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Studs, tools, and the family jewels : metaphors men live by / Peter F. Murphy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphy, Peter Francis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Sex differences--United States.
- English language.
- Masculinity--United States.
- Masculinity.
- Men--United States--Language--Psychological aspects.
- Men.
- Sexism in language--United States.
- Sexism in language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Peter F. Murphy's purpose in this book is not to shock but rather to educate, provoke discussion, and engender change. Looking at the sexual metaphors that are so pervasive in American culture-jock, tool, shooting blanks, gang bang, and others even more explicit-he argues that men are trapped and damaged by language that constantly intertwines sexuality and friendship with images of war, machinery, sports, and work. These metaphors men live by, Murphy contends, reinforce the view that relationships are tactical encounters that must be won, because the alternative is the loss of manhood. The macho language with which men cover their fear of weakness is a way of bonding with other men. The implicit or explicit attacks on women and gay men that underlie this language translate, in their most extreme forms, into actual violence. Murphy also believes, however, that awareness of these metaphorical power plays is the basis for behavioral change: "How we talk about ourselves as men can alter the way we live as men."
- Contents:
- Sex as machine (or mechanical)
- Sex as work/labor (economy/business)
- Sex as sport.
- Sex as war and conquest
- Sex as male and hetero (or not female and not gay)
- Insidious humor and the construction of masculinity
- From theory to practice : new metaphors of masculinity.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-167).
- ISBN:
- 9786612268984
- 9781282268982
- 1282268988
- 9780299171339
- 0299171337
- OCLC:
- 652153038
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