Violence and the Masculine Ideal
Some Qualitative Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9755598 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jackson Toby (Department of Sociology at Rutgers University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Volume | 364 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-27 |
| Publication date | 1966-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271626636400103 |
| OpenAlex | W2136236292 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
Given the family structure common in urban industrial societies, it is less easy for boys to grow up confident of their fundamental masculinity than for boys in the extended families of preliterate societies. One response to doubts about masculinity is compulsive masculinity: an exaggerated in sistence on characteristics differentiating males from females. Superior strength and a readiness to exhibit it obviously fill the specifications. This analysis explains why violence, though punishable by law and condemned by custom, nevertheless remains a clandestine masculine ideal in Western culture. The assumptions of this ideal are mostly explicitly formulated in certain subcultures within the larger culture—and especially among those segments of the population unable to wield sym bolic power. Excerpts from a tape-recorded interview with an imprisoned armed robber illustrate these assumptions
Ideal (ethics · Masculinity · Physics · Political science · Population · Power (physics · Sociology · Demography · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
Gender Differences in Courtship Violence Victimization
Equality with a Vengeance
Socioeconomic Status and Mental Disorder
Four Theories of Rape
Intrafamily Violence, and Crime and Violence outside the Family
Gender Identity, Self-Esteem, and Physical and Sexual Abuse in Dating Relationships
The Male Sex Role
Gender, Status, and Domestic Violence
Violence at home
Gender-Role-Conflicted Men's Poor Parental Attachment and Separation/Individuation Difficulties
The Fear of the Feminine in the Western Psyche and the Masculine Task of Disidentification
Of men, macho, and marital violence
Sexual abuse in Canadian university and college dating relationships
The maleness of violence in dating relationships
Dogfighting
Public perceptions of interpersonal violence
Violence among delinquents by family intactness and size
Prison Guards and the Use of Physical Coercion as a Mechanism of Prisoner Control
Compulsive Masculinity and Delinquency an Empirical Investigation
Sexual climate and reported rape
The Measurement of Parental Influence
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 2011 (38) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |