Ryan Is a College Football Player and Notices That Most

question 40

Multiple Choice

Ryan is a college football player and notices that most of what it means to "be a guy" on the football team is to be explicitly heterosexual and to speak disparagingly about women. Ryan doesn't speak disparagingly about women, and though he is heterosexual himself, he has a number of very close friends and even a few male house-mates who are homosexual or bisexual. He wants to stay on the football team but observes that his most meaningful relationships are often built outside of the strict gender norms of the highly-normative masculinity of the football field. Which of the following concepts could help Ryan and his teammates?

• A) gender accountability
• B) hegemonic masculinity
• C) inclusive masculinity
• D) white-collar masculinity

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Definitions:

Ambiguous Prophecies

Predictions or statements that lack clarity and can be interpreted in multiple ways, often leading to confusion or diverse interpretations.

Psychics

Individuals who claim to have abilities beyond natural or scientific understanding, often including the ability to predict future events or communicate with the deceased.

Telepathy

The purported transmission of information from one person to another without using any of our known sensory channels or physical interaction.

ESP

Short for extrasensory perception, the supposed ability to gain information without using the known five senses.