It is generally accepted in all communities that masculinity never changes and it should never change. Masculinity is empowered in a male’s body and dominant enough to rule socially. While it is also conceptual among many that socially masculinity is just a natural symbol of compromise. But the question is, what is the understandable relation is masculinity with male’s body?
It is considered that men are better than women in social functions. That makes men prior and leading mentality though it is absolutely baseless. After a detailed study it is concluded that there are no measureable differences in both sex.
The minor difference in masculinity are observed in psychological actions like having more sex urge to extent of rape, desire to have family, dominant aggression, determination etc. but historical study shows that none of the differences in men and women’s social functions are restricted to the sex. Various functions are performed by different social bodies according to time’s trend.
Thus people who suppose that masculinity is in men’s biological mechanism and is naturally dominating are wrong. Because biological study has proved that deficiency of certain enzymes can even create feminism in man’s body which may turn out to change at puberty. This proves that psychological mechanism dominated social functionality.
This has then diverted the study to the factors observed in men’s literature study; of impotency in men, health hazards and sports prowess and early deaths. It shows that both biological and social factors are influencing masculinity therefore there is no difference in both sex, that are basically designed alternately for reproduction. So the social functioning also denies support to masculinity and shows that masculinity is neither biological nor sociological but mixture of both.
So the interpretable factor among the two sexes is physical that is skin, shape of body, postures, organs and possibilities in sex. Men as case study shows enjoy masculinity in perspective of their social doings, supported by psychological understanding of workout plans. They come up with sportsman’s spirit using all of their body in exotic and exciting manner which raise the feeling of superiority over women. The sportsman’s spirit so has become symbol of masculinity. Though it is broken down by any mishap or disabilities; and change the concept that vary in disable groups.
The labour class associate masculinity with their man power as their power is their life i.e. income, survival and empowerment over women physically. But this man power is at peak of masculinity when it is in functioning conditions which definitely declines with age, fatigue, mechanical wear and tear and strength. This hence is dependent on force and skills and body acts like a machine in high level pressure to compete and sustain force and skill.
A new dimension is in view to this controversial issue of measuring masculinity; the gender-switching. It is a controversial issue as many under-estimate change in natural sex. People change sex because they feel it in their bodies like the men who feel dominating women urge in them convert to women and so do the alternates. Which no doubt study shows, at times becomes contentious within the body. Naturally it becomes abnormal.
Another perspective in this course is the relation of body with the society. For getting this understanding, bodily differences are not enough. Bodies working as agencies, to run the society are the matter of study. In many cases women are more into action then men which shows the social responses of interaction in men and women disrupting the idea of masculinity. So the practice may be termed as body-reflexes practices. It includes pleasure of all social activities to be experienced for development.
Consequently, it proves that masculinity is more hooked to body reflexes practices in society. The biological, psychological and social theories to defend masculinity are not enough significant. It also elaborates the questions, if masculinity should change or not? Who is dominant in perspective of gender? And what is the definition of power?
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