Men on the other hand are depicted as sex-hunger, carefree, predator that are always on the prowl for their conquest. The Andalusians thought that it was preposterous when tourists came and would not act on their natural desire and did nothing to lure in attractive women (Gilmore 1993). This was viewed as an un-gregarious act of omission which proved the inherent superiority of the Andalusians (Gilmore 1993). This kind of behavior can be seen in the popular TV show How I Met Your Mother. In an article written by Lauren Thompson, she uses the television show How I Met Your Mother as a study to explore and expose the male conflicted nature of masculinity. The male character can be seen as examples of dominant, residual, and emergent formations of masculine identity (Thompson 2015). Thompson describes how the narrative and production designed different versions of masculinity. This explored the show’s comparative presentation of two different versions of masculinity. Thompson examines how the cultural formations of the bachelor and spinster and what understanding this two versions of masculinity shows on the gendered representations of …show more content…
Those who fail to show their masculinity, can also fall into depression which can lead them to have low self-confidence. This then jeopardizes the male’s chances of showing their masculinity because they feel they are not seen as masculine enough. This can also have some impact on their relationship with women. Hegemonic masculinity can cause some males to create two identities for them to use based off the situation they are in. As the Swedish young men showed, a male can be a victim and still have their masculinity intact. In brief, if hegemonic masculinity could be gradually deconstructed so that men viewed women as equals, and the feminizing of objects did not equal weak, powerless, or homosexuality, then society could change into an egalitarian