Quiz 5, Question 1

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This image of the male cast of the Jersey Shore represents the stereotypical masculine male. The stereotypical macho masculine male is someone who is in very good shape, good looking, typically fighters, and ladies men. The members of the Jersey Shore fit accordingly into these categories, despite the fact that nearly everything about them is fake (steroids, fake tans, not even from Jersey, etc.) This image represents "macho" masculinity because it shows them with their shirts off, which shows their entirely fake muscles, and the image itself is very sexually suggestive, a quality which every "macho" masculine male has. If anyone knows anything about the series the Jersey Shore they know that all of the guys continuously brag about how good they look, and how many girls they have or are going to "smoosh."



The second image is a picture of Michael Corleone from the God Father. This image is completely different than the first one, the first image is the macho male in today's society, where as this image represents masculinity in the past. Although Michael is a fictional character he portrays a masculine male. He is well dressed, professional, proper, polite, but also a "badass." After his father died he became the Don of the New York Mafia. It is interesting to see how masculinity in media has changed throughout the years. We now have roided up juice heads running around disgracing man kind.