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In South Africa, for example, females often take on more of a culturally masculine role in providing for the household, due to the high percentage of absent fathers in some communities. [ 162 ] [ 163 ] [ 164 ] Fathers' decision to desert the mother and their biological child is fairly common in South Africa , particularly with regard to those ...
For example, Timothy Laurie argues that the hegemonic masculinity framework lends itself to a modified essentialism, wherein the "achievement of masculine goals is frequently attributed to a way of thinking understood as inherent to the male psyche, and in relation to an innate disposition for homosocial bonding".
Czech is an example of such a language, with a division (in the plural) between masculine animate, masculine inanimate, feminine, and neuter. The rules [ 38 ] for gender and number of coordinated phrases in that language are summarized at Czech declension § Gender and number of compound phrases .
Examples of "masculine" nouns in Newfoundland English are hat, shovel, book, and pencil; "feminine" are boat, aeroplane; "neuter" nouns include water, fog, weather, and snow. [ 30 ] Inanimate count nouns in Newfoundland Vernacular English differ from those in Standard English in that they are either masculine or feminine.
To me there’s nothing more masculine than putting your partner and family first, regardless of what is traditional or what others think. Image credits: Upset_Theory_9676 #2
Androcentrism (Ancient Greek, ἀνήρ, "man, male" [1]) is the practice, conscious or otherwise, of placing a masculine point of view at the center of one's world view, culture, and history, thereby culturally marginalizing femininity.
The principle of male as norm holds that grammatical and lexical devices such as the use of the suffix-ess (as in actress) specifically indicating the female form, the use of man to mean "human", and similar means strengthen the perceptions that the male category is the norm, and that corresponding female categories are derivations and thus less important.
Hofstede's Feminine and Masculine Culture Dimensions states: [39] Masculine cultures expect men to be assertive, ambitious and competitive, to strive for material success, and to respect whatever is big, strong, and fast. Masculine cultures expect women to serve and care for the non-material quality of life, for children and for the weak.