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Masculinity as a Social and Symbolic Construction in the United States, India,
Korea, and Germany: Issues When Creating Cross-Cultural
Communication Research
James W. ChesebroThursday, October 18, 2007
Rudolph F. Verderber Distinguished Lecture at The University of Cincinnati
PreviewPreview1. Review of the Research Project:
– A. Definition of Masculinity– B. Masculinity as an issue– C. Survey of Literature– The Current Status of the
Study of Masculinity Internationally– D. The PMQ 47 and Its Significance
2. India3. Korea4. Germany5. Conclusions about the Process of Creating Cross-
Cultural Communication Research
A. Definition of MasculinityA. Definition of Masculinity
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged with Seven Language Dictionary (Volume II) (Chincago, IL: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1986), P. 1387
B. Masculinity as an IssueB. Masculinity as an Issue
S. L. A. Marshall, Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2000). The original book was published in 1947.
Michael Ferguson, Idol Worship: A Shameless Celebration of Bale Beauty in the Movies (Sarasota, FL: ST Rbooks Press, 2003; second edition published in May 2004), p.218.
C. The Current Status of the Study of C. The Current Status of the Study of Masculinity InternationallyMasculinity Internationally
John E. Williams and Deborah L. Best, A Multination Study Measuring Sex Stereotypes: A Multination Study (rev. ed.) (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., April 1, 1990).
John E. Williams and Deborah L. Best, Measuring Sex Stereotypes: A Thirty-Nation Study (Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publication, 1982). “Adjective Check List” “data were gathered” using the “second edition of the Sex Stereotype Measure” during two different years. “Our first study” was conducted in 1975, and our second study was conducted in 1977 (pp. 22 and 23).
Janet T. Spence and Robert L. Helmreish, Masculinity & Femininity: Their Psychological Dimensions, Correlates, and Antecedents (Austin, TX: The University of Texas Press, 1978).
Geert Hofstede and Associates, Masculinity and Feminity: The Taboo Dimension of National Cultures (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1998).
Fred E. Jandt, An Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Identities in a Global Community, 4th ed. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004), p. 196.
Geert Hofstede, Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997).
Fred E. Jandt, An Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Identities in a Global Community, 4th ed. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004)
Stella Ting-Toomey, Communicating Across Cultures (New York: The Guilford Press, 1999).
Stella Ting-Toomey and Leeva C. Chung, Understanding Intercultural Communication (Log Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishing Company, 2005).
D. The PMQ 47 and Its SignificanceD. The PMQ 47 and Its Significance
U.S
U.S
MaleEroticism Lust Gender-
Related Racial
and National Identities
Gender-Related
Age Identity
Subjective Gender-Identity
Sexual Preference
Idealized Gender
Gender-Related
Sociocultural Roles
Physical Characte-
ristics
Physiological Energy
Male
U.S
India
MaleEroticism Lust Gender-
Related Racial
and National Identities
Gender-Related
Age Identity
Subjective Gender-Identity
Sexual Preference
Idealized Gender
Gender-Related
Sociocultural Roles
Physical Characte-
ristics
Physiological Energy
Male
U.S
India
Korea
MaleEroticism Lust Gender-
Related Racial
and National Identities
Gender-Related
Age Identity
Subjective Gender-Identity
Sexual Preference
Idealized Gender
Gender-Related
Sociocultural Roles
Physical Characte-
ristics
Physiological Energy
Male
U.S
India
Korea
German
MaleEroticism Lust Gender-
Related Racial
and National Identities
Gender-Related
Age Identity
Subjective Gender-Identity
Sexual Preference
Idealized Gender
Gender-Related
Sociocultural Roles
Physical Characte-
ristics
Physiological Energy
Male
U.S
U.S
Female
MaleEroticism Lust Gender-
Related Racial
and National Identities
Gender-Related
Age Identity
Subjective Gender-Identity
Sexual Preference
Idealized Gender
Gender-Related
Sociocultural Roles
Physical Characte-
ristics
Physiological Energy
U.S
India
Female
MaleEroticism Lust Gender-
Related Racial
and National Identities
Gender-Related
Age Identity
Subjective Gender-Identity
Sexual Preference
Idealized Gender
Gender-Related
Sociocultural Roles
Physical Characte-
ristics
Physiological Energy
U.S
India
Korea
Female
MaleEroticism Lust Gender-
Related Racial
and National Identities
Gender-Related
Age Identity
Subjective Gender-Identity
Sexual Preference
Idealized Gender
Gender-Related
Sociocultural Roles
Physical Characte-
ristics
Physiological Energy
U.S
India
Korea
German
Female
MaleEroticism Lust Gender-
Related Racial
and National Identities
Gender-Related
Age Identity
Subjective Gender-Identity
Sexual Preference
Idealized Gender
Gender-Related
Sociocultural Roles
Physical Characte-
ristics
Physiological Energy
2. India2. India
3. Korea3. Korea
Country-comparison of sexual preferences, gender non-specific –(won diagram)
Country-comparison of sexual role self-perception, gender non-specific –(won diagram)
Country-comparison of relevance of romance, gender non-specific –(won diagram)
Country-comparison of intensity of foreplay, gender non-specific –(won diagram)
4. Germany4. Germany
Country-comparison of bodily closeness, gender non-specific –(own diagram)
Country-comparison of bounding to gender for emotional psychological satisfaction during sex, gender non-specific –(own diagram)
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Never 2 3 4 5 6 Always
U.S.
India
Korea
Germany
Country-comparison of sexual restrictions because of ethnical origin, gender non-specific –(own diagram)
Masculinity as a Social and Symbolic Construction in the United States, India, Korea, and Germany:
Issues When Creating Cross-Cultural Communication Research Thursday, October 18, 2007
Rudolph F. Verderber Distinguished Lecture at The University of Cincinnati
James W. ChesebroDistinguished Professor of Telecommunications and
Director of the Department of Telecommunications Master of Arts (Digital Storytelling) Program, Ball State University, Indiana
http://jwchesebro.iweb.bsu.edu