REMAPPING FEMINISM: Interpreting the Media Discourse on the End of Masculinity (2014) (original) (raw)

With every step American women have taken on the road to equality, critics had different approaches on what these advancements mean for men. A recurring claim is the crisis of masculinity. This paper examines the various media responses to this prominent thesis and how it reflects the idea of feminism over time. Part One explores masculine insecurity documented in American gender history since the nineteenth century. Part Two illustrates and examines media publications on the “demise of men”. Part Three analyzes how they reflect the understanding of feminism. Part Four picks up thoughts on feminism that presumably got lost in the making.