Amidst one of the most orthodox conditions for being respected as a man comes traditionally through exerting their authority in a household and being able to adequately provide for their families. Undoubtedly, the progression of gender roles in postmodern times has definitely not gone unnoticed as the tropes of masculinity (that are still heavily entrenched in our societies) are being continually broken down, scrutinized, and refuted. The privileges that are showered onto men who possess a conventional set of ‘masculine traits’ and those who embody a certain stature, gave rise to the term hegemonic masculinity.
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Pre-existing pieces of art, theatre and literature that are broken down and translated visually into films tend to serve the insatiable need for our minds to be refreshed by the stories we are already familiar with, yet being told to us again through a perspective that differs entirely from the original.
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“The photographic realism of the documentary can easily conceal the extent which it often actively constructs a particular view of the world. This view is determined, among other things, by the filmmaker’s own preconceptions, by the perspective from which the events are witnessed, and by the structuring principles according to which the material is edited.”
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Stereotypes are vastly held, oversimplified assumptions or ideas of specific classes of people or societies. The sociocultural climate that we are buried in and the experiences that human beings inevitably go through make room for the ideal circumstance for our minds to form stereotypes, even with minimal mental stimulation on our part (Palomba 19). As we grow accustomed to classifying and assigning generalized qualities to these categories we create, we become prone to accepting what we think is true, instead of questioning what has been involuntarily rooted in our minds.
