Wrestling With Manhood: Boys, Bullying & Battering

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Wrestling with Manhood is the first educational program to pay attention to the enormous popularity of professional wrestling among male youth, addressing its relationship to real-life violence and probing the social values that sustain it as a powerful cultural force. Richly illustrating their analysis with numerous examples, Sut Jhally and Jackson Katz � the award-winning creators of the videos Dreamworlds and Tough Guise, respectively � offer a new way to think about the enduring problems of men�s violence against women and bullying in our schools.

Drawing the connection between professional wrestling and the construction of contemporary masculinity, they show how so-called �entertainment� is related to homophobia, sexual assault and relationship violence. They further argue that to not engage with wrestling in a serious manner allows cynical promoters of violence and sexism an uncontested role in the process by which boys become �men.�

Designed to engage the wrestling fan as well as the cultural analyst, Wrestling with Manhood will provoke spirited debate about some of our most serious social problems.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• MEF
• Media
• Education
• Literacy
• Critical
• Mass
• Industry
• Educational
• Sut
• Jhally
• Jackson
• Katz
• Violence
• Masculinity
• Wrestling

[bigevil1001]

@zammmerjammer

So that's what sexually aggressive means. I never said men were sexually aggressive. You did. I see nothing wrong with this product.

[zammmerjammer]

@bigevil1001 You're the one who claimed these guys are "ashamed of their own natural impulses" and what they're critical of is violent images of masculinity. I think you have cause and effect backwards, my friend.

"Sexually aggressive" -- imagine you're out and a guy is coming onto you but won't leave you alone because they think that it's their job to bully you into sex because to them sex is something they GET from you, not something you do together -- do you get that?

[bigevil1001]

@zammmerjammer

If watching TV shows that happen to be violent makes men "naturally violent" then yeah. Sexually aggressive? What does that even mean?

[HappyBurbridge]

"without a mark on their body" They need to watch a full episode where it talks about all the injuries. Right about the divas section though. There are real female wrestlers out there though.

[TheCrapsvilleCRUSH]

Fascinating. 

[xtremixt1]

@zammmerjammer shitty attitude? let's just focus on what you said ... it's not my fault, you don't know how to read. So why are you taking this wwe so seriously? who cares if it's violence. I'm so sick of 'goody goody' like you who think they can save the world... seriously? violence is everywhere, just deal with it and wrestling shows are FAKE... these wrestling shows are for entertainment and not to be taken serious. You must be really stupid to think otherwise. What a dumb naive cunt.

[zammmerjammer]

@xtremixt1 Hey, can I be immune from your shitty attitude? We disagree -- I get it. I addressed what you said and you don't seem to have any defense of this "entertainment" other than to say "war is worse" ...no kidding.

In the grownup world people can disagree without swearing at each other like 4th graders. GROW UP.

[xtremixt1]

@zammmerjammer Again learn to fucking read. I said "That doesn't mean this should be 'immune' from criticism".

[zammmerjammer]

@xtremixt1 How is their criticism hypocritical? These guys aren't action movie producers. And just because other stuff may be "worse" doesn't mean this shit isn't bad. The fact it is so popular means it must be very appealing to a lot of people so examining the impact of its negative messages is legit.

And I did everything I could to let my government know that invading Afghanistan was a stupid waste of lives and money, thanks.