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A 4 page consideration of how the concept of masculinity has changed over time. This paper explores such things as the societal expectation for males to be the family breadwinner and the issues surrounding homosexuality. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Historically this construct has denoted a degree of superiority when contrasted with femininity. Males are viewed as the stronger sex, the more intellectual sex, the most level headed
and the most authoritarian. While the lines demarcating such separate gender identities are slowly fading over time, they are very much in existence even today. This is the
case both in the most technologically advanced countries and third world countries alike. Russia stands as a particularly interesting example of the construct of masculinity and how it has
remained remarkably stable over time yet at the same time changed in certain regards. The traditional construct of masculinity in Russia
revolved around concepts like toughness, bravery, and stoicism. The focus was on being the head of the household, serving ones country, and being the breadwinner. Over time, particularly
since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russians have experienced a severe economic transition. The result in many cases has been the demoralization of men in particular (Ashwin and
Lytkina, 2004). Finding and keeping a job with sufficient enough pay to maintain a family has become more and more difficult (Ashwin and Lytkina, 2004). Russian mens status
as the family breadwinner has thus been undermined. Like Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman", they are often put into a position of having to bluff their way
through this role. The result, however, is serious domestic marginalization (Ashwin and Lytkina, 2004). While concepts such as
those outlined above are still important in Russian, with World War II, however, the traditional construct of masculinity in Russia began to change. Young men in particular began to realize
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