las nuevas categorías sexuales", utilizando herramientas del análisis del discurso desde una perspectiva pragmática y foucaultiana. Finalmente, se advierten algunas tensiones y dilemas que existen en los proyectos políticos de resistencia y disidencia sexogenérica en el contexto neoliberal contemporáneo. a b s t r a c tIn this paper I discuss the way in which specific non-normative sex/gender identities -especially in media context-can be connected to a form of neoliberal governmentality acting upon the subjectivity and behavior of individuals. The particular aim is to examine the relationship between specific media constructions of sex/gender identities and the notion of the subject as a "entrepreneur of the self" present in contemporary psychological discourse. To show this relation, a case consisting on a report published in a pop magazine titled "The new sexual categories" is analyzed. Analysis is conducted using discourse analysis from a pragmatic and foucauldian perspectives. Finally, I show some tensions and dilemmas faced by sex/ gender political projects of resistance in contemporary neoliberal context.

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Reinventing Privilege: The New (Gay) Man in Contemporary Popular Media

Cited by 111 publications

References 12 publications

Stereotyping and Society: a Barrier to Achieving Social Equality

Stereotyping and Society: a Barrier to Achieving Social Equality

“Seismic Cultural Change?”: British media representations of same-sex ‘marriage’

Las nuevas categorías sexuales y la psicología del sujeto como ‘empresario de sí’: un análisis sobre los dilemas de la disidencia sexogenérica en el contexto neoliberal

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