Romantic Love
The Great Equalizer? Sexism in Popular Music
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4394071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melvin Wilkinson (0000-0003-4303-262X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161 |
| Publication date | 1976-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Family Coordinator (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-7214 • E-ISSN: 2325-5501 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/582795 |
| OpenAlex | W308769523 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 6 |
Two hundred songs that were popular between 1954 and 1968 were examinedfor sexism. Some of the findings were in accord with traditional sex-role expectations, but others were not. Men were described often as being emotional and submissive, while women were almost as active as the men. Several explanations for these findings are given. It is suggested that love songs may serve the function of allowing men to release emotions that are considered unmasculine in our culture. It is also suggested that the strong mutual need of romantic love tends to equalize a relationship
Art · Equalizer · Literature · Popular music · Psychoanalysis · Romance · Telecommunications · Engineering · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 2017 (40) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |