AQA (A) Literature: ‘The struggle for identity in modern literature’; ‘Love through the ages’
Recent interest in ‘masculinity’ has manifested itself in various ways — for example, in the idea that the feminist campaign for women’s rights has had a deleterious effect on men, in the concern that boys are not making progress in school, and in the argument that men’s bodies are now scrutinised in the same way as women’s. There has also been academic work (associated with feminism) that has sought to analyse the relationship between men and women in changing historical and cultural circumstances, often focusing on men’s advantage in power and social and economic opportunities (see Segal 1999). It is the ambition of masculinity studies to reach better understandings of gender and contribute to progressive change.
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