Introduction Learning outcome 1- Critical understanding of gender theories ◦ The influence of philosophy on the rational man ◦ Man and emotion ◦ Representations of the body ◦ Television programmes, characters (we looked at these a few weeks ago) ◦ Example: Prime Ministers Question Time and Masculinity Barbara Mitra MECS3003 1
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Introduction
Learning outcome 1- Critical understanding of gender theories
◦ The influence of philosophy on the rational man
◦ Man and emotion
◦ Representations of the body
◦ Television programmes, characters (we looked at these a few weeks ago)
◦ Example: Prime Ministers Question Time and Masculinity
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Plato
Did not discriminate between men and women
◦ Rational: think with their heads
◦ Courageous: think with their hearts
◦ Appetitive: think with their stomachs
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Reason and Emotion
Rationalist model still underlies rational thought styles
Descartes – mastery of reason over passion
Spinoza – rational control over passion and using this for transformation
Spinoza – described pity as womanish
Ideal is masculine
Essence of man- Spinoza – thinking being
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Descartes Mind/Body dualism
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Criticism of Mind/Body Dualism
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Spinoza
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Mind, body and Zen
Intuition associated with female
thought styles
Female minds more intuitive and
less rational than male minds
Man of Reason still influences
contemporary society
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
maintenance – expansion of
reason
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Body, masculinity and emotion
Cartesian rationalism teaches men to estrange themselves from bodies
◦ And from emotional selves
Treat bodies as objects - ‘man enough to take it’
Wary of others (Kant)
Emotion as sign of weakness and threat to male identity
Men cry for a reason! Women crying are out of control
Cultural emotional displays
Appropriate or not? (football and men crying: Daily Mail article) - Men crying