"It's Getting Difficult to Be a Straight White Man": Bundled Masculinity Grievances on Reddit.
This article examines a case of internet posts discussing social issues affecting men and masculinity. Analysis of 500 posts containing masculine coded language on the subreddit r/unpopularopinion suggests that masculinity, especially when intersected with straightness and whiteness, is discursively...
| Publicado en: | Sex Roles Vol. 88; no. 3/4; pp. 169 - 187 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2023
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