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Straight Men Come Out: Queer Eye And The Path To A More Mindful Masculinity, Eli M. Roush
Straight Men Come Out: Queer Eye And The Path To A More Mindful Masculinity, Eli M. Roush
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
My thesis explores the culture surrounding the 2018 reboot of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy in relation to contemporary arguments in masculinity studies about the costs of hegemonic masculinity, performance, and identity. This paper examines how Queer Eye carefully creates space where heteronormative men can safely express emotional vulnerability and embody a more functional masculinity that expands beyond the bounds of hegemonic performance. The bulk of the analysis involves close readings of specific episodes and scenes from Queer Eye that introduce and examine the strategies the Fab Five use to redefine their subject's engagement with masculinity, explore the effectiveness …
The Male Gender Role And Depression, Tom Liljegren
The Male Gender Role And Depression, Tom Liljegren
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Although depression is a common mental health disorder, less research has been devoted to men's experience with depression compared to women's experiences. Although men may exhibit similar patterns of depression as women, men often have unique pattern of exhibiting depression characterized by substance abuse, irritability, aggression, and interpersonal conflict. The paper presents a review of the relevant literature on male depression and, in particular, how it is potentially affected by male gender role factors. Biological, psychological, social, and artifact theories have been proposed to explain gender differences in how depression is expressed. It is hypothesized that the male gender role …