Men's repression of their emotional life as a counterpart of their oppression of women

Hine, Grant Burnett

Title: Men's repression of their emotional life as a counterpart of their oppression of women
Creator: Hine, Grant Burnett
Subject: Men -- Psychology
Subject: Masculinity
Subject: Sex role
Subject: Oppression (Psychology)
Subject: Stereotype (Psychology)
Date Issued: 1988
Date: 1988
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:3112
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004593
Identifier: Men -- Psychology
Identifier: Masculinity
Identifier: Sex role
Identifier: Oppression (Psychology)
Identifier: Stereotype (Psychology)
Description: Masculinity and femininity are taken for granted as being a natural part of everyday existence forming acceptable images of what it means to be a man and a woman. It is revealed that in conforming to the sexual stereotype of what it means to be masculine and feminine, men's repression of their emotional life forms a counterpart of their oppression of women, for the repression of men's emotional life as a process, manifests itself through the oppression of women. The socioeconomic relations, being exploitative in nature, having been obscured and mystified by masculine and feminine forms of false consciousness, justify the prevalent social circumstances by portraying them as natural and inevitable, thus serving to hide the fact that men and women comprise of both, masculine and feminine characteristics. Disclosing the quality of the experience of men's repression of their emotional life as a counterpart of their oppression of women, through qualitative description and reflection, it is evident that individuality and human social relationships are restricted by the constraints of masculine and feminine stereotypes. It is clearly highlighted, that women help to perpetuate the repression of male emotional life and in turn their own oppression through supporting the successful work, status and power oriented 'macho' male. Through the recognition of the pressures, and a re-evaluation of the masculine role, men will no longer see cause to oppress women and through that there will no longer be a need to repress their own emotional life. There is a need for self-reflection in those individuals and groups restricted by the constraints of masculinity and femininity for the realization of new possibilities of enlightened social action and individuality.
Format: 158 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Humanities, Psychology
Language: English
Rights: Hine, Grant Burnett

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