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To what extent does Western literature and art provide people with flawed…

- - - - Pre-WWI
        
        How Hyper-masculinity led into WWI?
        
        Naval Race between Germany and Britain--> who can be the strongest?
        
        Nationalism
        
        War = way to prove masculinity
        
        "I have never seen, indeed could never have imagined such a magnificent display of gallantry, discipline and determination" (Scheff 2).
        
        Going into WWI- war was seen as "gallant' and "noble"
      - Post-WWI
        
        "Lost Generation"
        
        Jake's Impotence #
        
        Disillusionment (with masculinity and pre-war ideals) #
        
        Defensive nature of the war and horrors of trench warfare leave men disillusioned
    - - Bull-Fighting
        
        "Manhood and Performance inThe Sun Also Rises"
        
        "a man dramatizing his manhood before other men" (Strychacz 77).
        
        "Performance itself does not guarantee manhood; but manhood does require successful performance" (Strychacz 78).
        
        Idea that manhood inThe Sun Also Rises had a strong perfomance like quality--> men were putting on "performances" to prove their masculinity
        
        Violence as a way to show ones' masculinity
        
        Steers vs. Bulls
      - Hyper-Masculinity
  - - - Hero fights powers alone (no teamwork)
      - Hero is born with "special" powers
    - - Use teamwork and leadership to overcome problems
      - Targeted to teach girls how to combat patriarchy
- - - - "To be a subordinate, to have others "on top," is often construed by members of a patriarchal culture as assuming a feminine position" (Ducat 161).
      - "masculinity is often defined in terms of a man's capacity to be a provider--a position that is far more likely to be precarious for working-class men, given their lower wages and their vulnerability to underemployment and job loss" (Ducat 161).
      - "Femiphobia" (Ducat 166)
        
        Feminization of certain issues and classes; feminine equated with weaker and undesirable for men