What Kingsley regards as the " socioexistential imperative to transcend the normal " is exemplified by artists like Elephant Man and Bounty Killer doing things to stand out, such as putting on a synthetic cartoonish voice or donning pink highlights while constantly re-asserting one's hypermasculine attributes.
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Scheff adds, " The hypermasculine pattern leads to competition, rather than connection between persons . " In the context of intimate or emotional communication ( especially confrontation ) with women, the masculine male often withdraws emotionally, refusing to engage in what is termed affective communication ( Scheff ).
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Some magazines'advertisements included hypermasculine messages a whopping 90 percent of the time . " Krans reports that the researchers were concerned that such ads, which are generally aimed at young male audiences, are playing a very prominent role in shaping the still-developing attitudes toward gender of these young men.
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In the'70s, when black Americans began successfully challenging America's apartheid structure, black popular culture reacted by promoting its version of something new _ black power _ in the form of hypermasculine figures, violent figures, figures evincing behaviors unwittingly adhering to white America's twisted " black buck " ideal.
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Laaksonen's artwork of this period compared to later works is considered more romantic and softer with " gentle-featured shapes and forms . " The men featured were middle class, as opposed to the sailors, bikers, lumberjacks, construction workers, and other members of stereotypically hypermasculine working class groups that feature in his later work.
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He's made a specialty of hypermasculine roles, and the testosterone flows again in " The Fast and The Furious, " a noisy but fascinating look into the subculture of macho men who race souped-up cars through the streets of Los Angeles, collecting Spandex-clad babes while staying one step ahead of the local cops.
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I would advise him to say that his film ad for " HIStory " does indeed draw on the imagery of Leni Riefenstahl's " Triumph of the Will, " and that he meant it as a commentary on the all-pervasive cult of the domineering, hypermasculine rock star, a cult that stretches from James Brown through the Rolling Stones down to Axl Rose.
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This is based on the fact that physical and emotional elements of hypermasculine behaviour are manifested regularly in advertising, Hollywood film, and even in video games through the use of very strong imagery : muscular men overpowering women in advertisements, actors portraying staunch male characters who do not give in to the emotional appeals of their female counterparts and countless video games whose story lines are based strictly on violence.
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Gordon writes : " Contrary to Vivaldo's expectations, emulating the African American's hypermasculine sexual ethos does not ultimately enable him to fulfill the hipster's fantasy of embodied identification . " He concludes that in fact Vivaldo's homosexual encounter with Eric at the end of the novel and specifically the fact that Vivaldo is penetrated represents a truer form of " embodied identification " with another.
